Joseph E Stiglitz

Joseph E Stiglitz, a former chief economist of the World Bank and former chair of the US President’s Council of Economic Advisers, is university professor at Columbia University, a Nobel laureate in economics, and the author, most recently, of 'The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society.'

The end of progress?

With the return of Donald Trump and his MAGA movement, perhaps we should call the current era “end of progress.”

1m ago

How to protect the world from the next pandemic

“History teaches us that the next pandemic is a matter of when, not if,” warned WHO DG Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus earlier this year.

9m ago

How climate agreements and trade measures go together

We should direct our energies towards negotiating agreements that can achieve progress in narrow, but crucial, economic sectors.

1y ago

Fixing global economic governance

Rarely have the shortcomings of world leaders and existing institutional arrangements been so glaringly obvious.

1y ago

Inequality and democracy

Should we be surprised that so many people view the growing concentration of wealth with suspicion, or that they believe the system is rigged?

1y ago

Double standards of Western industrial policy

US President Joe Biden’s administration should be commended for its open rejection of two core neoliberal assumptions.

1y ago

No confidence in the Fed

The aftershocks of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), while seemingly fading, are still reverberating around the world.

1y ago

Who stands for freedom?

We desperately need free markets, but that means, above all, markets that are free from the stranglehold of monopoly and monopsony.

2y ago
February 3, 2025
February 3, 2025

The end of progress?

With the return of Donald Trump and his MAGA movement, perhaps we should call the current era “end of progress.”

June 1, 2024
June 1, 2024

How to protect the world from the next pandemic

“History teaches us that the next pandemic is a matter of when, not if,” warned WHO DG Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus earlier this year.

January 28, 2024
January 28, 2024

How climate agreements and trade measures go together

We should direct our energies towards negotiating agreements that can achieve progress in narrow, but crucial, economic sectors.

October 26, 2023
October 26, 2023

Fixing global economic governance

Rarely have the shortcomings of world leaders and existing institutional arrangements been so glaringly obvious.

September 1, 2023
September 1, 2023

Inequality and democracy

Should we be surprised that so many people view the growing concentration of wealth with suspicion, or that they believe the system is rigged?

June 5, 2023
June 5, 2023

Double standards of Western industrial policy

US President Joe Biden’s administration should be commended for its open rejection of two core neoliberal assumptions.

May 7, 2023
May 7, 2023

No confidence in the Fed

The aftershocks of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), while seemingly fading, are still reverberating around the world.

February 25, 2023
February 25, 2023

Who stands for freedom?

We desperately need free markets, but that means, above all, markets that are free from the stranglehold of monopoly and monopsony.

January 29, 2023
January 29, 2023

How not to fight inflation

Anyone with any faith in the market economy knew that the supply issues would be resolved eventually; but no one could possibly know when.

December 12, 2022
December 12, 2022

All Pain and No Gain from Higher Interest Rates

In the name of taming inflation, central banks have set themselves on a path to cause a recession.