Joseph E. Stiglitz Achievements, Author Biography, Trivia, and Movies

Joseph Eugene Stiglitz, ForMemRS, FBA, is an American economist and a professor at Columbia University. He is a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and the John Bates Clark Medal . He is also the former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank. He is known for his critical view of the management of globalization, free-market economists and some international institutions like the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. In 2000, Stiglitz founded the Initiative for Policy Dialogue , a think tank on international development based at Columbia...
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quick facts

Birthdate:	February 9, 1943
Birthplace:	Gary, Indiana
Age:	69
Education:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Amherst College
Also known as:	Joseph Stiglitz

Honors and Awards

Year	Award	Work
2001	Nobel Prize in Economics	Information asymmetry

Written works by Joseph E. Stiglitz

Globalization and Its Discontents
Making Globalization Work
The Three Trillion Dollar War
More instruments and broader goals : moving toward the post Washington consensus
Distribution of Income

Title	Published	Genre
Globalization and Its Discontents	2002	Non-fiction
Making Globalization Work	2006
The Three Trillion Dollar War		Non-fiction
More instruments and broader goals : moving toward the post Washington consensus
Distribution of Income
Study Guide for Principles of Microeconomics
Whither Socialism?
Economia del Sector Publico, La
Stiglitz Tutor Documentation Booklet
Comercio justo para todos/ Fair Trade for All
The Roaring Nineties
Alternative theories of wage determination and unemployment in L.D.C.'s
La Economia del Sector Publico
New Developments in the Analysis of Market Structure
Process of European Integration And the Future of Europe, the
Financial Liberalization
Los felices 90
Making Globalization Work
Volkswirtschaftslehre
State versus market
Readings in the modern theory of economic growth
development round of trade negotiations in the aftermath of Cancún
Principios de Microeconomia
Fair Trade for All
Towards a new paradigm in monetary economics
The Taxation of Capital and Tax Avoidance
Como hacer que funcione la globalizacion
Sustainable development and neo-liberalism
Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy	2010	Non-fiction
Economics
The role of government in a digital age
Selected works of Joseph E. Stiglitz

Joseph E. Stiglitz quotes

The reason that the invisible hand often seems invisible is that it is often not there.
- Joseph E. Stiglitz
Neo-liberal market fundamentalism was always a political doctrine serving certain interests. It was never supported by economic theory. Nor, it should now be clear, is it supported by historical experience.
- Joseph E. Stiglitz
The fall of Wall Street is for market fundamentalism what the fall of the Berlin Wall was for communism.
- Joseph E. Stiglitz

Places Joseph E. Stiglitz has lived

Map showing Places Lived by Joseph E. Stiglitz

Marker	Location	Population
A	United States of America	311,591,917
B	New York City	8,175,133
C	Gary	80,294

People who influenced Joseph E. Stiglitz

Robert Solow

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John Maynard Keynes

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Personal relationships of Joseph E. Stiglitz

Anya Schiffrin

Age:49

Relationship type:Marriage

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Which book titles have been composed by author, Joseph E. Stiglitz?
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Popular titles include:
- Globalization and Its Discontents
- The Three Trillion Dollar War
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Where was Joseph E. Stiglitz born?
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Joseph E. Stiglitz was born in Gary.
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Where did Joseph E. Stiglitz go to school?
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Joseph E. Stiglitz went to school at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Joseph E. Stiglitz