Joseph Stiglitz
One of the most frequently cited economists, Joseph E. Stiglitz is a professor at Columbia University, New York. (b. 1943). Winner of the 2001 Nobel prize in Economics, he was previously Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank.
How is Europe to handle the Greek crisis that is putting the euro’s survival at risk? Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz argues that it is not in imposing draconian public sector and welfare provision cuts.