34 Quotes by Joseph E. Stiglitz

Globalization is the field on which some of our major societal conflicts – including those over basic values – play out. Among the most important of those conflicts is that over the role of government and markets.

Americans all benefit from the physical and institutional infrastructure that has developed from the country’s collective efforts over generations.

It’s expensive to keep 2.3 million people in prison.

We were not rich, but my parents had adjusted their lifestyle to their incomes – and in the end that is a big part of the battle.

The success of an economy can be assessed only by looking at what is happening to the living standards – broadly defined – of most citizens over a sustained period of time.

Of all the costs imposed on our society by the top 1 percent, perhaps the greatest is this: the erosion of our sense of identity in which fair play, equality of opportunity, and a sense of community are so important.

As medical care has improved, life expectancy has increased – on average, in the United States, by some two years between 1990 and 2000. But for the poorest group of Americans there has been no progress, and for poor women life expectancy has actually been declining.