Joseph E. Stiglitz, the John J. McCloy '16 Professor of American Institutions and International Relations at Amherst College and professor of economics at the graduate schools of both business and international relations at Columbia University, has delivered three lectures at Amherst College: "Globalization and Its Discontents," on March 1, 2002, "Information Economics: A New Paradigm," on Feb. 28, 2002, and "A Tale of Two Countries: Russia and China's Transition to a Market Economy" on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001.

Stiglitz, Amherst College Class of 1964, received the Nobel prize in economic science in 2001.

audio Audio Clips

"Globalization and Its Discontents," March 1, 2002

"Information Economics: A New Paradigm," February 28, 2002

"A Tale of Two Countries: Russia and China's Transition to a Market Economy," October 17, 2001

news release Read Amherst's Read the news releases for this event: Oct. 10, 2001 and Feb. 15, 2002.