Joseph Stiglitz

Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz on America’s Lost Decade

We’re all witnessing a historical moment in the Middle East, as Libya prepares for the end of Moammar Gadhafi’s rule.  And while the revolution that has taken six months to occur is in many ways remarkable, Americans may also be in the midst of our own, quieter moment in history: a lost decade. The recession has […]

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
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?

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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.