Joseph E Stiglitz

Europe's powerful tool against Russia: Seize assets to back Ukraine

If European leaders want to follow through on their statements in support of Ukraine, they must seize the moment by seizing Russia's assets

The End of Progress? Trump era raises doubts over US innovation leadership

Although the US has long led the world in advancing basic science and technology, it is hard to see how this can continue under Mr Trump

US President-elect Donald Trump is on a collision course with the Budget

Government deficits are the difference between annual revenues and expenditures, and the national debt is the sum of past deficits

IMF surcharge burden on distressed countries calls for urgent reform

Surcharges neither ensure repayment nor protect IMF finances. Their main effect is to increase the burden of debt payments precisely when countries can least afford it

What a Donald Trump election victory would mean for the US economy

Mr Trump's long track record of refusing to pay vendors and contractors speaks to his character: He is a bully who will use whatever power he has to rob whoever he can

There's no debating who would be better for US economy

Assessing a President's management of the economy is always a tricky business, because many developments will have been set in motion by one's predecessors

Global elections in the shadow of neoliberalism

While scandals, culture wars, and threats to democracy dominate the headlines, the biggest issues in this super election year ultimately concern economic policies

A big defeat for Big Tech

Tech firms realise that open debate favours consumer data security concerns, so they try to ensure no such debate could ever occur

How to enforce climate agreements with trade measures

Future climate-change COPs can focus on other consequential issues, rather than on crafting the right mix of hollow words that everyone can agree on

Seizing Russia's frozen assets is the right move

The same principle that applies to individuals committing torts should be applied to nations

What pandemic preparedness would look like

Given strong odds that we will face another pandemic, the world is rightly engaged in discussions about how to do better next time. But the latest UN agreement on the issue offers mere platitudes

No confidence in the Fed

The Fed, like other independent central banks, jealously guards its credibility

Wars aren't won with peacetime economies

Wars inevitably cause shortages and generate windfall gains for some at the expense of others

How the US could lose the new cold war

The credibility gap is even wider when it comes to climate change, which disproportionately affects those in the Global South who have the least ability to cope

Getting finance onside for climate

The climate crisis demands enormous economic and societal changes

Will corporate greed prolong the pandemic?

The Covid vaccines have been developed by scientists from all over the world. It is only proper that the people of the world should reap the benefits

Avoiding a K-shaped global recovery

Political leaders in the developed world must recognise that no one is safe until everyone is safe, and that a healthy global economy is not possible without a strong recovery everywhere

An open letter to Biden on international corporate taxation

The negotiating process has, nonetheless, reached agreement that multinationals should be considered unitary businesses

How Biden can restore multilateralism

The world needs more than Trump's narrow transactional approach; so does the US

The Republican threat to the republic

Without an overwhelming victory for Democrats at all levels, Republican minority rule will be locked in indefinitely