Prof. Joseph E. Stiglitz

2001 Nobel Laureate for Economics at Columbia University in New York/USA

Prof. Stiglitz was the Chief Economist of the World Bank and a lead author of the Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Biography:

Prof. Joseph Eugene Stiglitz is the Founder of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University in New York, who was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize for Economics for his analyses of markets with asymmetric information, in particular the insurance market, which have become standard tools for policy analysts. His work has helped to explain the circumstances in which markets do not well and how selective government intervention can improve their performance, while focusing on income distribution, risk, corporate governance, public policy, macroeconomics and globalization. Professor Stiglitz was the chairman of President Bill Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisors, before becoming the Chief Economist of the World Bank. He is now the co-chair of the High-Level Expert Group on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress at the OECD and the Chief Economist of the Roosevelt Institute. He was a lead author of the Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, and his book “Globalization and its discontents” has been translated into 35 languages.

Topic of keynote speech:

• People, power, profits and peace: Progressive capitalism and the global movement for well-being

Schedule:

Tuesday, January 13, 2026:

14:00 Public keynote speech and dialogue hosted by the Kuo Huang Yu Foundation in Taipei

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