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A better economic plan for Japan
Business, Joseph Stiglitz, Published on 26/09/2016
» It's been a quarter-century since Japan's asset bubble burst -- and a quarter-century of malaise as one "lost decade" has followed another. Some of the criticism of its economic policies is unwarranted. Growth is not an objective in itself; we should be concerned with standards of living.
Brexit lesson for Europe: address the concerns of citizens
Business, Joseph Stiglitz, Published on 11/07/2016
» Digesting the full implications of the UK's "Brexit" referendum will take Britain, Europe, and the world a long time. The most profound consequences will, of course, depend on the EU's response to the UK's withdrawal. Most people initially assumed that the EU would not "cut off its nose to spite its face": after all, an amicable divorce seems to be in everyone's interest. But the divorce -- as many do -- could become messy.
Looking to the future after Brexit fallout
News, Joseph Stiglitz, Published on 09/07/2016
» Digesting the full implications of the United Kingdom's "Brexit" referendum will take Britain, Europe and the world a long time. The most profound consequences will, of course, depend on the European Union's (EU) response to the UK's withdrawal.
The great trans-Pacific free-trade charade
Joseph Stiglitz, Published on 04/10/2015
» As negotiators and ministers from the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries meet in Atlanta in an effort to finalise the details of the sweeping new Trans-Pacific Partnership, some sober analysis is warranted. The biggest regional trade and investment agreement in history is not what it seems.