美國總統的其中一項重要權力就是任命各個機構的成員和負責人,而這些機構不僅負責執行國家的法律法規,在許多情況下還 ...全文
今日信報理財投資博集先機Joseph E. Stiglitz2017年11月11日
One of the important powers of any US president is to appoint members and heads of the many agencies that are responsible for implementing the country’s laws and regulations and, in many cases, govern ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-06
當南非政府試圖在1997年修改其法律,以獲取價格實惠的抗愛滋病毒/愛滋病普通藥物時,全球製藥業投入了手上所有的 ...全文
名家論壇Project Syndicate2017年10月19日
美國總統特朗普的政府和國會共和黨多數「取消和取代」2010年平價醫療法(奧巴馬醫保)失敗,現在,他們轉向了稅收 ...全文
今日信報理財投資博集先機Joseph E. Stiglitz2017年10月07日
Having failed to “repeal and replace” the 2010 Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), US President Donald Trump’s administration and the Republican congressional majority have now moved on to tax reform. Ei ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-06
颶風「哈維」走了,留下的是生命損失和巨大的財產傷害,據估計高達1500億至1800億美元。但這場席捲得克薩斯州 ...全文
今日信報理財投資博集先機Joseph E. Stiglitz2017年09月13日
颶風「哈維」走了,留下的是生命損失和巨大的財產傷害,據估計高達1500至1800億美元。但這場席捲得克薩斯州沿 ...全文
名家論壇Project Syndicate2017年09月12日
Hurricane Harvey has left in its wake upended lives and enormous property damage, estimated by some at US$150-180 billion. But the storm that pummeled the Texas coast for the better part of a week als ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-11
儘管美國右翼財閥對於美國重大問題的嚴重程度排序有不同意見──比如不平等性、增長緩慢、生產率低迷、毒品成癮、拙劣 ...全文
名家論壇Project Syndicate2017年07月31日
Although America’s right-wing plutocrats may disagree about how to rank the country’s major problems – for example, inequality, slow growth, low productivity, opioid addiction, poor schools and deteri ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-31
在特朗普總統的領導下,美國繼6月1日退出巴黎氣候協議之後又在成為流氓國家的道路上邁出一步。多年來特朗普一直沉迷 ...全文
名家論壇Project Syndicate2017年07月04日
Donald Trump has thrown a hand grenade into the global economic architecture that was so painstakingly constructed in the years after the end of World War II. The attempted destruction of this rules-b ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-05
The likely victory of Emmanuel Macron in the French presidential election has elicited a global sigh of relief. At least Europe is not going down the protectionist path that President Donald Trump is ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-02
European voters, looking at Donald Trump’s chaotic presidency in the United States and the hard road ahead for a post-Brexit Britain, may be turning away from right-wing populists such as Marine Le Pe ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-06
In barely a month, US President Donald Trump has managed to spread chaos and uncertainty -- and a degree of fear that would make any terrorist proud -- at a dizzying pace. Not surprisingly, citizens a ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-21
Every January, I try to craft a forecast for the coming year. Economic forecasting is notoriously difficult; but, notwithstanding the truth expressed in Harry Truman's request for a one-armed economis ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-11
Donald Trump’s astonishing victory in the United States presidential election has made one thing abundantly clear: too many Americans -- particularly white male Americans -- feel left behind. It is no ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-15
As I have traveled around the world in recent weeks, I am repeatedly asked two questions: Is it conceivable that Donald Trump could win the US presidency? And how did his candidacy get this far in the ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-17
For 200 years, there have been two schools of thought about what determines the distribution of income -- and how the economy functions. One, emanating from Adam Smith and 19th century liberal economi ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-16
I wrote at the beginning of January that economic conditions this year were set to be as weak as in 2015, which was the worst year since the global financial crisis erupted in 2008. And, as has happen ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-14