Europe can't rely on a Trump-led U.S. for its defence. But, at the same time, it should recognise that the cold war… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
We could have saved Wall Street without putting our future in jeopardy. I predicted that there would be all-around consequences - in… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
One of the arguments I make for the failure of the euro is that, at the time it was being constructed, there… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
If Trump actually wants to help those who have been left behind, he must go beyond the ideological battles of the past. — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
There will come a moment when the most urgent threats posed by the credit crisis have eased and the larger task before… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
If stability and efficiency required that there existed markets that extended infinitely far into the future - and these markets clearly did… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
With neoliberalism discredited and austerity failed, we need to rewrite the rules of the economy once again. But this time in the… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
The Clinton years were not an economic Nirvana; as chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers during part of this time,… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
By taxing CO2, firms and households would have an incentive to retrofit for the world of the future. The tax would also… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
These debt obligations will simply erode America's standard of living in the future. Money spent to service the debt is money that… — 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)