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

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

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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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It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law. – Thomas Hobbes

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Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action. – Thomas B. Macaulay

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I covered my face because they had taken my wisdom teeth out. – Josh Brolin

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Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. – William Cowper

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Philosophy is the highest music. – Plato

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That poetry survived in its formal agencies finally, and that prose survived to get something said. – Robert Creeley

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One must change ones tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain ones superiority. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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The art of being a slave is to rule ones master. – Diogenes

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