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Joseph E. Stiglitz

@josephestiglitz.bsky.social
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The official account of Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel laureate economist at Columbia University. Co-president, Initiative for Policy Dialogue. Co-chair, ICRICT. Latest books: The Road to Freedom; The Origins of Inequality & Policies to Contain It

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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 7m
Delighted that my paper with @martinguzman.bsky.social is now available. We can make the global trade system fairer to workers and developing countries. Here are our proposals, with great thanks to the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. ny.fes.de/topics/publi...
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Toward a New Deal for Global Trade - A Progressive Agenda
Guzmán and Stiglitz outline a progressive vision for a fairer global trading system that better serves workers, developing economies, and sustainable growth.
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
W/@dacemoglumit.bsky.social Abhijit Banerjee Peter Diamond Esther Duflo & @pkrugman.bsky.social I signed a letter for Prop 40, CAs billionaire tax. A 1-time tax of 5% on wealth of CA's 250 billionaires would raise as much revenue as a 5% income tax on all CA taxpayers-about $100 billion rb.gy/7tejed
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The UN event today on an International Panel on Inequality went extremely well. If you are interested, you can watch at the link below. transcripts.un.org/en/asset/k1h...
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Addressing the Global Inequality Crisis - A High-Level Event on an International Panel on Inequality
Meetings & Events meeting, 23 September 2026. Read the automatic transcript with speaker identification — every speech, timestamped to the video.
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 22/09/2026
Six Nobel laureate economists, including our chief economist @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and senior fellow @pkrugman.bsky.social, are backing California’s billionaire tax. They argue a vote in the state with more billionaires than any other could help kick-start wealth taxes nationwide.
ft.com
Nobel economists throw support behind California billionaire tax
Progressive laureates say November ballot measure could ‘start reining in the power’ of ultra-wealthy
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thank you for posting this.
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Thomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Before the UN general assembly next week, I joined 1,500+ academics from 100+countries in calling on global leaders to create an International Panel on Inequality modelled after the IPCC, as recommended by the G20 Committe on Inequality led by @josephestiglitz.bsky.social last year. Please share.
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Global leaders urged to join initiative to fight extreme inequality
More than 1,500 academics and economists sign letter, calling growing gap between richest and poorest ‘a policy choice that can be reversed’
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
So pleased @theguardian.com covered the academics letter calling for an International Panel on Inequality. 1,500+ experts in 100+ countries, including @thomaspiketty.bsky.social, @jayatighosh.bsky.social, @mariannedhe.bsky.social, @dacemoglumit.bsky.social & so many more tinyurl.com/3y4ry4as
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Global leaders urged to join initiative to fight extreme inequality
More than 1,500 academics and economists sign letter, calling growing gap between richest and poorest ‘a policy choice that can be reversed’
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Thank you @nature.com for your editorial supporting an International Panel on Inequality. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Global inequality panel is a chance for research to change lives
The scientific panel is welcomed. It must now invite all interested researchers to participate.
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
When you see the statistics, and which direction they are headed, the need for an International Panel on Inequality is clear.
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It was such a pleasure, as always, to work with the Financial Times on my Weekend Essay on AI and the economy. www.ft.com/content/49c0...
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Joseph Stiglitz’s ‘progressive AI agenda’ for the economy
A slow rollout will disappoint investors. A fast one risks undermining the industry’s own foundations. But managed carefully, this technology could benefit us all
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
So pleased and delighted that @nature.com ran our opinion piece on creating an International Panel on Inequality. The statistics are stark. The need extremely clear. The consequences, immense. rdcu.be/dZhv8zDjwRZa
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
My wife @anyanyc.bsky.social's working paper, posted on @ipdcolumbia.bsky.social, about social media and the NYC Mayor's Office has been getting some notice. She looks at influencers communicating info about NYC programs and policies. tinyurl.com/bac65rw3
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Mapping New York City influencers and funding of public messaging – Initiative for Policy Dialogue
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
My wife Anya Schiffrin's paper looks at NYC influencers "There is a Signal group which the Mayor’s office uses to communicate with a hand-picked group of influencers. ... [&] pilot programs aimed at using influencers on Instagram and TikTok to promote city services" ipdcolumbia.org/wp-content/u...
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
An important paper by my wife Anya Schiffrin, @robertacarlini.bsky.social & Natalia Menéndez on LLMs and challenges to copyright laws in the US and Europe. They discuss ways to value news content, copyright negotiations & the consequences for media sustainability and diversity. tinyurl.com/4f45ee7u
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How to Update EU and US Copyright Regimes in the Age of AI – Initiative for Policy Dialogue
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Appreciate TIME publishing my piece on the importance of public grocery stores time.com/article/2026...
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The Economics of Public Grocery Stores
Public grocery stores “hold out the promise of a healthier population and a more productive labor force,” writes Joseph E. Stiglitz.
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
So nice to speak with David Brancaccio of @marketplace.org for his story on AI, jobs and taxes www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...
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What Akron's rubber bust can teach us about a possible AI tax crisis
In Akron, Ohio — once the tire capital of the world — the collapse of the rubber industry offers a stark preview of what AI-driven job losses could mean for government tax revenue.
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Thank you to @surplusmagazin.de for speaking with me about inequality, one of the most pressing issues of our time. www.surplusmagazin.de/joseph-stigl...
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Joseph Stiglitz: »Die Ungleichheit beruht auf Ausbeutung«
Joseph Stiglitz – einer der einflussreichsten Ökonomen der Gegenwart – fordert im Interview mit Lukas Scholle einen »progressiven Kapitalismus«.
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We are grateful to Heather Stewart of @theguardian.com for covering our open letter to PM Andy Burnham, urging him to sign up the UK to support the creation of a much-needed International Panel on Inequality www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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Top economists urge Burnham to sign UK up to UN initiative on global inequality
Open letter signed by 40 academics including Nobel winner Joseph Stiglitz and Kate Pickett, co-author of The Spirit Level
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Thank you to Amherst College for letting me write about my longtime friend and cherished colleague Ned Phelps. I miss him deeply. www.amherst.edu/news/news_re...
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Edmund Phelps ’55: He Wanted to Make Capitalism Work Better | 2026 | Edmund Phelps ’55: He Wanted to Make Capitalism Work Better | Amherst College
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Thank you to @jonathansperling.bsky.social for his well-written article in @columbiabusiness.bsky.social's Insights about NYC Mayor Mamdani's plan for city grocery stores. My colleague Professor Lori Yue was also interviewed. business.columbia.edu/insights/mam...
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‘The market failures in the provision of food should not be a partisan matter’: Columbia Business School experts on the NYC-owned grocery store experiment | Columbia Business School
Mayor Zohran Mamdani says municipal grocery stores will lower the price of essential foods. CBS experts explain what the plan could fix and how the city should measure success.
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A new, inequality-informed approach to pandemic preparedness is both warranted and practical. We explain why. Our article in @nejm.org With Matt Kavanagh, PhD, Monica Geingos, L.L.B., Winnie Byanyima, M.Sc., and Michael G. Marmot, M.B., B.S., M.P.H., Ph.D. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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The Inequality–Pandemic Cycle — Rethinking Preparedness | NEJM
Increasing pandemic frequency and increasing economic inequality are creating a self-reinforcing cycle. What’s needed is therefore a new, inequality-informed approach to pandemic preparedness.
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
It was so nice to speak with @channel4news.bsky.social about the new Trump tariffs.
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Was delighted to speak with @ethosfera.bsky.social with my co-author, Maxim Ventura-Bolet, about our recent paper on AI and information distribution. Information is a public good. Who should finance it? Who pays when the ecosystem is polluted? Have a listen. open.spotify.com/episode/5cMY...
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Joseph Stiglitz on AI and the economics of truth
Voces con Ethos · Episode
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Maxim Ventura-Bolet and I were extremely pleased to speak with @ethosfera.bsky.social about our recent paper on AI. The thrust: AI will create a better-informed society only with changes to the incentives governing the information economy. observatoriodemedios.org/joseph-stigl...
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Joseph Stiglitz on AI and the economics of truth – Observatorio de Medios
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
It was a great and productive meeting. Many thanks to @janetgornick.bsky.social for her important intervention, along with remarks by Imraan Valodia and Jose Antonio Ocampo. As Janet says, the IPI is taking shape! @icrict.bsky.social
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
My dear friend and wonderful colleague Ned Phelps died in May. An immense loss to all who knew and loved him, and to the world.
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ICRICT @icrict.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
La pauvreté est un choix politique. Tout commence par nos systèmes fiscaux. Dans @lemonde.fr et @theguardian.com, @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @jayatighosh.bsky.social et @thomaspiketty.bsky.social, aux côtés de près de 400 personnalités, signent une feuille de route pour l’éradiquer.
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ICRICT @icrict.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Poverty is a policy choice that starts with how we design our tax systems. In @theguardian.com, #ICRICT co-chairs @josephestiglitz.bsky.social & @jayatighosh.bsky.social and commissioner @thomaspiketty.bsky.social join 350+ signatories: rewrite the rules that manufacture poverty. #TaxJustice
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Growth has failed to eradicate poverty or to promote wellbeing. Poverty is not inevitable. It is manufactured. Our op-ed with @deschuttero.bsky.social @jayatighosh.bsky.social @thomaspiketty.bsky.social @kateraworth.bsky.social @jasonhickel.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way | Olivier De Schutter and others
Our roadmap has been shaped by experts across the world. We call on political leaders at all levels to use it, says Olivier De Schutter and others
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I look forward to reading this important book by @johnjayeconomics.bsky.social professor @jwmason.bsky.social and @ipdcolumbia.bsky.social senior researcher and Azim Premji University professor @arjunjayadev.bsky.social press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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Against Money
A powerful deconstruction of humanity’s most influential invention, from the acclaimed economists J. W. Mason and Arjun Jayadev.Money is everywhere in our daily lives. It lurks in the swipe of a card ...
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
It was a true pleasure to be on the panel with @noiweala.bsky.social to talk about progressive trade policy, with great thanks to @fesonline.bsky.social
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Please join us if you can. Should be a very interesting conversation @columbiauniversity.bsky.social with @adamtooze.bsky.social and Lee C. Bollinger about the global university, past and future. I'll round out the trio. April 28, 5:30 pm. Link to register: events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
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The Global University? Looking Back, Looking Forward
<p>Rising geopolitical tension and the nationalist turn of American policy have called into question the premise of &ldquo;the global.&rdquo; In an era of conflict, mutual suspicion, and rising border...
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I greatly look forward to it!
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Thanks to the Stanford Digital Economy Lab for posting this video Maxim Ventura-Bolet and I made to accompany our paper on Information in the age of AI published in The Digitalist Papers youtu.be/UpMjXOKd5Ik
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Innovation and misinformation in the AI era | Joseph Stiglitz and Màxim Ventura-Bolet
YouTube video by Stanford Digital Economy Lab
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Today in @theguardian.com, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, @mayor.nyc.gov and I write on Tax Day about the hazards of inequality, how the rich are not paying their share of taxes and why that is a problem locally, nationally and globally www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Tax Day is a reminder of America’s unequal tax system. But we can fix it | Zohran Mamdani, Gabriel Zucman and Joseph Stiglitz
There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
If anyone is interested in watching the Tax the Rich event with @gabrielzucman.bsky.social and @mayor.nyc.gov and me, here is the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPxp...
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Mayor Mamdani Holds Tax Day Forum with Economists Gabriel Zucman and Joseph Stiglitz
YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
So glad you and others from the Stone Center could be there, @janetgornick.bsky.social
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
It was a wonderful event at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social today with an enthusiastic and packed house to hear @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, @mayor.nyc.gov and I talk about the absolute necessity for global societies to tax the ultra rich. It's not radical to think they should pay their fair share too
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
You may be interested in this inequality event with @gabrielzucman.bsky.social and @mayor.nyc.gov. April 15 at 9:45 a.m. EDT. Link to livestream below. As our G20 inequality report said, the top 1% have seen their average wealth increase by $1.3m since 2000 while the bottom 50% saw it rise by $585.
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I was honored to give the virtual keynote for the Cambridge Disinformation Summit last week. Alan Jagolinzer of the Cambridge Judge Business School, who chaired the summit, said, "I see disinformation as preparing the landscape for corruption." www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6yI...
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Prof. Joseph Stiglitz discusses the impact of AI and digital platforms on the information ecosystem
YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I really appreciate @economist.com inviting me to write about Keynes for their By Invitation, America at 250 column. They are always great to work with www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
economist.com
John Maynard Keynes saved capitalism from itself
But America’s past economic success is no guarantee of its future, writes Joseph Stiglitz
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Thank you, Emily Russell, for your interview on the occasion of the paperback release of my book, The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society, out today in @barrons.com www.barrons.com/articles/eco...
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Economic Warnings From Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz
The economist has long been worried about deindustrialization. Now he is also concerned about the impacts from tariffs, the Iran war, and AI.
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Thank you!
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Thank you, @nber.org, for publishing this working paper with @akorinek.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34994
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Steering Technological Progress
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
So happy for the publication of The Future of Work in Developing Countries, co-edited with @arjunjayadev.bsky.social and and Akbar Noman, and thank you to @columbiaup.bsky.social for being our terrific publisher cup.columbia.edu/book/the-fut...
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The Future of Work in Developing Countries | Columbia University Press
One of the most pressing issues in development today is the employment challenge in low- and middle-income countries. As more young people enter the labor fo... | CUP
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ICRICT @icrict.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
200 figuras, @josephestiglitz.bsky.social @jayatighosh.bsky.social @thomaspiketty.bsky.social José A. Ocampo, @martinguzman.bsky.social de #ICRICT, piden a Gustavo Petro retirarse del injusto sistema de arbitraje de inversión que beneficia a empresas sobre estados En @elpais.com shorturl.at/jxWTT
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Tak, Politiken, for at have udgivet min debatartikel. (I don't speak Danish, so I hope the translation is ok.) politiken.dk/debat/debati...
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Nobelprismodtager: Intet i moderne økonomier forhindrer en retfærdig beskatning af ekstrem velstand
En formueskat på de allerrigeste kan lukke hullet i den progressive beskatning, styrke tilliden til systemet og sikre, at almindelige lønmodtagere ikke står alene med regningen.
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Thank you, @afp.com and @france24.com, for covering the talks for what will be the International Panel on Inequality. It's an exciting moment www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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Talks towards international panel to tackle 'inequality emergency' begin at UN
Talks towards creating a new international panel to address extreme wealth disparities, modelled on the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), opened in Geneva on Monday.
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Thrilled that @fortune.com ran an excerpt of my new foreword in the new paperback release of my book, The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society fortune.com/2026/03/17/s...
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Nobel economist Joseph Stiglitz says Trump replaced 'The rule of law with a question: How much will you give me?' | Fortune
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says America replaced the rule of law with a medieval bazaar, and explains what it will cost us
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Australia is leading the discussions on how to deal with AI deep fakes used in online fraud. An opinion piece with Anya Shiffrin in The Point thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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Why Meta should shoulder the burden of stopping deep fake adverts
AI deepfakes used in online fraud are a global problem. In Australia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the United States, the EU, and Southeast Asia, scammers often use deepfake images of public figures to trick pe...
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