In the runup to this year’s G7 summit. Japanese finance minister Shunichi Suzuki said he and his peers learned much from a seminar with Joseph Stiglit,z who championed “progressive capitalism.” 

Harry Verhoeven says poor countries are much more exposed to food price shocks because they pay a much higher percentage of the national income to import food and energy.

The new U.S. ambassador to India, SIPA alumnus Eric Garcetti MIA '93 said he will focus on fostering greater partnership between the two countries.

“It would be a mistake to doubt Erdogan’s ability to win,” writes Ian Bremmer. “His political talent and the loyalty of his supporters remain formidable.” 

Joseph Stiglitz advised Bolivia’s president two years ago on possibilities for the country’s lithium reserves, but the politics of the situation have since changed. 

Mauricio Cárdenas praises the nomination of Adriana Kugler, a Colombian-American economist who could become the first Latina to serve on the Fed’s Board of Governors.

Joseph Stiglitz commented in the runup to this year’s G7 summit in Hiroshima. 

Ester Fuchs is quoted in an obituary for her sometime debate adversary, whom she calls “a lovable, gifted, intellectual puzzle who never stopped thinking or caring about New York City."

The Spanish region's president cited the Columbia and SIPA economist for “teach[ing] us how to build a fairer, more prosperous, greener, more feminist, and thus freer world from the economy.”