Stories by Joseph Stiglitz
Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate, is a professor of economics at Columbia University.
Posted on Sep 6, 2011, Source: Al Jazeera English
The September 11, 2001, attacks by al-Qaeda were meant to harm the United States, and they did, but in ways that Osama bin Laden probably never imagined.
Posted on Jul 12, 2010, Source: Project Syndicate
Finance is a means to an end, not an end in itself. It is supposed to serve the interests of the rest of society, not the other way around.
Posted on Apr 2, 2010, Source: W. W. Norton & Company
How did the bankers make off with all of our money? Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz explains.
Posted on Feb 27, 2010, Source: W. W. Norton & Company
How did the big banks nearly take down the entire economy and still continue to profit? Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz explains.
Posted on Mar 26, 2009, Source: Project Syndicate
The real failings in the Obama recovery program lie not in the stimulus package, but in its efforts to revive financial markets.
Posted on Mar 7, 2009, Source: The Nation
American banks have polluted the economy; it's a matter of equity and efficiency that they now be forced to clean it up.
Posted on Feb 2, 2009, Source: CNN
We gave the banks hundreds of billions to start lending again, and instead they're just hoarding the cash, waiting until things settle down.
Posted on Dec 22, 2008, Source: Mother Jones
And how President Obama can get the economy back on track.
Posted on Dec 13, 2008, Source: The Financial Times
If we bailout the Big 3 directly, much of the money will just support shareholders and bondholders.
Posted on Dec 11, 2008, Source: Vanity Fair
We are at a dangerous moment. Behind the debates over future economic policy is a debate over history -- here are the major mistakes that got us here.
Posted on Oct 1, 2008, Source: TheNation.com
There are four fundamental problems with our financial system. The Paulson plan addresses only one.
Posted on Sep 13, 2008, Source: The Guardian
America's Iraq adventure led it into a moral vacuum. Will the error be repeated in the renewed US Afghan campaign?
Posted on Aug 11, 2008, Source: The Guardian
Unlike the GOP, progressives have a coherent economic agenda offering not only higher growth, but also social justice.
Posted on Apr 8, 2008, Source: Comment Is Free
Notwithstanding Bush's response, our original estimate of the cost of the Iraq war was too conservative: in reality, it will be much higher.
Posted on Feb 25, 2008, Source: The Times of London UK
The cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts have grown to staggering proportions.
Posted on Oct 9, 2007, Source: Comment Is Free
Booming home prices gave Americans the confidence to spend more than their income but now the game is over.
