Thursday, April 3, 2014

Joseph Stiglitz — Why Inequality Matters and What Can Be Done About It

Roosevelt Institute Senior Fellow and Chief Economist Joseph Stiglitz will speak before the Senate Budget Committee today on the topic of "Opportunity, Mobility, and Inequality in Today's Economy." His prepared remarks are below. Click here to download all of the statements from the hearing.
Eight points.

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Stiglitz: Why Inequality Matters and What Can Be Done About It

2 comments:

Tyler Healey said...

Unemployment Rate in 1937: 9%.
U-6 Unemployment Rate in March, 2014: 13%.

We should probably start calling this the Second Great Depression.

Anonymous said...

Or the Not So Great Depression.