Quote by Joseph Stiglitz
Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to ru

Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom. – Joseph Stiglitz

Other quotes by Joseph Stiglitz

My teachers helped guide and motivate me but the responsibility of learning was left with me, an approach to learning which was later reinforced by my experiences at Amherst. – Joseph Stiglitz

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Learning
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Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently. – Joseph Stiglitz

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Politics
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I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely. – Joseph Stiglitz

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There are subjects in which I wish to become knowledgeable, and subjects in which I wish to remain wise. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue. – William Hazlitt

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Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense. – Julian Casablancas

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It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience. – Roger Ascham

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My imagination, my ability to understand the way love and people grow over time, how passion can surprise and renew, utterly failed me. – Elizabeth Wurtzel

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Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure. – Napoleon Hill

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In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by which a woman measured success: did some man want her? – Jessamyn West

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