Wednesday 20 May 2015

19:00

Joseph Stiglitz

in conjunction with Intelligence Squared

Inequality is an increasing problem in the Western world, leaving everyone – the rich as well as the poor – worse off. The dream of a socially mobile society is becoming an ever more unachievable myth.

Stiglitz will argue that inequality is not inevitable but a choice – the cumulative result of unjust policies and misguided priorities.  he will expose the neoliberal policies, such as deregulation and tax cuts for the rich, which he claims are causing many people to fall further and further behind. He will propose real solutions: increasing taxes on corporations and the wealthy; helping homeowners instead of banks; investing in education, science, and infrastructure; and, most importantly, doing more to restore full employment.

Nobel Prize-winning economist and former Chief Economist at the World Bank, Joseph Stiglitz is the bestselling author of Globalization and Its Discontents, The Roaring Nineties, Making Globalization Work, Freefall and The Price of Inequality. His latest book is The Great Divide, a collection of essays and reflections on inequality.

"[Joseph Stiglitz] is an insanely great economist."

Paul Krugman, New York Times

Nobel Prize-winning economist and former Chief Economist at the World Bank, Joseph Stiglitz is the bestselling author of Globalization and Its Discontents, The Roaring Nineties, Making Globalization Work, Freefall and The Price of Inequality. His latest book is The Great Divide, a collection of essays and reflections on inequality.

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