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30 August 2022
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Joseph Stiglitz quoted in Yahoo Finance

Professor Joseph Stiglitz was quoted in Yahoo Finance

Biden just forgave $10,000 in student loan debt. Elizabeth Warren calls it ‘one of the biggest acts of consumer debt relief in American history,’ while Mitch McConnell calls it ‘socialism’

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30 August 2022
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Joseph Stiglitz quoted in Bloomberg

Professor Joseph Stiglitz was quoted in Bloomberg

Stiglitz Says Rate Hikes That Are Too Steep May Worsen Inflation

As activity restarts following pandemic lockdowns and countries like China struggle to restore normality, the global economy is enduring something “we’ve never done before,” the Columbia University professor said in an interview in Lindau, Germany. 

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30 August 2022
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Joseph Stiglitz wrote in The Atlantic

Professor Joseph Stiglitz wrote in The Atlantic.

Actually, Canceling Student Debt Will Cut Inflation

Biden’s targeted loan forgiveness will help, not harm, the economy.

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30 August 2022
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Jeffrey Sachs quoted in Xinhua News

Professor Jeffrey Sachs was quoted in Xinhua News.

Economic Watch: Hidden consequences of U.S. chips act

"The United States is intent on creating its own supply chains for advanced semiconductors in order to compete with China," Jeffrey Sachs, economics professor at Columbia University, told Xinhua.

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30 August 2022
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Joseph Stiglitz quoted in KY3

Professor Joseph Stiglitz was quoted in KY3

IMF fees on war-torn countries closer to elimination

Economists Joseph Stiglitz at Columbia University and Kevin P. Gallagher at Boston University wrote earlier this year that “forcing excessive repayments lowers the productive potential of the borrowing country, but also harms creditors” and requires borrowers “to pay more at exactly the moment when they are most squeezed from market access in any other form.”

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