“I went to Amherst because my brother had gone there before me, and he ...” — Joseph Stiglitz Quote

“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.”

“Much of my work in this period was concerned with exploring the logic of economic models, but also with attempting to reconcile the models with every day observation.”

“Trump sees the world in terms of a zero-sum game. In reality, globalisation, if well managed, is a positive-sum force: America gains if its friends and allies - whether Australia, the E.U., or Mexico - are stronger. But Trump's approach threatens to turn it into a negative-sum game: America will lose, too.”

“We have guidance counselors that have caseloads of 500 to 600 children. We don't have enough to help the children.”

“Usually, when a young girl is pregnant, she drops out of school and concentrates on being a mother. I thought that's what I had to do, but my counselors told me there was no way they would let me drop out. I had too much promise.”

“Working with the psychiatrist and then a mental health counselor helped me understand my own thought distortions.”