"The life prospects of an American are more……" — Joseph Stiglitz
"The life prospects of an American are more dependent on the income and education of his parents than in any of the other advanced industrial countries."
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43 Quotes by Joseph Stiglitz
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Drug companies spend more on advertising and marketing than on research, more on research on lifestyle drugs than on life…
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Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.
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As I noted in my Nobel lecture, an early insight in my work on the economics of information concerned the…
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But individuals and firms spend an enormous amount of resources acquiring information, which affects their beliefs; and actions of others…
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I think in part the reason is that seeing an economy that is, in many ways, quite different from the…
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I knew that discrimination existed, even though there were many individuals who were not prejudiced.
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I went to Amherst because my brother had gone there before me, and he went there because his guidance counselor…
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International lending banks need to focus on areas where private investment doesn't go, such as infrastructure projects, education and poverty…
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The notion that every well educated person would have a mastery of at least the basic elements of the humanities,…
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The top 1 percent have the best houses, the best educations, the best doctors, and the best lifestyles, but there…
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GDP tells you nothing about sustainability
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American inequality didn't just happen. It was created.
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