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Joseph Stiglitz

Author · born February 9, 1943

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Joseph Eugene Stiglitz is an American New Keynesian economist, a public policy analyst, political activist, and a professor at Columbia University. He is a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2001) and the John Bates Clark Medal (1979).

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  1. ~24Named Fulbright Scholarship1967
  2. ~26Named Guggenheim Fellowship1969
  3. ~36Received the John Bates Clark Medal1979
  4. 54Became Chief Economist of the World BankFebruary 13, 1997
  5. ~58Received the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel2001

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