Economics Quote by Joseph Stiglitz

People at the top spend less money than those at the bottom so when you have redistribution toward the top, aggregate demand goes down.…

— Joseph Stiglitz

Those on the downside of rising economic inequality generally do not want government policies that look like handouts. They typically do not want the…

— Robert J. Shiller

In a globally integrated economy, the biggest challenge is to make sure there is adequate global aggregate demand, achieved through spending, when countries like…

— Joseph Stiglitz

Better-paid workers buy more goods and services, increasing aggregate demand and baking a bigger economic pie for everyone.

— Anthony Scaramucci

The risk exists that, with aggregate demand exhibiting considerable momentum, output could overshoot its sustainable path, leading ultimately in the absence of countervailing monetary…

— Ben Bernanke

Even if the dollar does decline during the coming months, the delays in the response of exports and imports to the more competitive dollar…

— Martin Feldstein

In a world with weak aggregate demand, countries are engaging in a futile competition for a greater share of it. In the process, they…

— Raghuram Rajan

A weak currency is the sign of a weak economy, and a weak economy leads to a weak nation.

— Ross Perot

Indeed, in general, healthy investment returns cannot be sustained in a weak economy, and of course it is difficult to save for retirement or…

— Ben Bernanke

I saw the government really using the excuse of a weak economy and a financial crisis to create more government and to push onto…

— Rob Portman

A government decision that slashes spending at the wrong time and sends a weak economy into a tailspin can be just as undisciplined as…

— Peter Blair Henry

In a very weak economy, when you say 'cut government spending,' what you mean is you're laying off school teachers and you're de-funding various…

— Fareed Zakaria