Joseph E. Stiglitz is an American economist and a professor at Columbia University. He is also the co-chair of the High-Level Expert Group on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress at the OECD, and the Chief Economist of the Roosevelt Institute. A recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2001) and the John Bates Clark Medal (1979), he is a former senior vice president and chief economist of the World Bank and a former member and chairman of the (US president’s) Council of Economic Advisers. In 2000, Stiglitz founded the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, a think tank on international development based at Columbia University. He has been a member of the Columbia faculty since 2001 and received that university’s highest academic rank (university professor) in 2003. In 2011 Stiglitz was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Known for his pioneering work on asymmetric information, Stiglitz’s work focuses on income distribution, risk, corporate governance, public policy, macroeconomics and globalization. He is the author of numerous books, and several bestsellers. His most recent titles are People, Power, and Profits, Rewriting the Rules of the European Economy, Globalization and Its Discontents Revisited, The Euro and Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy.

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"Why the Rich Are So Much Richer"

Article | Sep 16, 2015

Institute Grantee and Advisory Board member Joseph Stiglitz isn’t just a loud voice in the battle against inequality, some might say he’s leading the charge.

Joseph Stiglitz: “Deep-seatedly wrong” economic thinking is killing Greece

Article | Aug 19, 2015

The latest austerity deal is terrible for Greece and Europe.

Greece, Europe, and the Future: The Institute Perspective

Article | Jul 8, 2015

The thunder from the Greek “No” vote in the referendum on Sunday, July 5 continues to roll around the world.

It's Time to Get Radical on Inequality

Video | Jun 25, 2015

America’s economic system has failed by not raising living standards for most.

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Greece, the Sacrificial Lamb

Jul 24, 2015 The New York Times