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Trump’s Most Worrisome Legacy

NEW YORK – Kirstjen Nielsen’s forced resignation as US Secretary of Homeland Security is no reason to celebrate. Yes, she presided over the forced...

Joseph E. Stiglitz

100 09.04.2019

Market Concentration Is Threatening the US Economy

NEW YORK – The world’s advanced economies are suffering from a number of deep-seated problems. In the United States, in particular, inequality is...

Joseph E. Stiglitz

30 11.03.2019

How Can We Tax Footloose Multinationals?

NEW YORK – In the last few years, globalization has come under renewed attack. Some of the criticisms may be misplaced, but one is spot on:...

Joseph E. Stiglitz

40 13.02.2019

From Yellow Vests to the Green New Deal

NEW YORK – It’s old news that large segments of society have become deeply unhappy with what they see as “the establishment,” especially the...

Joseph E. Stiglitz

100 07.01.2019

A Very Trumpian Year

NEW YORK – At the end of 2017, US President Donald Trump’s administration and congressional Republicans rammed through a $1 trillion cut in...

Joseph E. Stiglitz

10 03.01.2019

Trump’s year of chaos manifests in bad policies and worse politics

At the end of 2017, US President Donald Trump’s administration and congressional Republicans rammed through a US$1 trillion cut in corporate taxes,...

Joseph E. Stiglitz

20 20.12.2018

Beyond GDP

INCHEON – Just under ten years ago, the International Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress issued its report, ...