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 E. Stiglitz
   
Joseph E. Stiglitz   Name:
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Type:
Economist
Nationality:
American
Birth:
February 9, 1943
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