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Joseph Stiglitz
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: February 9
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The grand larceny that occurred in Russia, the corruption that resulted in nine or ten people getting enormous wealth through loans-for-shares, was condoned because it allowed the reelection of Boris Yeltsin.
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I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.
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