Papers

May 5, 2009

Social Justice and Global Trade

Type Published Paper
Author(s) Joseph Stiglitz
University Professor
Department of Economics
Columbia University

In this short paper, Joseph Stiglitz asks whether trade liberalization is an appropriate policy for developing countries. He argues that trade liberalization needs to discriminate in favor of developing countries, rather than against them, and presents a series of strategies for repairing the damage done by trade liberalization.

This paper was originally published in Far Eastern Economic Review, 169(2), March 2006, pp. 18-22.