Joseph Stiglitz

Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.

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

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.

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.

The blessing that this film business has given me is that when I walk into a school I automatically have everyone's attention. They want to hear what the guy from 'Con Air' and 'Desperado' has to say.

Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.