Joseph E. Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate in economics, has pioneered pathbreaking theories in the fields of economic information, taxation, development, trade, and technical change. As a policymaker, he served on and later chaired President Bill Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers, and was Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank. He is currently a professor at Columbia University, and has taught at Stanford, Yale, Princeton, and Oxford.
User Account
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Commentaries by this author
-
A Breakthrough Opportunity for Global Health
NEW YORK – Every year, millions of people die from preventable and treatable diseases, especially in poor countries. In many cases, lifesavi…
-
After Austerity
NEW YORK – This year’s annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund made clear that Europe and the international community remain rudde…
-
Whose World Bank?
NEW YORK – US President Barack Obama’s nomination of Jim Yong Kim for the presidency of the World Bank has been well received – and rightly …
-
Burma’s Turn
YANGON – Here in Myanmar (Burma), where political change has been numbingly slow for a half-century, a new leadership is trying to embrace r…
-
Capturing the ECB
NEW YORK – Nothing illustrates better the political crosscurrents, special interests, and shortsighted economics now at play in Europe than …
-
The Year of Rational Pessimism
NEW YORK – Someone recently quipped that the best thing about 2011 was that it was likely better than 2012. By the same token, while there h…
-
The Perils of 2012
KOLKATA – The year 2011 will be remembered as the time when many ever-optimistic Americans began to give up hope. President John F. Kennedy …
-
What Can Save the Euro?
NEW YORK – Just when it seemed that things couldn’t get worse, it appears that they have. Even some of the ostensibly “responsible” members …
-
The Globalization of Protest
NEW YORK – The protest movement that began in Tunisia in January, subsequently spreading to Egypt, and then to Spain, has now become global,…
-
To Cure the Economy
NEW YORK – As the economic slump that began in 2007 persists, the question on everyone’s minds is obvious: Why? Unless we have a better unde…
A Breakthrough Opportunity for Global Health
Marianne Doczi I think this is a very pragmatic and achievable approach to incentivising R&D to create the necessary drugs. It also enables the benefits of open innovation to be applied, namely that experts from di…
After Austerity
Tad Furtado Aldo - see my reply to your comment below Mr. Genilloud's. I put it in the wrong place, it seems. Have a great day.