Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.

- Joseph Stiglitz

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

- Joseph Stiglitz

GDP tells you nothing about sustainability

- Joseph Stiglitz

Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.

- Joseph Stiglitz

It is trust, more than money, that makes the world go round.

- Joseph Stiglitz

Governments can enhance growth by increasing inclusiveness. A country's most valuable resource is its people. So it is essential to ensure that every…

- Joseph Stiglitz

American inequality didn't just happen. It was created.

- Joseph Stiglitz

What you measure affects what you do. If you don't measure the right thing, you don't do the right thing.

- Joseph Stiglitz

In developing countries, lack of infrastructure is a far more serious barrier to trade than tariffs.

- Joseph Stiglitz