Amherst was pivotal in my broad intellectual development; MIT in my development as a professional economist. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes amherst broad development
Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom. Joseph Stiglitz conventionalcountereconomist Change image and share on social
I think in part the reason is that seeing an economy that is, in many ways, quite different from the one grows up in, helps crystallize issues: in one's own environment, one takes too much for granted, without asking why things are the way they are. Joseph Stiglitz crystallizeeconomyenvironment share on social
I went to Amherst because my brother had gone there before me, and he went there because his guidance counselor thought that we would do better there than at a large university like Harvard. Joseph Stiglitz amherstbrothercounselor Change image and share on social
My own theory is that we are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in which software companies are poised to take over large swathes of the economy. Marc Andreessen broadcompanydramatic Change image and share on social
I went to Princeton from Amherst, where I split my interests between mathematics and philosophy. Stephen Cole Kleene amherstinterestmathematics Change image and share on social
And I think that still is true of this business - which is basically research and development - that you probably spend more time in planning and training and designing for things to go wrong, and how you cope with them, than you do for things to go right. Alan Shepard basicallybusinesscope share on social