Trump’s Tragedy of Errors
Trump’s unchecked Iran war is wrecking supply chains, reigniting inflation, and deepening a global affordability crisis.
Will Democracy Govern Capitalism — or Be Consumed by It?
Joseph Stiglitz and Jayati Ghosh
Taxing extreme wealth and multinationals is essential to defeating “21st-century Caesarism” and reclaiming democratic governance from the global elite.
America’s New Age of Empire
Joseph E. Stiglitz thinks the rest of the world should plan for the worst and pursue a policy of containment of the US.
Trump’s America: The New Global Tax Haven?
Trump is turning America into a tax haven, dismantling safeguards and fueling inequality through global deregulation.
The End of Progess? The Dire Consequences of Trump’s Return
Trump’s second presidency could derail progress, dismantle Enlightenment values, and reshape global politics for the worse.
How Trump’s Victory Exposes the Failures of Neoliberalism
After decades of inequality and broken promises, voters chose disruption over progress.
How Trump’s energy policies could set America back decades
Just as Donald Trump’s overall economic strategy is based on nostalgia for a bygone era, his fossil-fuel-centered energy policies would represent a quixotic attempt to reverse history.
Getting deglobalisation right
This year’s gathering of business and political elites in Davos recognised a basic truth—without reckoning with past mistakes.
Whither America?
It will take more than one person—and more than one presidential term—to overcome America’s longstanding challenges.
Priorities for the Covid-19 economy
The most urgent policy priorities have been obvious since the beginning, but they will require hard choices and a show of political will.
Plagued by Trumpism
For 40 years, US Republicans have been insisting that ‘government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem’. The bankruptcy of this has been laid bare.
The end of neoliberalism and the rebirth of history
For 40 years, elites in rich and poor countries promised neoliberal policies would lead to faster growth and the benefits would trickle down so that everyone would be better off.
Beyond GDP
GDP figures are often in the public eye but they are insufficient measures for well-being. Economics Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz explains why we need to look beyond GDP.
The Myth Of Secular Stagnation
In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, some economists argued that the United States, and perhaps the global economy, was suffering from “secular stagnation,”
Illiberal Stagnation
Today, a quarter-century after the Cold War’s end, the West and Russia are again at odds. This time, though, at least on one side, the
Trading On False Promises: Trump Trashes The American Dream
US President-elect Donald Trump has announced a big building programme of schools, roads and hospitals. How is he going to do that while cutting back