I, like many members of my generation, was concerned with segregation and the repeated violation of civil rights. We were impatient with those (like President Kennedy) who took a cautious approach. How could we continue to countenance these injustices that had gone on so long? (The fact that so many people in the establishment seemed to do so — as they had accepted colonialism, slavery, and other forms of oppression — left a life-long mark. It reinforced a distrust of authority which I had had from childhood).


Autobiographical Essay (2001)

Joseph Stiglitz Quotes

I, like many members of my generation, was concerned with segregation and the repeated violation of civil rights. We were impatient with those (like...

I, like many members of my generation, was concerned with segregation and the repeated violation of civil rights. We were impatient with those (like...

I, like many members of my generation, was concerned with segregation and the repeated violation of civil rights. We were impatient with those (like...

I, like many members of my generation, was concerned with segregation and the repeated violation of civil rights. We were impatient with those (like...