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Tech companies know that if there is an open, democratic debate about data security, consumers’ concerns about digital safeguards will win out. And while the industry's lobbyists tried to ensure that no such…

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IPD Co-president Joseph Stiglitz presented the 2010 David Finch Lecture on 28 July in conjunction with his visit to Australia as the inaugural speaker for the Eminent Speaker Series hosted by the Economic Society of Australia. His two…

Joseph Stiglitz spoke with Kerry O'Brien of the Australian Broadcasting Company about the state of the American economy and the threat of another "too big to fail" event. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider…

"We have to get the economy going before firms are going to invest," said Stiglitz, who is also a Columbia University professor. "There is an idea somehow that when the government cuts back, the private sector will get…

Joseph Stiglitz discusses Amerian Banks with the Economist, and how they failed.

On 28 September, Nobel Prize laureate Joseph Stiglitz visited the EUI to give a lecture on the drawbacks of neoliberalism and to advocate for a new global order. Afterwards, he expanded on this topic and his personal work in a…

Joseph E. Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate in economics and University Professor at Columbia University, is a former chief economist of the World Bank (1997-2000), chair of the US President’s Council of Economic Advisers, and co-chair of the…

Rather than focusing so much on international climate conferences that require unanimous support, rely on hollow voluntary commitments, and ultimately have little effect on emissions, policymakers should be…

The steady rise of market power in the United States has undercut productivity growth, contributed to inequality, and reduced ordinary Americans’ living standards. Fortunately, US antitrust authorities are finally taking the…

The steady rise of market power in the United States has undercut productivity growth, contributed to inequality, and reduced ordinary Americans' living standards. Fortunately, US antitrust authorities are…

The US economy shows some brighter spots in otherwise dark surroundings, but it's not enough to dig us out us the long downturn, according to Joseph Stiglitz. In his new book, "Freefall: America, Free Markets And The Sinking Of The World…

In his lecture, Professor Stiglitz, who won the Nobel Prize for economics in 2001, outlined the idea of a new global order based on cooperation rather than neoliberalism. He argued that neoliberalism disadvantaged larger segments of…

To address climate change and the rest of the Sustainable Development Agenda, we must do more to enhance emerging markets’ and developing countries’ revenues, so that they can make the necessary investments. As…

Joseph E. Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate in economics and University Professor at Columbia University, is a former chief economist of the World Bank (1997-2000), chair of the US President’s Council of Economic Advisers, and co-chair of the…

While policymakers in the United States and Europe are wary of using confiscated Russian assets to support Ukraine’s war effort and reconstruction, their concerns are, at best, misguided. Ukraine urgently needs these funds to win the…

While policymakers in the United States and Europe are wary of using confiscated Russian assets to support Ukraine’s war effort and reconstruction, their concerns are, at best, misguided. Ukraine urgently needs…

A Nobel Laureate is heartened that the global crisis has demolished the free market fundamentalist paradigm and opened up the possibilities for a 21st-century economics.

Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says he has "a lot of reservations" about the recently formed Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) led by the United States, but not including China. Stiglitz, a key speaker at January's Asian…

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What it will take to combat the impacts of climate change, says Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, is more investment capital in our cities. Stiglitz spoke at the Parish Church in Cambridge with Robert Kuttner, editor of the The…

http://www.democracynow.org - A group of five countries have launched their own development bank to challenge the U.S.-dominated World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Leaders from the so-called BRICS countries -- Brazil, Russia,…