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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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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Family
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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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Learning
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If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. – Abraham Maslow

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Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself. – Khalil Gibran

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Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late. – Felix Frankfurter

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Everyone is wise until he speaks. – Proverb

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Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The expenses of government, having for their object the interest of all, should be borne by everyone, and the more a man enjoys the advantages of society, the more he ought to hold himself honored in contributing to those expenses. – Anne Robert Jacques Turgot

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I believed my story would be helpful to young women my daughters age, who are still in the process of forming themselves as women, and in need of encouragement to remain true to themselves. – Joyce Maynard

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The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit. – Avicenna

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