Inequality and Global Financial Regulation

Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Speaker
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Professor of International Affairs, Columbia University
Presider
Terra Lawson-Remer
Fellow for Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy; Council on Foreign Relations

Nobel Laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz discusses how the lack of financial regulation creates market instability which results in inequality, and addresses ways to strengthen both the U.S. and international economy, to prevent further collapse.

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