Even the IMF Is Calling for Higher Taxes on the Rich
Jan 7, 2020 International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says the move would reduce income inequality.
America’s Global Hegemony Could Be Coming to an End
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.
Climate Change Threatens Societal Collapse Within Decades: Report
Jun 5, 2019 According to Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration, extreme weather could result in a complete societal breakdown by 2050.Economist Joseph Stiglitz on Trump’s Budget: ‘It Doesn’t Make Any Economic Sense’
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.
The Euro
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.VIDEO: Economist Joseph Stiglitz Slams Obama on TPP and Praises Bernie Sanders
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.
Economists Krugman and Stiglitz on Why Greeks Should Vote ‘No’ on the Referendum
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.
Joseph Stiglitz, Thomas Piketty and Other Renowned Economists Demand an End to Greek Austerity
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.
1 Percent ‘Literally Rich Beyond Measure’
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.
GOP Food Stamp Cuts Help the Rich, Hurt the Poor and Starve the Economy
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.
