Coronavirus Exposes the Cracks in Globalization

Marshall Auerback / Independent Media Institute Mar 10, 2020 Empowering multinational corporations at the expense of local governments has left much of the west grossly ill-equipped for a pandemic. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Even the IMF Is Calling for Higher Taxes on the Rich

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Jan 7, 2020 International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says the move would reduce income inequality. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

America’s Global Hegemony Could Be Coming to an End

Paul Jay / The Real News Network Jun 7, 2019 A new Russian-Chinese alliance threatens to upend the existing world order, argues Rob Jonson of the Institute on New Economic Thinking. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Climate Change Threatens Societal Collapse Within Decades: Report

Eoin Higgins / Common Dreams Jun 5, 2019 According to Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration, extreme weather could result in a complete societal breakdown by 2050. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Economist Joseph Stiglitz on Trump’s Budget: ‘It Doesn’t Make Any Economic Sense’

Staff / Truthdig May 25, 2017 The Nobel Prize-winning economist joins Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! to discuss the president's $4.1 trillion budget, which was unveiled Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Euro

By Bethany McLean Aug 27, 2016 The timing couldn't be better for this new book, which recounts the tragic irony of how the euro, which was supposed to bring Europe together, is in fact driving it apart. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Economist Joseph Stiglitz Slams Obama on TPP and Praises Bernie Sanders

Staff / Truthdig Nov 12, 2015 Nobel Memorial Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has a new book, "Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy: An Agenda for Growth and Shared Prosperity.” On "Democracy Now!" he discusses the United States' deeply troubled economy. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Economists Krugman and Stiglitz on Why Greeks Should Vote ‘No’ on the Referendum

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jul 1, 2015 Nobel Prize-winning economists Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman maintain that Greece must keep going it alone and vote "no" on the upcoming referendum on the bailout. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Joseph Stiglitz, Thomas Piketty and Other Renowned Economists Demand an End to Greek Austerity

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 12, 2015 Twenty-six of the world’s most distinguished economic minds proclaimed their solidarity with Greece’s ruling anti-austerity party in an essay published in the Financial Times in early June. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

1 Percent ‘Literally Rich Beyond Measure’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 7, 2014 Wealth hidden by tax shelters and non-responses to questionnaires is so undercounted that "correcting for similar lapses in income data almost erases progress made from 1988 to 2008 in narrowing the gap between the world’s rich and poor," Bloomberg contributor Jeanna Smialek reports that a body of research has found. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

GOP Food Stamp Cuts Help the Rich, Hurt the Poor and Starve the Economy

BLANK Nov 19, 2013 As part of the New York Times series on “The Great Divide,” Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz dives into the pernicious link between campaign money, farm subsidies and starving Americans. It doesn’t speak well of us as a nation, or a political system. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Controlling the International Flow of Money

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 3, 2013 “For the past 35 years, the world’s largest financial institutions and most Western governments have worked to strip away all obstacles to the free flow of money from country to country,” and the results have been disastrous, the New Economics Foundation reports. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )