The country has large unfunded liabilities - social security, health care, and there will have to be some adjustments to these problems. What is scary though is how much worse things have gotten in the last eight years, and the… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
In fact, for just about 1/6 of the cost of an Iraq War, we could have put the social security system on sound financial footings for the next 50 to 75 years. The problems can be managed - but not… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely. — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
But individuals and firms spend an enormous amount of resources acquiring information, which affects their beliefs; and actions of others too affect their beliefs. — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
China, with its large emerging middle class, is among the big beneficiaries of globalization. — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Trickle-down economics is a myth. Enriching corporations - as the TPP would - will not necessarily help those in the middle, let alone those… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Some people say we have this inequality because some people have been contributing much more to our society, and so it's fair that they… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
It's actually a tribute to the quality of economics teaching that they have persuaded so many generations of students to believe in so much… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
In an economy, when the government spends more and invests in the economy, that money circulates, and recirculates again and again. So not only… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
The laws of normal economics dictate that lower taxes combined with increased spending will lead to bigger deficits. — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
As I noted in my Nobel lecture, an early insight in my work on the economics of information concerned the problem of appropriability -… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
We noted the psychological problems facing many of the returning from Iraq veterans - of the 700,000 returning veterans, more than a 100,000 have… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
World War II was really unusual, because America was in the Great Depression before. So the war did help the US economy to get… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
![“World War II was really unusual, because America was in the Great Depression before. So the war did help the US economy to get securely out of this decline. This time, the war [in Iraq] is bad for the economy in both the short and long run. We could have spent trillions in research or education…” quote by Joseph Stiglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/860/joseph-stiglitz-1351_america_world-war-ii-was-really-unusual-because_156000.jpg)