By Joseph E. Stiglitz   NEW YORK – Whereas Nero famously fiddled while Rome burned, US President Donald Trump has famously hit

By Joseph E. Stiglitz   NEW YORK – Although it seems like ancient history, it hasn’t been that long since economies around the

By JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ   The public-health effects and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in developing and emerging

By Joseph E. Stiglitz   NEW YORK – As an educator, I’m always looking for “teachable moments” – current events that illustrate

By Joseph E. Stiglitz   DAVOS – This year marked the 50th anniversary of the World Economic Forum’s flagship meeting of the

By Joseph E. Stiglitz   NEW YORK – As the world’s business elites trek to Davos for their annual gathering, people should be

By Joseph E. Stiglitz   NEW YORK – It’s clear: we are living beyond our planet’s limits. Unless we change something, the

By Joseph E. Stiglitz   NEW YORK – At the end of the Cold War, political scientist Francis Fukuyama wrote a celebrated essay

By Joseph E. Stiglitz   NEW YORK – Globalization has gotten a bad rap in recent years, and often for good reason. But some

By Joseph E. Stiglitz   NEW YORK – What kind of economic system is most conducive to human wellbeing? That question has come to