Stiglitz, who in 2001 won the Nobel Prize in Economics, helped to create a new branch of economics, “The Economics of Information,” and has made major contributions to multiple fields: macroeconomics, monetary theory, development economics, trade theory, and public and corporate finance. He is a ...
Stiglitz, who in 2001 won the Nobel Prize in Economics, helped to create a new branch of economics, “The Economics of Information,” and has made major contributions to multiple fields: macroeconomics, monetary theory, development economics, trade theory, and public and corporate finance. He is a former World Bank senior vice president for development economics and chief economist; a former chair of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers; and a former member of President Clinton’s Cabinet. His latest book is Making Globalization Work.