Joseph Stiglitz

Great Books for The Holidays

Arts, Culture & Media

This year’s recommendations come from writers and journalists including Granta editor John Freeman and writer Yiyun Li.

Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz on America’s Lost Decade

Economy of Green

The World

Re-examining the costs of the Iraq War as drawdown nears

The World

U.S. Deficit Projected to Reach $9 Trillion

Global Politics
The World

Economics Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz on the Obama stimulus plan

Global Politics

We turn to Nobel Prize winning economist and Columbia University Professor Joseph Stiglitz for his thoughts on the pros and cons of President Obama’s economic stimulus plan.

The World

Shrinking the national debt one soldier at a time

Global Politics

President Obama is making a priority of slashing the national debt in the coming years and he says some of the greatest savings come from pulling troops out of Iraq. But just how much money can be saved by a troop withdrawal?

The World

Economy of green

Environment

Creating green jobs in the next decade will spur the American economy towards future growth. That’s according to Dr. Joseph Stiglitz, a 2001 Nobel Prize winner and economics professor at Columbia University, who talked with host Steve Curwood.