anthology of quotations Joseph Eugene Stiglitz (1943 -): Economist, political adviser in the Clinton administration (1995-1997) and vice president and chief economist of the World Bank (1997-2000). He received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001.
"The fact is that the state plays a prominent role in all societies: the question is not whether there should be government intervention in economic activity, but what is the role of State. "
Joseph Stiglitz, Whiter socialism?, 1996
" We can not be assured in general that private production is necessarily than public production. "
Joseph Stiglitz, Whiter socialism?, 1996
" Looking at the IMF as if its purpose was to serve the interests of the financial community, there is a meaning to his actions which would otherwise seem contradictory and intellectually incoherent. "
Joseph Stiglitz, Globalization and Its Discontents, 2002
" It was not the first time that the IMF inspired riots, and if his advice had been followed more widely, there were probably more. "
Joseph Stiglitz, Globalization and Its Discontents, 2002
"Few people today defend this great hypocrisy is pretending to help developing countries so they are forced to open their markets to products of advanced industrial countries, which in turn themselves continue to protect their own markets. These policies are likely to make the rich richer and the poor poorer and angrier. "
Joseph Stiglitz, Globalization and Its Discontents, 2002
" No idea was more powerful than the invisible hand of Adam Smith. "
Joseph Stiglitz When capitalism loses his head, 2003
"One of the reasons why the invisible hand is invisible, maybe it does not exist. "
Joseph Stiglitz When capitalism loses his head, 2003
" September 11 showed an even darker side of globalization. Terrorism also easily crosses borders. Its roots are complex, but the despair and mass unemployment prevailing in many countries of the world will offer fertile ground. "
Joseph Stiglitz When capitalism loses his head, 2003
"The war may be necessary to the security of the country. But it is not good for the economy, either in the short term or long term. "
Joseph Stiglitz When capitalism loses his head, 2003
" With globalization, we are all interdependent. We used to say when the U.S. sneezes, Mexico catches a cold. Today when the U.S. sneezes, much of the world catches the flu, and current problems of America are far more serious than just sniffles ... "
Joseph Stiglitz When capitalism loses head, 2003
"The macroeconomic analysis as a specific branch of economic analysis of the publication date of the General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by John Maynard Keynes in 1936 ... But modern macroeconomics as a discipline that seeks to understand why the economy is experiencing episodes like the Great Depression and why employment and production have fluctuated over time, begins with Keynes. "
Joseph Stiglitz, Principles of modern economics, 2004
" The economy is not a zero sum game. We can restructure globalization for the benefit of all. "
Joseph Stiglitz, Another World, 2006
" Politicians and economists who promise that trade liberalization will improve the lives of all are impostors. "
Joseph Stiglitz, Another World, 2006
" By being exempt from paying the damage they inflict on the environment, U.S. companies actually receive a grant. "
Joseph Stiglitz, Another World, 2006
"What we live is not only a crisis of the financial system, but a crisis of deterioration of wealth in general. "
Joseph Stiglitz, interviewed in" The world of books "on LCI, January 2009.
"The results of the G20 have been curbed by the influence of Wall Street. There is really no real desire to overcome the factors that contributed to the crisis. Certainly, we know that Lawrence Summers and Timothy Geithner, who have been staunch advocates of deregulation in the past, today pleaded for a significant strengthening regulation. The intentions are good. But this may be purely cosmetic. So far, there is no certainty that the products will be handled on exchanges rather than an OTC market. At this stage neither the U.S. nor the G20 does offer something very compelling in terms of regulation. "
Joseph Stiglitz, interviewed by Pierre de Gasquet about G20 London Les Echos, April 2009
" The worst is behind us actually. The worst are the weeks that followed the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in September 2008. From these experiences that lead to think. The act, for example, that finance is a means and not ends. "
Joseph Stiglitz, interviewed by Jean-Gabriel Fredet about the crisis in Challenges, August 27, 2009
" We have expanded the safety net of the welfare state enterprises as ever. I hope this thread will regain its original target: ordinary citizens. "
Joseph Stiglitz, interviewed by Jean-Gabriel Fredet about the crisis in Challenges, August 27, 2009
" Those who lost their life savings will regained a normal life that within one to two years. In four years we will have just returned. But we remain below the level that would have been if we had pursued a steady course rather than the path of speculation. "
Joseph Stiglitz, interviewed by Jean-Gabriel Fredet about the crisis in Challenges, August 27, 2009
" The goal of growth is to improve our quality of life, that of green growth, improve our quality of life. The debate on growth and ecology is a false dichotomy. "
Joseph Stiglitz, interviewed by Jean-Gabriel Fredet about the crisis in Challenges, August 27, 2009
"The fact is that the state plays a prominent role in all societies: the question is not whether there should be government intervention in economic activity, but what is the role of State. "
Joseph Stiglitz, Whiter socialism?, 1996
" We can not be assured in general that private production is necessarily than public production. "
Joseph Stiglitz, Whiter socialism?, 1996
" Looking at the IMF as if its purpose was to serve the interests of the financial community, there is a meaning to his actions which would otherwise seem contradictory and intellectually incoherent. "
Joseph Stiglitz, Globalization and Its Discontents, 2002
" It was not the first time that the IMF inspired riots, and if his advice had been followed more widely, there were probably more. "
Joseph Stiglitz, Globalization and Its Discontents, 2002
"Few people today defend this great hypocrisy is pretending to help developing countries so they are forced to open their markets to products of advanced industrial countries, which in turn themselves continue to protect their own markets. These policies are likely to make the rich richer and the poor poorer and angrier. "
Joseph Stiglitz, Globalization and Its Discontents, 2002
" No idea was more powerful than the invisible hand of Adam Smith. "
Joseph Stiglitz When capitalism loses his head, 2003
"One of the reasons why the invisible hand is invisible, maybe it does not exist. "
Joseph Stiglitz When capitalism loses his head, 2003
" September 11 showed an even darker side of globalization. Terrorism also easily crosses borders. Its roots are complex, but the despair and mass unemployment prevailing in many countries of the world will offer fertile ground. "
Joseph Stiglitz When capitalism loses his head, 2003
"The war may be necessary to the security of the country. But it is not good for the economy, either in the short term or long term. "
Joseph Stiglitz When capitalism loses his head, 2003
" With globalization, we are all interdependent. We used to say when the U.S. sneezes, Mexico catches a cold. Today when the U.S. sneezes, much of the world catches the flu, and current problems of America are far more serious than just sniffles ... "
Joseph Stiglitz When capitalism loses head, 2003
"The macroeconomic analysis as a specific branch of economic analysis of the publication date of the General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by John Maynard Keynes in 1936 ... But modern macroeconomics as a discipline that seeks to understand why the economy is experiencing episodes like the Great Depression and why employment and production have fluctuated over time, begins with Keynes. "
Joseph Stiglitz, Principles of modern economics, 2004
" The economy is not a zero sum game. We can restructure globalization for the benefit of all. "
Joseph Stiglitz, Another World, 2006
" Politicians and economists who promise that trade liberalization will improve the lives of all are impostors. "
Joseph Stiglitz, Another World, 2006
" By being exempt from paying the damage they inflict on the environment, U.S. companies actually receive a grant. "
Joseph Stiglitz, Another World, 2006
"What we live is not only a crisis of the financial system, but a crisis of deterioration of wealth in general. "
Joseph Stiglitz, interviewed in" The world of books "on LCI, January 2009.
"The results of the G20 have been curbed by the influence of Wall Street. There is really no real desire to overcome the factors that contributed to the crisis. Certainly, we know that Lawrence Summers and Timothy Geithner, who have been staunch advocates of deregulation in the past, today pleaded for a significant strengthening regulation. The intentions are good. But this may be purely cosmetic. So far, there is no certainty that the products will be handled on exchanges rather than an OTC market. At this stage neither the U.S. nor the G20 does offer something very compelling in terms of regulation. "
Joseph Stiglitz, interviewed by Pierre de Gasquet about G20 London Les Echos, April 2009
" The worst is behind us actually. The worst are the weeks that followed the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in September 2008. From these experiences that lead to think. The act, for example, that finance is a means and not ends. "
Joseph Stiglitz, interviewed by Jean-Gabriel Fredet about the crisis in Challenges, August 27, 2009
" We have expanded the safety net of the welfare state enterprises as ever. I hope this thread will regain its original target: ordinary citizens. "
Joseph Stiglitz, interviewed by Jean-Gabriel Fredet about the crisis in Challenges, August 27, 2009
" Those who lost their life savings will regained a normal life that within one to two years. In four years we will have just returned. But we remain below the level that would have been if we had pursued a steady course rather than the path of speculation. "
Joseph Stiglitz, interviewed by Jean-Gabriel Fredet about the crisis in Challenges, August 27, 2009
" The goal of growth is to improve our quality of life, that of green growth, improve our quality of life. The debate on growth and ecology is a false dichotomy. "
Joseph Stiglitz, interviewed by Jean-Gabriel Fredet about the crisis in Challenges, August 27, 2009
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