Chazen Global Insights

The 2008 Crisis, 10 Years Later

Joseph E. Stiglitz

August 28, 2018

In September 2008, Lehman Brothers collapsed, almost bringing down the world’s financial system and resulting in the foreclosure of millions of homes in the United States. What have we learned since then?

Chazen Global Insights

Media & Tech

Why Google and Facebook Can’t Be Broken Up Like a Utility

August 13, 2018

Nobel Prize-winning economist Jean Tirole describes the difficulties of breaking up today’s tech companies at the 2018 Eccles Prize and Speaker Forum. He won the prize for his book, Economics for the Common Good.

Economics & Policy

Scholars: Pay More Attention to Economic Losers

August 6, 2018

Jean Tirole, Nobel Prize-winning economist and winner of the 2018 George S. Eccles Prize for Economics for the Common Good, explains why economists must listen to those who are not benefiting from global trade policies at the 2018 George S. Eccles Prize and Speaker Forum.

Strategy

Why Economists Should Widen Their Audience Beyond “Experts”

August 6, 2018

To influence policy, economists should speak to the wider public, not politicians, says Jean Tirole, Nobel Prize-winning economist and winner of the 2018 George S. Eccles Prize for his book, Economics for the Common Good.

Economics & Policy

The United States Is At Risk of Losing a Trade War with China

Joseph E. Stiglitz

July 30, 2018

The prerequisites for a US victory — a clearly defined objective, a viable strategy, and popular support — simply don't exist.

Economics & Policy

Is China’s Innovation Strategy An Unfair Trade Policy?

Shang-Jin Wei

June 28, 2018

The plan calls for the development of a number of high-tech sectors that are deemed to be important for future growth.