Toward a Just Society

Martin Guzman is a Research Associate at the Department of Finance & Economics of Columbia University Graduate School of Business, and an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics of University of Buenos Aires. He is the co-editor, with Joe Stiglitz and Jose Antonio Ocampo, of Too Little, Too Late: The Quest to Resolve Sovereign Debt Crises (CUP, 2016).Martin Guzman is an economist based at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business and an associate professor of economics at the University of Buenos Aires. He is a leading economist in the field of public debt crisis resolution and is one of Joseph Stiglitz’s closest collaborators in the fields of macroeconomic theory and economic development.

Steven Cassou, Kansas State University:
Joseph Stiglitz is one of the greatest economists of our day, and in his breadth and depth of influence in economics he has few rivals. This volume offers useful reviews and critiques of the many subfields Stiglitz has contributed to. Faculty, students, policy makers, and journalists will all appreciate this volume.

Glenn Hubbard, dean and Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School, and former chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers:
Economics is often derided as ‘the dismal science’ or technical abstraction. But Joe Stiglitz’s lifetime work has shone a light on distributive justice through economic reasoning. In this extraordinary volume, thirty leading economists examine inequality, networks, and public policy. Toward a Just Society is essential reading for economists and policy professionals.

Robert Johnson, president, Institute for New Economic Thinking:
This volume is filled with essays by a collection of brilliant scholars who share one thing in common: They were all mentored by Joseph E. Stiglitz. Stiglitz taught more than economics; he taught courage and creativity. These authors are the evidence of his success.

Joan E. Spero, Columbia University:
Joseph Stiglitz is a national treasure—a distinguished scholar with a Nobel Prize in Economics, a policy maker who played a key role in U.S. economic policy, and a teacher who has profoundly shaped the scholarship and values of his students. The essays in this volume attest to Joe’s enduring success in shaping economic research and dialogue and linking this research to ethical and real world issues.

Robert Solow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology:
Joe Stiglitz has touched almost every part of economic theory and economic practice, and every part he has touched is livelier for his influence. The great variety and high quality of the essays in this book are a fitting response to his fertility and energy.