Reduce Inequality, Increase Economic Growth

Joseph Stiglitz is a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2001) and the John Bates Clark Medal (1979). He is University Professor of Columbia University and also chairs the University of Manchester's Brooks World Poverty Institute. He is the author of many books, most recently The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future.

Shari Spiegel is a senior economic affairs officer for the UN's World Economic and Social Survey Team. She is the coauthor and coeditor of several books and articles on capital and financial markets, debt, and macroeconomics.