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Joseph E Stiglitz is a Professor at Columbia University in New York, where he is also founder and co-president of the university's Initiative for Policy Dialogue. He is also the co- chair of High-Level Expert Group on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the chief economist of the Roosevelt Institute. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001 for his analyses of markets with asymmetric information.
Joseph E Stiglitz is a Professor at Columbia University in New York, where he is also founder and co-president of the university's Initiative for Policy Dialogue. He is also the co- chair of High-Level Expert Group on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the chief economist of the Roosevelt Institute. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001 for his analyses of markets with asymmetric information.
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