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‘The war on the climate emergency, if correctly waged, would actually be good for the economy’ Photograph: Press Enterpr/Rex/Shutterstock Critics of the Green New Deal ask if we can afford it. But we can’t afford not to: our civilisation is … Continue reading →

The Film Archives Published on Feb 25, 2019

The Graduate Center, CUNY Published on Apr 29, 2015 On Earth Day 2015, Joseph Stiglitz and Nicholas Stern, two of the world’s leading experts on economics and the environment, joined in conversation about the intersection of climate change and inequality. … Continue reading →

92Y Plus Published on Mar 6, 2015 Piketty, arguably the world’s leading expert on income and wealth inequality, does more than document the growing concentration of income in the hands of a small economic elite. He also makes a powerful … Continue reading →

The Guardian Published on Nov 16, 2017 The economist and and author of Globalisation and its Discontents talks to the Guardian’s Larry Elliott about why he considers Donald Trump unfit to be US president. He says stagnant incomes, the opioid … Continue reading →

University of California Television (UCTV) Published on May 22, 2015 (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Economist Joseph Stiglitz and former Labor Secretary Robert Reich reminisce about opposing “corporate welfare” during their days in the Clinton Administration and talk here about problematic trade deals, … Continue reading →

New Economic Thinking Published on Jun 26, 2015 America’s economic system has failed by not raising living standards for most. Nobel laureate Stiglitz, author of The Price of Inequality and The Great Divide, studies the forces driving inequality and what … Continue reading →

Democracy Now! Published on May 24, 2017 https://democracynow.org – The Trump administration unveiled its $4.1 trillion budget Tuesday. The plan includes massive cuts to social programs, while calling for historic increases in military spending. The budget proposes slashing $800 billion … Continue reading →

Mind Body Spirit Published on Nov 10, 2016 Four Horsemen is a 2012 British documentary film directed by Ross Ashcroft. The film criticises the system of fractional reserve banking, debt-based economy and political lobbying by banks, which it regards as … Continue reading →