233 Quotes by Joseph Stiglitz

One has to always ask the question: Where can one be most effective in helping shape policies? It is always difficult when you’re inside because you’re very constrained.

The important lesson of the deficit is – and the national debt – is we have to be careful about how we’re spending money.

If you’re injured in an automobile accident, and you sue the driver, you get much more for your injury than if you’re fighting for your country. There’s a double standard here.

International lending banks need to focus on areas where private investment doesn’t go, such as infrastructure projects, education and poverty relief.

If the President asked you to help, I don’t think anybody could refuse, unless one felt that one couldn’t be effective.

Any society has to delegate the responsibility to maintain a certain kind of order. Enforcing regulations, making sure people stop at stoplights. We can’t function as a society without rules and regulations, and the enforcement mechanism of those rules and regulations.

Governments can enhance growth by increasing inclusiveness. A country’s most valuable resource is its people. So it is essential to ensure that everyone can live up to their potential, which requires educational opportunities for all.

American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.

Trickle-down economics is a myth. Enriching corporations – as the TPP would – will not necessarily help those in the middle, let alone those at the bottom.