Joseph Stiglitz

Joseph Stiglitz
World Bank Chief Economist
In office
1997–2000
Preceded byMichael Bruno
Succeeded byNicholas Stern
17th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors
In office
June 28, 1995 – February 13, 1997
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byLaura Tyson
Succeeded byJanet Yellen
Personal details
Born
Joseph Eugene Stiglitz

(1943-02-09) February 9, 1943 (age 83)
Gary, Indiana
NationalityUnited States
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Jane Hannaway (1978–?; divorced)
Anya Schiffrin (m. 2004)
Alma materAmherst College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stiglitz (1964)

Joseph Eugene Stiglitz, ForMemRS, FBA (born February 9, 1943) is an American economist and a professor of Jewish descent. He works at Columbia University.

He won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (2001) and the John Bates Clark Medal (1979). He is a former senior vice president and chief economist of the World Bank, and is a former member, and Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. He won the Nobel Prize for discovering that some things happen in the economy because some people know more things than others.

He is known for his critical view of the management of globalization, free-market economists (whom he calls "free market fundamentalists"), and some international institutions like the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

References

  1. ↑ "Former Chief Economists". Worldbank. Archived from the original on 2017-11-04. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  2. ↑ "Former Members of the Council". whitehouse.gov. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  3. ↑ "The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2001". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2021-05-11.

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