Quotes From "The Great Divide: Unequal Societies And What We Can Do About Them" By Joseph E. Stiglitz

Democracy, we now know, is more than periodic elections in some countries, such elections have been used to legitimize essentially authoritarian regimes and deprive large parts of the citizenry of basic rights. Joseph E. Stiglitz

Suppose someone were to describe a small country that provided free education through university for all of its citizens, transportation for schoolchildren, and free health care - including heart surgery - for all. You might suspect that a country is either phenomenally rich or on the fast track to fiscal crisis. Joseph E. Stiglitz