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Professor Joseph Stiglitz FBA

Economics of information, economics of uncertainty, risk and agriculture, financial markets, growth and capital theory, natural resources, theory of market structure R&D, macroeconomics, monetary economics, international economics, development, distribution of income and wealth, welfare economics, comparative economic systems/organization theory, political economy, theory of taxation/public finance, theory of public expenditures
Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
1993
Subjects
Economics
Sections
Economics and Economic History
Website
http://www.josephstiglitz.com/

Current post

University Professor, Finance and Economics Faculty, Columbia University; Founder and President, Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD) ; Co-Chair of the High-Level Expert Group on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) ; Chief Economist of The Roosevelt Institute

Past appointments

World Bank Senior Vice President and Chief Economist

1997 - 2000

Council of Economic Advisers (Member of Cabinet) Chairman

1995 - 1997

Publications

People, Power, and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent

Joseph Stiglitz FBA - Published in 2019 by W.W. Norton, Allen Lane / Penguin

Globalization and Its Discontents Revisited: Anti-Globalization in the Era of Trump

Joseph Stiglitz FBA - Published in 2017 by W.W. Norton, Allen Lane / Penguin

The Euro: How a Common Currency Threatens the Future of Europe

Joseph Stiglitz FBA - Published in 2016 by W.W. Norton, Allen Lane / Penguin

Rewriting the Rules of the European Economy: An Agenda for Growth and Shared Prosperity

Joseph Stiglitz FBA - Published in 2015 by W.W. Norton

The Great Divide: Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them

Joseph Stiglitz FBA - Published in 2015 by W.W. Norton, Penguin

Creating a Learning Society: A New Approach to Growth, Development, and Social Progress

Joseph Stiglitz FBA - Published in 2014 by Columbia University Press

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Jonathan Thomas FBA

Financial Economics Social Statistics Mathematical Economics

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Professor Thomas Piketty FBA

Historical and theoretical work on the interplay between economic development, the distribution of income and wealth, and political conflict. These works have led to emphasise the role of political, social and fiscal institutions in the historical evolution of income and wealth distribution

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Professor Kevin O'Rourke FBA

Economic history and international economics; the history of the international economy, the political economy of trade, economic growth and fluctuations

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