Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently. – 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
Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom. – Joseph Stiglitz
I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely. – Joseph Stiglitz
Broadcasters or politicians or writers who think that they are respecting Struggle Street, the battlers, by dumbing things down into one-line sound bites are not respecting them, they are treating them with contempt. Its our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them. – Malcolm Turnbull
Community organizing is all about building grassroots support. Its about identifying the people around you with whom you can create a common, passionate cause. And its about ignoring the conventional wisdom of company politics and instead playing the game by very different rules. – Tom Peters