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Wealth gap ushers in premature deaths
News, Joseph Stiglitz, Published on 12/12/2015
» This week, Angus Deaton will receive the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics “for his analysis of consumption, poverty and welfare”. Deservedly so. Indeed, soon after the award was announced in October, Mr Deaton published some startling work with Ann Case in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences — research that is at least as newsworthy as the Nobel ceremony.
Young Americans 'Fed Up' with country's economy
News, Joseph Stiglitz, Published on 16/09/2015
» At the end of every August, central bankers and financiers from around the world meet in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for the US Federal Reserve's economic symposium. This year, the participants were greeted by a large group of mostly young people, including many African- and Hispanic-Americans.