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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 Co-Chair 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. Put the UN in Charge of International Taxation
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    Put the UN in Charge of International Taxation

    Nov 21, 2023 Jayati Ghosh, et al. urge support for a developing-country initiative to reform the current unfair and inefficient system.

  2. A Victory Lap for the Transitory Inflation Team
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    A Victory Lap for the Transitory Inflation Team

    Nov 13, 2023 Joseph E. Stiglitz points to evidence that the pandemic-era inflation was always going to be temporary and self-correcting.

  3. Fixing Global Economic Governance
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    Fixing Global Economic Governance

    Oct 23, 2023 Joseph E. Stiglitz offers a blueprint for overhauling the current, deeply flawed system of international arrangements.

  4. What Pandemic Preparedness Would Look Like
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    What Pandemic Preparedness Would Look Like

    Oct 4, 2023 Joseph E. Stiglitz explains what governments need to do to demonstrate that they are taking the threat seriously.

  5. Inequality and Democracy
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    Inequality and Democracy

    Aug 31, 2023 Joseph E. Stiglitz traces the rise of illiberal, authoritarian populism to the excesses of modern neoliberal capitalism.

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    China’s Short-Sighted AI Regulation

    Angela Huyue Zhang assesses a recent court ruling allowing copyright protection for content generated by artificial intelligence.
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    AI’s Copyright Problem Is Fixable

    Mike Loukides & Tim O'Reilly show how to trace the provenance of generative models’ output and compensate human authors accordingly.
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    Better Jobs Mean Better Development

    Dani Rodrik shows why rich and poor countries alike will have to enhance employment and productivity in service sectors.
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    Russian Revanchism Must Be Defeated in Ukraine

    Yuriy Gorodnichenko & Ilona Sologoub say that political infighting in the West is empowering the Kremlin and its allies.
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    The World Needs a Humble Approach to Central Banking

    Jacob Frenkel, et al.

    As advanced-economy central bankers assess their recent policy responses, failures, and lessons learned, they should recognize where others got it right and where they got it wrong. Humility requires nothing less.

    explain why monetary policymakers must accept a deliberately narrow mandate.
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    Whac-A-Populist

    Though Polish voters in October ousted their right-wing populist government, recent elections in Slovakia and the Netherlands show that populism remains as malign and potent a political force as ever in Europe. But these outcomes also hold important lessons for the United States, where the specter of Donald Trump’s return to the White House haunts the runup to the 2024 presidential election.

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    The Global Economy’s Unsolved Problems

    José Antonio Ocampo offers a sobering assessment of multilateral efforts to tackle debt, development, climate change, and more.
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    Digital Payments Hold the Key to Climate Resilience

    Benjamin E. Diokno urges policymakers and the private sector to embrace the transformative potential of emerging technologies.
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    Pulling the Amazon Back from the Brink

    Carlos Nobre & Marielos Peña-Claros urge policymakers at COP28 to prevent the world’s largest rainforest from crossing perilous tipping points.

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