So the theory asks, how can shareholders ascertain what the firm's real prospects are when they have less information, ... It's a pervasive aspect of modern economies. -Joseph Stiglitz

 

So the theory asks, how can shareholders ascertain what the firm's real prospects are when they have less information, ... It's a pervasive aspect of modern economies.


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The question is whether some of the fears of last year will be realized this year. There is strong reason to worry.

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So the theory asks, how can shareholders ascertain what the firm's real prospects are when they have less information, ... It's a pervasive aspect of modern economies.

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Asia has become the source of finance, the source of savings. It now has the human capital to manage that well. Why doesn't it take the advantage of that opportunity to try and create financial markets that work better for the people of Asia. -Joseph Stiglitz
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Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently.

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We did not have to fight this war, and we did not have to go to war when we did. We could have waited until we had more safe body armor and we chose not to wait.

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The question is whether it'll be a stable country, will it be a country in which a diversity of views, open transparency, women's rights are recognized. The likelihood of that remains very low. -Joseph Stiglitz
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Elderly people remember when they could go to the movie for a nickel or a quarter.

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