The Department of Economics and Statistics (DEPS) is pleased to announce that the Third Hahn Lecture, in memory of Professor Frank Hahn (1925-2013), was delivered on May 4, 2017, by Professor Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in Economics 2001.
Joseph E. Stiglitz is an American economist and professor at Columbia University, where he has been a faculty member since 2001. He is also 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. A recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2001) and the John Bates Clark Medal (1979), Stiglitz is a former senior vice president and chief economist of the World Bank and a former member and chairman of the U.S. President’s Council of Economic Advisers.
In 2000, Stiglitz founded the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, a think tank on international development based at Columbia University. He received the university’s highest academic rank, University Professor, in 2003. According to academic citations, Stiglitz is currently the 4th most influential economist in the world, and in 2011, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Stiglitz is widely known for his pioneering work on asymmetric information and his research focuses on issues including income distribution, asset risk management, corporate governance, and international trade. He is the author of numerous books, several of which have been bestsellers. His most recent works include The Euro: How a Common Currency Threatens the Future of Europe, Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy: An Agenda for Growth and Shared Prosperity, and The Great Divide: Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them.
