It was a true pleasure to be on the panel with @noiweala.bsky.social to talk about progressive trade policy, with great thanks to @fesonline.bsky.social

Please join us if you can. Should be a very interesting conversation @columbiauniversity.bsky.social with @adamtooze.bsky.social and Lee C. Bollinger about the global university, past and future. I'll round out the trio. April 28, 5:30 pm. Link to register: events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...

I greatly look forward to it!

Thanks to the Stanford Digital Economy Lab for posting this video Maxim Ventura-Bolet and I made to accompany our paper on Information in the age of AI published in The Digitalist Papers youtu.be/UpMjXOKd5Ik

Today in @theguardian.com, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, @mayor.nyc.gov and I write on Tax Day about the hazards of inequality, how the rich are not paying their share of taxes and why that is a problem locally, nationally and globally www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If anyone is interested in watching the Tax the Rich event with @gabrielzucman.bsky.social and @mayor.nyc.gov and me, here is the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPxp...

So glad you and others from the Stone Center could be there, @janetgornick.bsky.social

It was a wonderful event at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social today with an enthusiastic and packed house to hear @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, @mayor.nyc.gov and I talk about the absolute necessity for global societies to tax the ultra rich. It's not radical to think they should pay their fair share too

You may be interested in this inequality event with @gabrielzucman.bsky.social and @mayor.nyc.gov. April 15 at 9:45 a.m. EDT. Link to livestream below. As our G20 inequality report said, the top 1% have seen their average wealth increase by $1.3m since 2000 while the bottom 50% saw it rise by $585.

I was honored to give the virtual keynote for the Cambridge Disinformation Summit last week. Alan Jagolinzer of the Cambridge Judge Business School, who chaired the summit, said, "I see disinformation as preparing the landscape for corruption." www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6yI...

I really appreciate @economist.com inviting me to write about Keynes for their By Invitation, America at 250 column. They are always great to work with www.economist.com/by-invitatio...

Thank you, Emily Russell, for your interview on the occasion of the paperback release of my book, The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society, out today in @barrons.com www.barrons.com/articles/eco...

Thank you!

Thank you, @nber.org, for publishing this working paper with @akorinek.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34994

So happy for the publication of The Future of Work in Developing Countries, co-edited with @arjunjayadev.bsky.social and and Akbar Noman, and thank you to @columbiaup.bsky.social for being our terrific publisher cup.columbia.edu/book/the-fut...

200 figuras, @josephestiglitz.bsky.social @jayatighosh.bsky.social @thomaspiketty.bsky.social José A. Ocampo, @martinguzman.bsky.social de #ICRICT, piden a Gustavo Petro retirarse del injusto sistema de arbitraje de inversión que beneficia a empresas sobre estados En @elpais.com shorturl.at/jxWTT

Tak, Politiken, for at have udgivet min debatartikel. (I don't speak Danish, so I hope the translation is ok.) politiken.dk/debat/debati...

Thank you, @afp.com and @france24.com, for covering the talks for what will be the International Panel on Inequality. It's an exciting moment www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Thrilled that @fortune.com ran an excerpt of my new foreword in the new paperback release of my book, The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society fortune.com/2026/03/17/s...

Australia is leading the discussions on how to deal with AI deep fakes used in online fraud. An opinion piece with Anya Shiffrin in The Point thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

This is exciting and important. The first meeting of the International Panel on Inequality. Thank you, @unrisd.org, for hosting this event. Please do join if you can.

Please join us if you have time. March 17th, registration below. It's such an important topic

How does inequality drive health crises & what can be done to foster more equal, healthier societies? @josephestiglitz.bsky.social @michaelmarmot.bsky.social 2 co-chairs of the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS & Pandemics will speak at Sciences Po on 11 March. www.sciencespo.fr/ecole-affair...

Great to talk to @samsutton.bsky.social for this morning's Morning Money at @politico.com about oil prices, inflation and more www.politico.com/newsletters/...

So nice speaking with Catherina Gioino of @fortune.com for her very good article about the pitfalls and power of AI, and the paperback release of my book, The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society (@wwnorton.com) fortune.com/2026/03/06/n...

"Financial integrity is not a technical issue to be postponed. It is a precondition for addressing the defining challenges of our age" - @josephestiglitz.bsky.social to UN.org DESA on why the world need a #UNTaxConvention. 🔗Read here: shorturl.at/xud9h #TaxThePower

I was pleased to talk with @marcelolins.bsky.social of @globo-news.bsky.social in Brazil about the importance of adhering to a rules-based system, increasing inequality, oligarchy and de-dollarization. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c7F...

Delighted to speak with Amy Goodman this morning on @democracynow.org about the State of the Union, tariffs, affordability, the works www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2Tg...

So pleased to be invited by Spain to give this lecture.

With Monica Geingos and @michaelmarmot.bsky.social a piece for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social Inequality isn't just about economics it's about global health. The Covid-19 pandemic was a nightmare. The next one could be worse if we don't take necessary steps www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/i...

At @columbiasipa.bsky.social , we are hiring a Professor of Practice in Development Economics. JOE listing: www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing..... We're looking for people with both research and policy experience. Feel free to reach out via DM or email ([email protected]) with questions.

🌍 "La desigualdad no es un accidente: es el resultado de reglas que pueden —y deben— cambiarse" @martinguzman.bsky.social en #DesigualdadEsHoraDeActuar España, organizada por @sanchezcastejon.bsky.social, junto a @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social & @carloscuerpo.bsky.social.

🌍 #ICRICT at the High-Level Dialogue on Inequality in Madrid! With @josephestiglitz.bsky.social @martinguzman.bsky.social @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, joining @carloscuerpo.bsky.social & guests of President @sanchezcastejon.bsky.social. Moderator: @saizelma.bsky.social. 📅Feb 20 ⏰10 AM 📍@csic.es

It was a real pleasure to talk with Dustin Foote of @columbiauniversity.bsky.social for the Trailblazers series. He asked me about why GDP as a measure falls short, and what the alternatives could be. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5V9...

You can now watch Representative @rokhanna.bsky.social and @josephestiglitz.bsky.social in conversation at the conference on New Thinking in Industrial Policy: Perspectives from Developed and Developing Countries on IPD's Youtube channel. @columbiasipa.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bt3...

At @australiainstitute.org.au webinar @josephestiglitz.bsky.social argued for very high tax rates on corporate natural resource super-profits. As long as there are excess returns, companies will continue to invest. Tax those super-profits heavily the resources belong to the Australian people. Here⤵️

No, the tariffs are not unleashing an American economic miracle. A reality check, with @mtkonczal.bsky.social in @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/13/o...

Even the @wsj.com agrees: corporate profits are soaring while workers' share keeps shrinking📉 What do democracies do about it? Join our co-chair @josephestiglitz.bsky.social & The Australia Institute on why democracies need to collect more corporate tax 🗓️Feb 10 ⏰5 PM EST 🔗https://theaus.in/4qiMeaI

Why are democracies racing to the bottom on corporate tax while Big Gas & Big Tech get richer? @josephestiglitz.bsky.social joins @australiainstitute.org.au to discuss why inequality threatens democracy, and why corporate tax is the solution. 🗓️Feb 10 ⏰5 PM EST 🔗Register: theaus.in/4qiMeaI

The latest @projectsyndicate.bsky.social piece with @jayatighosh.bsky.social on how to have multinational corporations pay their fair share of taxes.

Please join me if you are able for this upcoming webinar with @australiainstitute.org.au in which we will discuss why corporate tax is good – and why democracies should be collecting more of it. Tue Feb. 10 at 5 pm EST/Wed Feb 11 at 9am AEDT Registration free: theaus.in/4qiMeaI

Negotiations have resumed this week at the UN for a Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation. Corporations and the wealthy must pay their fair share of taxes and not be allowed to burrow into loopholes or stash their money out of view. Countries suffer and citizens suffer. Enough.

🎯Critical week for global tax reform. @josephestiglitz.bsky.social addresses @un.org ECOSOC on financial integrity, illicit flows & the importance of the #UNTaxConvention negotiations in these turbulent times. 🗓️Feb 4 ⏰10 AM 📍ECOSOC Chamber, UN HQ 👉Full program: financing.desa.un.org/sites/defaul...

What makes for a well-balanced Board of Trustees... www.instagram.com/p/DUGFdTMiOI4/

Please join if you are able for this important conversation on taxation and global fairness. There's more work than ever to do if we are going to reach some sort of fair international tax structure. March 17, 1:50 p.m. CET. Registration link below. @icrict.bsky.social

Had, as always, a great conversation with Handelsblatt's Astrid Doerner, with Jens Munchrath joining. www.handelsblatt.com/politik/inte...

Thank you to Kathrin Werner and David Böcking of @spiegel.de for the great interview. And with translation software assistance: Vielen Dank an Kathrin Werner und David Böcking von @spiegel.de für das tolle Interview. www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/s...

Myth: Taxing the wealthy is impossible. Fact: That's already happening. At the #TooMuchFinance event in London our co-chair @jayatighosh.bsky.social pointed to the examples of Colombia, France, & California. Org: @taxjustice.net @lseinequalities.bsky.social...

Henry George argued that the most efficient tax is a tax on land. Going beyond his analysis, Tomohiro Hirano and @josephestiglitz.bsky.social suggest that financial liberalisation and loose monetary policy can stimulate land speculation instead of productive investment. doi.org/10.1093/oxre...

My latest piece for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social