Author: Joseph E. Stiglitz

Aaron S. Edlin is the Richard W. Jennings Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and holds professorships in both economics and law. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Formerly, he was the senior economist covering regulation, antitrust, and industrial organization on President Clinton”s Council of Economic Advisors. Joseph E. Stiglitz is University Professor at Columbia University and a member and former chair of Columbia University”s Committee on Global Thought. He was the winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize for Economics. He had previously served on President Clinton”s Council of Economic Advisors before joining the World Bank as chief economist and senior vice president. His most recent book is Creating a Learning Society: A New Approach to Growth, Development, and Social Progress. With Aaron S. Edlin and J. Bradford De Long, he is the coeditor of The Economists” Voice: Top Economists Take On Today”s Problems.