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How tiny Costa Rica gets it right
News, Joseph Stiglitz, Published on 15/05/2018
» With authoritarianism and proto-fascism on the rise in so many corners of the world, it is heartening to see a country where citizens are still deeply committed to democratic principles. And now its people are in the midst of trying to redefine their politics for the twenty-first century.
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Davos fails to deliver an antidote for toxic problems
News, Joseph Stiglitz, Published on 05/02/2018
» I've been attending the World Economic Forum's annual conference in Davos, Switzerland -- where the so-called global elite convenes to discuss the world's problems -- since 1995. Never have I come away more dispirited than I have this year.
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Globalisation failing the world's people
News, Joseph Stiglitz, Published on 08/08/2016
» Fifteen years ago, I wrote a little book, entitled Globalisation and its Discontents, describing growing opposition in the developing world to globalising reforms. It seemed a mystery: people in developing countries had been told that globalisation would increase overall well-being. So why had so many people become so hostile to it?
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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.
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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.
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