Appointments
Columbia University
University Professor, teaching at the Columbia Business School, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, and the School of International and Public Affairs.
Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD)
Founder and Co-President
The Roosevelt Institute
Chief Economist
Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation (ICRICT)
Co-Chair
High-Level Expert Group on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress, OECD
Co-Chair
Open Letters (For information purposes only)
- The upside-down priorities of the House budget, June 2, 2025.
- Not for Private Gain, April 2025.
- Response to Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy Call for Evidence, December 16, 2024.
- Twenty-Three Nobel Economists Sign Letter Saying Harris Agenda Vastly Better For U.S. Economy, October 23, 2024.
- Letter: G20 must step up aid to world’s poorest countries, Financial Times, October 15, 2024.
- Open Letter to the International Monetary Fund Board of Directors on the Need for Significant Reform of the Rate of Charge and Surcharge Policies, October 10, 2024.
- Sixteen Nobel Economists Sign Letter About Risks to the U.S. Economy of a Second Trump Presidency, June 25, 2024.
- Council co-chairs' statement on efforts to negotiate a pandemic agreement, May 24, 2024.
- Open Letter to Governor Hochul and Members of the New York State Legislature on the Sovereign Debt Stability Act, April 25, 2024.
- Global Leaders Renew Call for Justice for Professor Yunus, January 28, 2024.
- Put the UN in Charge of International Taxation, Project Syndicate, November 21, 2023.
- G20 Leaders Must Tax Extreme Wealth, Patriotic Millionaires, Oxfam, Millionaires for Humanity, Earth4All, Institute for Policy Studies, September 5, 2023.
- Global Leaders and Nobel Laureates Call for Ending the Persecution of Muhammad Yunus, August 29, 2023.
Articles and OpEds
- Trump bullied Canada over ‘digital taxes’ – and Ottawa submitted, The Guardian, July 8, 2025.
- How to Solve the Development Crisis With Quality Finance, with Martin Guzman and Mavis Owusu-Gyamfi, July 4, 2025.
- The challenge at UN aid conference: Governments cannot paper over the cracks in development funding, with Winnie Byanyima, El Pais English, July 1, 2025.
- How to Put Development Finance Back on Track, with Carlos Cuerpo, Minister of the Economy, Trade and Business, Spain, Project Syndicate, July 1, 2025.
- A Tax Victory for Multinationals Over People, with Jayati Ghosh and Jose Antonio Ocampo, Project Syndicate, June 30, 2025.
- Joseph Stiglitz and Martín Guzmán on how to ease developing countries’ debt woes, The Economist, June 20, 2025.
- Debt is crushing the developing world, Financial Times, June 2, 2025.
- My Brush With Trump’s Thought Police, The New York Times, May 13, 2025.
- Pope Francis and the Path to a Just Economy, with Martin Guzman, Project Syndicate, April 26, 2025.
- America is becoming the world's largest tax haven, Project Syndicate, April 21, 2025.
- Allowing foreign firms to sue governments for lost profits is legal terrorism – it must end, The Guardian, March 7, 2025.
- Europe’s Powerful Tool Against Russia, with Andrew Kosenko, Project Syndicate, March 4, 2025.
- The End of Progress? Project Syndicate, January 21, 2025.
- A No-Brainer for Global Growth and US Jobs, with Mark Weisbrot, Project Syndicate, January 10, 2025.
Speeches and Panels
- 4th International Conference on Financing for Development, United Nations, Seville, Spain, July 3, 2025. In at 02:14:40.
- IMPACT² Annual Global Democracy Summit Keynote, Paris City Hall, May 15, 2025.
- Designing Policies for Sustainable Growth, China Development Forum, March 23, 2025.
- The Resurgence of Industrial Policy and the New Protectionism, Nankai University, March 22, 2025.
- AI, The Information Ecosystem, and the Economy, Peking University, March 20, 2025.
- Post-Neoliberal Globalization, Columbia Global Centers: Beijing, March 20,2025.
- 15th Annual Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture with Susan Athey, Respondent, March 10, 2025.
- Will Machines Have Free Will? Shaping the Future of AI, Columbia University AI Summit, March 4, 2025.
- Industrial Policies: More Market Failures, New Objectives, New Instruments, New Worries, Building the Future: A New Era of Industrial Policy Conference, Princeton University, February 20, 2025.
Latest on Juliana v. United States
- Plaintiffs-Appellees’ Answering Brief filed with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
- The climate change lawsuit that could stop the U.S. government from supporting fossil fuels, 60 Minutes, aired March 3, 2019.
Papers and Briefs
Working Papers
- Credit, Land Speculation, and Low-Interest-Rate Policy, with Tomohiro Hirano, NBER Working Paper 33661, April, 2025.
- Growth and Fluctuations Economies with Land Speculation, with Tomohiro Hirano, NBER Working Paper 33589, March, 2025.
- Equity Prices, Market Power, and Optimal Corporate Tax Policy, with Ignacio Gonzalez and Juan A. Montecino, NBER Working Paper 33544, March, 2025.
- Are Supply Networks Efficiently Resilient? With Agostino Capponi and Chuan Du, NBER Working Paper 32221, March, 2024. Revised January, 2025.
Published Papers
- Equity prices, market power, and optimal corporate tax policy, with Vol. 176, July 2025.
- New Report: How New York State Lawmakers Can Help Address Debt Crises in the Global South, with Martin Guzman, Initiative for Policy Dialogue, January 16, 2025.
- Reforming the IMF Surcharge Rate Policy to Avoid Procyclical Lending, with Martin Guzman, Kevin Gallagher and Marilou Uy, T20 Policy Brief, September 11, 2024.
- The Practice of Sovereign Debt Sustainability Analysis, with Martin Guzman, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, August, 2024.
Amicus Briefs
- "Brief of Joseph E. Stiglitz as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners," in the Supreme Court of the United States, States, Petitioners, v. American Express Company and American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc, December 14, 2017.
- “Brief of Joseph E. Stiglitz as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners,” for Republic of Argentina, Petitioner, v. NML Capital Ltd., et al., Respondents, in the Supreme Court of the United States, March 24, 2014.
- "Brief of Joseph E. Stiglitz as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners," for Esther Kiobel, et al. v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., et al., in the Supreme Court of the United States, December, 2011.
The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society
W.W. Norton, April, 2024. Also published in the UK by Allen Lane/Penguin. Published in Dutch by Querido Facto, in Italian by Einaudi, in Spanish by Taurus, in French by Les Liens Qui Libèrent (France) and Madrigall (Canada), in German by Siedler Verlag, in Korean by Book 21 and in Japanese by Toyo Kezai.
Rewriting the Rules of the European Economy: An Agenda for Growth and Shared Prosperity
W.W. Norton, January 2020.
Book Mentions
Les routes de la liberté, Dictionnaire du développement durable (France), January 2025.
Les routes de la liberté, Actualité (France), January 2025.
Amazon Editors' Pick: Best Books of the Year 2024.
The best books that make sense of how globalization broke down, and what happens next, Peter S. Goodman on Shepherd.com, June, 2024.
Roula Khalaf, Stephen Bush and other FT journalists pick their favourite book of 2024 so far, Financial Times, June 22, 2024.
Nonfiction Views: 28 interesting nonfiction new releases this week, Daily Kos, April 23, 2024.
The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society, Kirkus Review, March 6, 2024.
The Most Anticipated Books of 2024, Foreign Policy, December 31, 2023.
Opeds on and Excerpts of New Books
- Opinion: Time is up for neoliberals, The Washington Post, May 13, 2024.
- A billionaires’ tax is justified—and Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are inspired by more than money, Book Excerpt, Fortune, May 12, 2024.
- Where Global Governance Went Wrong—and How to Fix It, Foreign Policy, April 28, 2024.
- Survival of the Wealthiest: Joseph E. Stiglitz on the Dangerous Failures of Neoliberalism, Literary Hub, April 24, 2024.
- Freedom for the Wolves, The Atlantic, April 22, 2024.
- In Foreign Language Press
- La libertad es algo más que no pagar impuestos, El Pais (Spain), January 14, 2025.
Interviews on New Books
- Interviews and Book Reviews on The Road to Freedom:
- Business book review - In The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society by Joseph Stiglitz, The Money Show with Stephen Grootes, 702 Cape Talks Radio (South Africa), May 26, 2025.
- 'Trump is destroying the strength of America' | Economist explains where Trump went wrong, Times Radio (UK) May 9 2025.
- We Speak To Prof Joseph Stiglitz (Nobel Laureate) On The UK/US Trade Deal…, BBC Radio Americast, May 9, 2025.
- "We are going to lose the trade war," The Pioneer (Germany, in English), April 30, 2025. Full print cover story in German. Full audio interview in English. Full audio interview in German. Full print cover story in English. Full print cover story in German.
- Book Review - The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society, Global Policy, March 28, 2025.
- Bizcast: Professor Joseph Stiglitz and The Road to Freedom, with Glenn Hubbard, Columbia Business School, December 5, 2024.
- The Current with Matt Galloway, CBC Radio (Canada), November 15, 2024.
- Joseph Stiglitz: A Path to Freedom for a Better Economy and Society, Bangkok Post, October 22, 2024.
- Joseph Stiglitz | Economics and The Good Society, The Commonwealth Club of California, September 16, 2024.
- Review: A ‘superficial’ and ‘misguided’ version of freedom has captured the American right. Joseph Stiglitz considers the alternatives, The Conversation, September 15, 2024.
- Review: The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society, Upriver Press, September 4, 2024.
- Joseph Stiglitz on the role of government in the economy, The Hindu (India) On Books podcast, August 19, 2024.
- India has a lot more scope to pursue progressive capitalism: Joseph Stiglitz, The Hindu (India), August 11, 2024.
- 'Neoliberal capitalism' has contributed to the rise of fascism, says Nobel laureate, ABC News (Australia) Analysis, August 11, 2024.
- Joseph Stiglitz: inequality is not inevitable, Melbourne Mornings, ABC Radio Melbourne (Australia), August 6, 2024.
- The invention of reality TV and Joseph Stiglitz on the meaning of freedom, ABC Radio National Saturday Extra (Australia), August 2, 2024.
- Talking Trump and Economics With Joseph Stiglitz in Sydney, The New York Times Australia Letter, August 2, 2024.
- The Road To Freedom (with Joseph Stiglitz), Pitchfork Economics podcast, July 16, 2024.
- Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz on Populism, Trump, One Decision podcast, June 27, 2024.
- Joseph Stiglitz on Pioneering Economic Theories, Policy Challenges, and His Intellectual Legacy, Conversations with Tyler, June 26, 2024.
- Joseph Stiglitz's Vision of a New Progressive Capitalism, Capitalisn't podcast, June 20, 2024.
- Is it time for capitalism to change? On Watch podcast by MarketWatch, June 13, 2024.
- Joseph Stiglitz vs Friedrich von Hayek: One Nobel Prize Winning Economist Takes On Another, KPFA, June 10, 2024.
- The Road to Freedom: A Conversation with Joseph E. Stiglitz, Deep State Radio, May 29, 2024.
- The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society, New Books Network, May 20, 2024.
- Nobel-winning Economist Joseph Stiglitz New Book Offers A New Vision on Economic and Political Freedom, Heartland Politics with Robin Johnson, WVIK, May 16, 2024.
- Joseph Stiglitz: the UK’s tax system is “inexcusable,” The New Statesman, May 11, 2024.
- Stiglitz: Here's the Playbook Trump Will Use to Stay in Power, Business Insider, May 9, 2024.
- Joseph Stiglitz: ‘Freedom for the wolves means death for the lambs,’ City A.M., May 9, 2024.
- Economist Joseph Stiglitz on Pro-Palestine campus protests, Trump and rethinking freedom, Ways to Change the World, BBC4, May 7, 2024.
- Neoliberal economics: The road to freedom or authoritarianism?, Planet Money, May 5, 2024.
- Corbyn economics guru urges Starmer to borrow and spend more, The Telegraph, May 5, 2024.
- Joseph Stiglitz: ‘We know where fascism led last time,’ The Spectator, May 4, 2024.
- Joseph Stiglitz is still walking the road to freedom, The Times, May 3, 2024.
- Question Time, BBC1, May 2, 2024.
- An interview with Joseph Stiglitz, Money Talks, The Economist, May 2, 2024.
- Joe Stiglitz on Why America's Appetite for Trump Endures, Business Insider, May 1, 2024.
- Joseph Stiglitz Makes the Case for Moving Past Neoliberalism, Barron's, May 1, 2024.
- BBC Today, BBC Radio 4, April 30, 2024. In at 2:40.
- Economist Joseph Stiglitz: ‘Trump is what neoliberalism produces’, Financial Times, April 29, 2024.
- BBC Newshour, BBC World Service, April 29, 2024.
- Bloomberg Business Week: Joseph Stiglitz, Bloomberg Business Week podcast, April 26, 2024.
- Is Our Concept of Freedom All Wrong? People I (Mostly) Admire podcast, Freakonomics, April 26, 2024.
- The morning after neoliberalism, The.Ink, April 26, 2024.
- Joseph E. Stiglitz — The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society - with Timothy Noah, Politics and Prose and Sixth & I, April 25, 2024. On C-SPAN's Book TV, here.
- A Nobel Prize Winner Dissects American Economics and Politics, The Next Big Idea Club, April 25, 2024.
- Joseph Stiglitz and the Meaning of Freedom, The New Yorker, April 25, 2024.
- Reframing 'Free' Beyond Markets, the Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC, April 24, 2024.
- Joseph Stiglitz on Rethinking the Meaning of Freedom, Quest Means Business, CNN, April 24, 2024.
- To Push for as Large a Change as Our Democratic System Will Permit: Joseph Stiglitz on Economics and the Good Society, The Review of Democracy podcast, April 24, 2024.
- Roosevelt Institute Book Club: The Road to Freedom, The Roosevelt Institute, April 24, 2024.
- Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz: Fed rate hikes didn’t get at source of inflation, Squawk Box, CNBC, April 23, 2024.
- The David Pakman Show, April 23, 2024. In at 30:36.
- 1089 Prof Joseph Stiglitz and Today's Recap from Earth One, Stand up! with Pete Dominick, April 23, 2023.
- Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers, Lit Hub, April 9, 2024.
- Interviews on The Road to Freedom in foreign languages:
- Joseph E. Stiglitz: “Trump quiere ser un dictador,” elDiario.es (Spain), June 10, 2025.
- „Trump sabotiert Amerikas Wirtschaft,“ RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) (Germany), June 5, 2025.
- Nobelprisvinder: Trump har lige afsløret, at Kina har de bedste kort på hånden, BØRSEN (Denmark), May 20, 2025.
- Trump wird wirschaftlich scheitern,“ FOCUS Money (Germany), May 7, 2025.
- "Nun gebärdet Trump sich noch aggressiver," t-online (Germany), May 1, 2025.
- “Está recorriendo en nuestra sociedad un temblor de incertidumbre,” La Tercera (Chile), March 15, 2025.
- «Les États-Unis sont devenus une oligarchie,» La Presse (Canada), March 2, 2025.
- ג'וזף שטיגליץ: "אם הייתי סין, הייתי צופה מהצד ומעודד את טראמפ להמשיך" Haaretz (Israel), February 28, 2025.
- Joseph Stiglitz: l'economia e la società giusta, Fahrenheit, RAI Radio 3 (Italy), February 12, 2025.
- Joseph Stiglitz, El Mundo (Spain), January 31, 2025.
- NÉOLIBÉRALISME : L'ASSERVISSEMENT AU NOM DE LA “LIBERTÉ,” Blast, Le Souffle de l'info (France), January 28, 2025.
- «Le Parti Démocrate a échoué à se différencier de 45 ans de néolibéralisme de gauche et de droite,» La Midinale, Regards (France), January, 2025.
- Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel d’économie : «Trump illustre l’échec du système néolibéral,» Challenges (France), January 23, 2025.
- "Entre Trump et L'Europe, il ne s'agit pas d'une guerre économique, mail politique," Liberation, January 23, 2025.
- La Loi Du Plus Fort, Le Un Hebdo (France), January 22, 2025.
- Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel de Economía: “Estamos en una nueva era. EE.UU. no es aún una oligarquía, pero vamos por ese camino,” La Vanguardia (Spain), January 22, 2025.
- Joseph Stiglitz : "Avec Musk, Bezos et Zuckerberg, les Etats-Unis deviennent une oligarchie," France Culture, January 20, 2025.
- Trump : la fin des liberté?, The Greenletter Club (France) (interview in English), January 20, 2025. Podcast here.
- Avec Joseph Stiglitz, prix Nobel d'économie, france inter, January 18, 2025.
- LES « VALEURS » LIBÉRALES SONT UN LEURRE : la liberté est menacée partout - Joseph Stiglitz, Elucid (France), January 18, 2025.
- La librairie de l'éco, BFM Business (France), January 18, 2025.
- Joseph Stiglitz : «Avec le retour de Donald Trump, l’Europe ne peut plus compter sur les Etats-Unis,» Le Monde, January 18, 2025.
- "La seule langue que comprend Donald Trump, c'est lorsqu'on rétorque par la force", selon l'économiste Joseph Stiglitz, FranceInfo, Radio France, January 17, 2025.
- Pour l'économiste Joseph Stiglitz, «Trump est un destructeur,» Les Echos (France), January 17, 2025.
- Joseph Stiglitz : «Elon Musk ne comprend pas ce qu’est le gouvernement,» Le Figaro (France), January 16, 2025.
- Joseph E. Stiglitz: «Je suis très, très inquiet pour la démocratie en Amérique,» Le Soir (Belgium), January 15, 2025.
- Joseph Stiglitz invite la gauche à se réapproprier la "liberté," Arte (France, unavailable to stream in US), January 14, 2025.
- Joseph Stiglitz en guerre contre le libertarisme, RadioFrance, January 14, 2025.
- 'Deregulering in de jaren 80 kostte ons onze vrijheid in 2008,' NRC (the Netherlands), July 1, 2024.
- Nobelprijs-winnaar Joseph E. Stiglitz over vrijheid, economie en een goede samenleving, De Morgen, (the Netherlands), June 29, 2024.
