Joseph E. Stiglitz

Each year, illicit financial flows divert vast public resources away from classrooms, hospitals and climate action, shrinking the fiscal space countries need to serve their people. Following ECOSOC’s first-ever Special Meeting on Financial Integrity last month, Nobel Laureate in Economics Joseph Stiglitz reflected on why financial integrity matters now and who is most affected when global rules fall short. The meeting, a concrete outcome of the Sevilla Commitment adopted last June at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, brought together leading institutions across tax cooperation, anti-money-laundering and anti-corruption to strengthen coordination. Their discussion focused on how to get and use information to tackle tax abuses and financial crimes. And ultimately, considered how global financial rules can deliver fairer and more sustainable outcomes for all.

"Financial integrity is not a technical issue to be postponed. It is a precondition for addressing the defining challenges of our age" - @josephestiglitz.bsky.social to
UN.org DESA on why the world need a #UNTaxConvention.

🔗Read here: shorturl.at/xud9h

#TaxThePower

Stiglitz analisa efeitos do governo Trump na economia global | GloboNews Internacional YouTube video by globonews

I was pleased to talk with @marcelolins.bsky.social of @globo-news.bsky.social in Brazil about the importance of adhering to a rules-based system, increasing inequality, oligarchy and de-dollarization.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c7F...

Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Joseph Stiglitz Slams Trump’s Myths About Tariffs, Affordability YouTube video by Democracy Now!

Delighted to speak with Amy Goodman this morning on @democracynow.org about the State of the Union, tariffs, affordability, the works
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2Tg...

So pleased to be invited by Spain to give this lecture.

Inequality Will Make the Next Pandemic Worse Joseph E. Stiglitz, Monica Geingos and Michael Marmot explain why preparations for the next global health crisis must address socioeconomic disparities.

With Monica Geingos and @michaelmarmot.bsky.social a piece for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social

Inequality isn't just about economics it's about global health. The Covid-19 pandemic was a nightmare. The next one could be worse if we don't take necessary steps
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/i...

At @columbiasipa.bsky.social , we are hiring a Professor of Practice in Development Economics. JOE listing: www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing..... We're looking for people with both research and policy experience. Feel free to reach out via DM or email (eric.verhoogen@columbia.edu) with questions.

🌍 "La desigualdad no es un accidente: es el resultado de reglas que pueden —y deben— cambiarse" @martinguzman.bsky.social en #DesigualdadEsHoraDeActuar España, organizada por @sanchezcastejon.bsky.social, junto a @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social & @carloscuerpo.bsky.social.

🌍 #ICRICT at the High-Level Dialogue on Inequality in Madrid!
With @josephestiglitz.bsky.social @martinguzman.bsky.social
@gabrielzucman.bsky.social, joining @carloscuerpo.bsky.social & guests of President @sanchezcastejon.bsky.social.
Moderator: @saizelma.bsky.social.
📅Feb 20
⏰10 AM
📍@csic.es

Trailblazers: Rethinking GDP With Professor Joseph Stiglitz YouTube video by Columbia University

It was a real pleasure to talk with Dustin Foote of @columbiauniversity.bsky.social for the Trailblazers series. He asked me about why GDP as a measure falls short, and what the alternatives could be.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5V9...

Representative Ro Khanna, in conversation with Joseph Stiglitz YouTube video by Initiative for Policy Dialogue

You can now watch Representative @rokhanna.bsky.social and @josephestiglitz.bsky.social in conversation at the conference on New Thinking in Industrial Policy: Perspectives from Developed and Developing Countries on IPD's Youtube channel. @columbiasipa.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bt3...

At @australiainstitute.org.au webinar @josephestiglitz.bsky.social argued for very high tax rates on corporate natural resource super-profits.
As long as there are excess returns, companies will continue to invest.
Tax those super-profits heavily the resources belong to the Australian people.
Here⤵️

Trump’s tariff fantasy collides with economic reality - The Boston Globe The president claims an “economic miracle.” The data tell a different story.

No, the tariffs are not unleashing an American economic miracle. A reality check, with @mtkonczal.bsky.social in @bostonglobe.com
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/13/o...

Even the @wsj.com agrees: corporate profits are soaring while workers' share keeps shrinking📉
What do democracies do about it?
Join our co-chair @josephestiglitz.bsky.social & The Australia Institute on why democracies need to collect more corporate tax
🗓️Feb 10
⏰5 PM EST
🔗https://theaus.in/4qiMeaI

Why are democracies racing to the bottom on corporate tax while Big Gas & Big Tech get richer?
@josephestiglitz.bsky.social joins @australiainstitute.org.au to discuss why inequality threatens democracy, and why corporate tax is the solution.
🗓️Feb 10
⏰5 PM EST
🔗Register: theaus.in/4qiMeaI

The latest @projectsyndicate.bsky.social piece with @jayatighosh.bsky.social on how to have multinational corporations pay their fair share of taxes.

Please join me if you are able for this upcoming webinar with @australiainstitute.org.au in which we will discuss why corporate tax is good – and why democracies should be collecting more of it. Tue Feb. 10 at 5 pm EST/Wed Feb 11 at 9am AEDT
Registration free: theaus.in/4qiMeaI

Negotiations have resumed this week at the UN for a Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation. Corporations and the wealthy must pay their fair share of taxes and not be allowed to burrow into loopholes or stash their money out of view. Countries suffer and citizens suffer. Enough.

🎯Critical week for global tax reform.
@josephestiglitz.bsky.social addresses @un.org ECOSOC on financial integrity, illicit flows & the importance of the #UNTaxConvention negotiations in these turbulent times.
🗓️Feb 4
⏰10 AM
📍ECOSOC Chamber, UN HQ
👉Full program: financing.desa.un.org/sites/defaul...

What makes for a well-balanced Board of Trustees...
www.instagram.com/p/DUGFdTMiOI4/

Please join if you are able for this important conversation on taxation and global fairness. There's more work than ever to do if we are going to reach some sort of fair international tax structure.
March 17, 1:50 p.m. CET.
Registration link below.
@icrict.bsky.social

Interview Joseph E. Stiglitz: „Es hätte längst einen großen Crash geben müssen“ Der Ökonomie-Nobelpreisträger glaubt, dass die Finanzmärkte die Risiken der Trump-Revolution völlig unterschätzen, und sieht eine postamerikanische Weltwirtschaft heraufziehen.

Had, as always, a great conversation with Handelsblatt's Astrid Doerner, with Jens Munchrath joining.
www.handelsblatt.com/politik/inte...

(S+) US-Starökonom Joseph Stiglitz: »Wirtschaftlich bekommt Trump Probleme« Joseph Stiglitz ist Wirtschaftsnobelpreisträger und scharfer Kritiker des US-Präsidenten. Hier erklärt er, was hinter der Venezuela-Attacke steckt und warum sich Europa in einem »existenziellen Kampf«...

Thank you to Kathrin Werner and David Böcking of @spiegel.de for the great interview.

And with translation software assistance: Vielen Dank an Kathrin Werner und David Böcking von @spiegel.de für das tolle Interview.
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/s...

Myth: Taxing the wealthy is impossible.
Fact: That's already happening.
At the #TooMuchFinance event in London our co-chair @jayatighosh.bsky.social pointed to the examples of Colombia, France, & California.
Org: @taxjustice.net @lseinequalities.bsky.social...

Henry George, land speculation, and economic growth and transformation Abstract. There has long been a concern that speculation on land (or other non-produced assets) may adversely affect economic performance by diverting scar

Henry George argued that the most efficient tax is a tax on land. Going beyond his analysis, Tomohiro Hirano and @josephestiglitz.bsky.social suggest that financial liberalisation and loose monetary policy can stimulate land speculation instead of productive investment.
doi.org/10.1093/oxre...

My latest piece for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social

The Other Invisible Hand How culture shapes us and the societies we create

A new blog, with Karla Hoff and Allison Demeritt, developed from our talk at The Agency Summit: Expanding Opportunities to Act, Choose, and Thrive at NYU, @theagencyfund.bsky.social. It delves into topics from our forthcoming book, The Other Invisible Hand. theagencyfund.substack.com/p/the-other-...

If you are in Tokyo on January 15 and have the time, I'd love to see you at the @ununiversity.bsky.social public lecture. Registration link is below.

Information in the Age of AI: Challenges and Solutions — Digitalist Papers Transformative AI will transform how society produces and shares information. As Joseph Stiglitz and Màxim Ventura-Bolet argue, it could drive innovation by processing knowledge faster and more effici...

I wrote an essay with Maxim Ventura-Bolet for The Digitalist Papers, Vol. 2 on AI and information.
www.digitalistpapers.com/vol2/stiglit...

Top economists call for halt to Sri Lanka debt repayments after Cyclone Ditwah Group of 120 experts including Joseph Stiglitz urge fresh debt restructuring plan given scale of destruction

Fellow economists @jayatighosh.bsky.social @thomaspiketty.bsky.social @stephaniekelton.bsky.social @kateraworth.bsky.social, and many others, including me, call for a halt to Sri Lank debt repayments after Cyclone Ditwah

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Has the CHIPS Act created jobs? | Brookings The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 included funds for billions of dollars in federal investments in U.S.-based manufacturing, a major landmark in the history of America’s industrial policy. While the f...

US Industrial policy underwent a revival under Biden. What have the effects been? @bilgeerten.bsky.social, @josephestiglitz.bsky.social , and I have a new @brookings.edu paper on employment effects of the CHIPS Act. We sat with @markmuro1.bsky.social to discuss.
www.brookings.edu/articles/has...