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Joseph E. Stiglitz

Joseph E. Stiglitz

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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 High-Level Commission on Carbon Prices. He is a member of the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation and was lead author of the 1995 IPCC Climate Assessment.

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  1. How Not to Fight Inflation
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    How Not to Fight Inflation

    Jan 26, 2023 Joseph E. Stiglitz sees little upside and much downside to further monetary-policy tightening by the US Federal Reserve.

  2. The Road to Fascism
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    The Road to Fascism

    Dec 12, 2022 Joseph E. Stiglitz fears that economic policymakers will make a bad global situation worse, sowing the seeds of resentment.

  3. All Pain and No Gain from Higher Interest Rates
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    All Pain and No Gain from Higher Interest Rates

    Dec 8, 2022 Joseph E. Stiglitz explains why the current demand-focused approach to taming inflation is all wrong.

  4. America's Silent Progressive Majority
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    America's Silent Progressive Majority

    Nov 25, 2022 Joseph E. Stiglitz considers what the midterm election results indicate about voters' real priorities.

  5. Wars Aren’t Won with Peacetime Economies
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    Wars Aren’t Won with Peacetime Economies

    Oct 17, 2022 Joseph E. Stiglitz urges governments to intervene to overcome market failures and other problems caused by the Ukraine crisis.

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    Putin’s Brezhnev Moment

    Aryeh Neier draws parallels between the regime’s ongoing crackdown on civil society and late Soviet repression.
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    Utopia or Bust

    J. Bradford DeLong considers our options for both expanding and effectively slicing the proverbial economic pie.
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    Germany’s Reckoning

    Helmut K. Anheier

    Germany is now grappling with a host of difficult questions about its place in the world, the nature of its politics, and its most cherished values. For a pacifist society in a new age of conflict and war, everything must change if things are to remain the same.

     traces the contours of the country's debate, triggered by the Ukraine war, about its strategic future.
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    Preempting a Generative AI Monopoly

    Diane Coyle urges policymakers to take steps to counter the anti-competitive implications of a rapidly emerging market.
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    Japan’s Strategic Imperative

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. sees the country doubling down on its best option for ensuring national security and regional stability.
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    China’s Savings Conundrum

    Zhang Jun explains why – and how – the country must stimulate household consumption to achieve a robust recovery.
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    The Flight of the Inflation Hawks

    Though the US Federal Reserve’s first interest-rate hike of 2023 is smaller than those that preceded it, policymakers have signaled that more increases are on the way, despite slowing price growth. But there is good reason to doubt the utility – and fear the consequences – of continued rate hikes, on both sides of the Atlantic.

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    How to Transform African Agriculture

    Safia Boly & Omid Kassiri identify four principles that could help governments across the continent boost food security.
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    Making Ukrainian Victory Possible

    Josep Borrell explains why continued military support and other forms of assistance remain critical.

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