Joseph E Stiglitz

Anyone with any faith in the market economy knew that the supply issues would be resolved eventually; but no one could possibly know when.

In the name of taming inflation, central banks have set themselves on a path to cause a recession.

It is not left-wing extremism to note that the American economy has not been serving most Americans

Politically, the G7 and like-minded countries around the world have adopted a war footing to stop Russian aggression.

The United States appears to have entered a new cold war with both China and Russia.

The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) first meeting in more than two years was markedly different from the many previous Davos conferences.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is showing promising signs of changing with the times.

Although Covid-19 has been hard on everyone, it has not been an “equal opportunity” disease.

The World Trade Organization was supposed to meet this week to consider a proposal that has been languishing for the past year:

Moves are afoot to replace or at least greatly weaken Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since 2019.

The world has finally awoken to the existential imperative of securing a rapid transition to a green economy.

There is so much to celebrate with the new year. The arrival of safe, effective Covid-19 vaccines means that there is light at the end of the pandemic tunnel (though the next few months will be horrific). Equally important, America’s mendacious, incompetent, mean-spirited president will be replaced by his polar opposite: a man of decency, honesty, and professionalism.

This year marked the 50th anniversary of the World Economic Forum’s flagship meeting of the world’s business and political elites in Davos, Switzerland. Much has changed since my first Davos in 1995.

As the world’s business elites trek to Davos for their annual gathering, people should be asking a simple question: have they overcome their infatuation with US President Donald Trump?

Judging by his appointment of a first-rate economist to his cabinet as Minister of Economy, Argentina’s new president, Alberto Fernández, is off to a good start in confronting his country’s economic problems.

It’s clear: we are living beyond our planet’s limits. Unless we change something, the consequences will be dire. Should that something be our exclusive focus on economic growth?

For four decades, the prevailing doctrine in the United States has been that corporations should maximise shareholder value—meaning profits and share prices—here and now, come what may, regardless of the consequences to workers, customers, suppliers, and

What kind of economic system is most conducive to human wellbeing? That question has come to define the current era, because, after 40 years of neoliberalism in the United States and other advanced economies, we know what doesn’t work.

Kirstjen Nielsen's forced resignation as US Secretary of Homeland Security is no reason to celebrate. Yes, she presided over the forced separation of families at the US border, notoriously housing young children in wire cages.

In the last few years, globalisation has come under renewed attack. Some of the criticisms may be misplaced, but one is spot on: globalisation has enabled large multinationals, like Apple, Google, and Starbucks, to avoid paying tax.