Joseph Stiglitz

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Former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank, Joseph Stiglitz is the recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and the John Bates Clark Medal.  He is an international speaker of repute and in his keynote speeches, he offers an overview of the global economy.

Award-winning Economist

In 1979, Joseph Stiglitz was awarded the John Bates Clark Award, given by the American Economic Association to the economist under 40 who has made the most significant contribution to the field. 

Academic Career

He is also the co-founder and Executive Director of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia. In 2001, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his analyses of markets with asymmetric information.Career

He has taught at Princeton, Stanford, MIT and was the Drummond Professor and a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He is now University Professor at Columbia University in New York and Chair of Columbia University's Committee on Global Thought.

Stiglitz holds a part-time appointment at the University of Manchester as Chair of the Management Board and Director of Graduate Summer Programs at the Brooks World Poverty Institute.

Economic Adviser

Stiglitz was a member of the Council of Economic Advisers from 1993 to 1995, during the Clinton administration, and served as CEA chairman from 1995 to 1997. He then became Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President of the World Bank from 1997 to 2000.

Author

Joseph is the author of numerous book, including The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict which measures the war’s opportunity cost to Americans.

Keynote Speaker

Joseph Stiglitz is a world-recognised international speaker. 

Example of his Speech Topics

• Globalization - Making Globalization work
• Managing Crisis & Recovery
• Development & Aid - Socially responsible investment
• Finance - Making Globalization work
• The Environment and Natural Resources - Sharing the burden of saving the planet
• Trade - Fair trade for all
• Economics and Economic Theory 

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