Joseph Stiglitz

Amherst was pivotal in my broad intellectual development; MIT in my development as a professional economist.

I, like many members of my generation, was concerned with segregation and the repeated violation of civil rights.

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.

Earth is abundant with plentiful resources. Our practice of rationing resources through monetary control is no longer relevant and is counter-productive to our survival.

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.

Most of my work has no conventional narrative, so it's not essential to have a beginning and an end - your attention can flow in and out of the experience rather than having a set entry point.