**Note: The event location has been changed to The Dodson Room in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.**
Columbia University economist Joseph Stiglitz is a leading scholar on the causes of inequality and a strong advocate for political and economic reform to address its consequences. He is a former senior vice president and chief economist of the World Bank and author of several books including, The Great Divide: Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them (2015).
Yves Tiberghien is the Director of the Institute of Asian Research, Executive Director of the UBC China Council, Co-Director of the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs, and Associate Professor of Political Science. Prof. Tiberghien studies global economic governance.
Sponsor: Political Science department, Institute of Asian Research, Master of Public Policy & Global Affairs Program
By: Joseph Stiglitz (Columbia University), Yves Tiberghien (UBC)
Type: Discussion
