Andrea Gurwitt
@andreagurwitt.bsky.social
Communications director, editor, for economist and Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz. Views my own.
President of South Africa Ramaphosa mentioning the G20 first-ever report on inequality in his opening remarks at the G20 Summit this weekend
November 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
President of South Africa Ramaphosa mentioning the G20 first-ever report on inequality in his opening remarks at the G20 Summit this weekend
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Thank you @phillipinman.bsky.social of @theguardian.com for covering the staggering global inequality problem in our new G20 report
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
More than $70tn of inherited wealth over next decade will widen inequality, economists warn
Expert panel says report on gap in global wealth between rich and poor highlights need for intervention by G20
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Thank you @phillipinman.bsky.social of @theguardian.com for covering the staggering global inequality problem in our new G20 report
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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Thank you, Bronwen Roberts of @afp.com, published in @barrons.com, for covering the report for the G20 Summit on stark global inequality. The report includes suggestions on how to remedy it
www.barrons.com/news/inequal...
www.barrons.com/news/inequal...
'Inequality Crisis' Threatens Democracy, Experts Warn G20
Wealth inequality is a global emergency that threatens democracy and social cohesion, experts warned Tuesday, urging G20 leaders meeting in South Africa this month to establish a panel to tackle the c...
www.barrons.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Thank you, Bronwen Roberts of @afp.com, published in @barrons.com, for covering the report for the G20 Summit on stark global inequality. The report includes suggestions on how to remedy it
www.barrons.com/news/inequal...
www.barrons.com/news/inequal...
Beyond thrilled to announce the release of the first-ever report on global inequality, commissioned by President Ramaphosa of SA for the G20 Summit. The committee, lead by @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, found alarming disparities
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November 3, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Beyond thrilled to announce the release of the first-ever report on global inequality, commissioned by President Ramaphosa of SA for the G20 Summit. The committee, lead by @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, found alarming disparities
ipdcolumbia.org/event/landma...
ipdcolumbia.org/event/landma...
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Media reaction from across the world, in multiple languages, as new report reveals that inequality is driving pandemics, endangering us all - and how to fix it
Watch the launch www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adat...
Press release www.unaids.org/en/resources...
Report www.unaids.org/en/resources...
Watch the launch www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adat...
Press release www.unaids.org/en/resources...
Report www.unaids.org/en/resources...
November 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Media reaction from across the world, in multiple languages, as new report reveals that inequality is driving pandemics, endangering us all - and how to fix it
Watch the launch www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adat...
Press release www.unaids.org/en/resources...
Report www.unaids.org/en/resources...
Watch the launch www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adat...
Press release www.unaids.org/en/resources...
Report www.unaids.org/en/resources...
This extremely important report is being released now, in South Africa. Worth a watch if you can. How pandemics and inequality relate to each other. @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @michaelmarmot.bsky.social , Winnie Byanyima, Monica Geingos, @nisiatrindadelima.bsky.social in conversation
Please join me today, if you have the time, for our new report on inequality and pandemics from @unaids.org. Nozipho Tshabalala will interview @michaelmarmot.bsky.social, @nisiatrindadelima.bsky.social, Monica Geingos and I. 8 am ET/1500 SAST. Link below
@icrict.bsky.social
@icrict.bsky.social
Nov 15:00 SAST, join Mail&Guardian’s livestream global launch: Breaking the inequality-pandemic cycle.
Nozipho Tshabalala interviews @josephestiglitz.bsky.social @michaelmarmot.bsky.social Monica Geingos @nisiatrindadelima.bsky.social & more
📺 www.youtube.com/live/AdatXrr...
@unaids.org
Nozipho Tshabalala interviews @josephestiglitz.bsky.social @michaelmarmot.bsky.social Monica Geingos @nisiatrindadelima.bsky.social & more
📺 www.youtube.com/live/AdatXrr...
@unaids.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
This extremely important report is being released now, in South Africa. Worth a watch if you can. How pandemics and inequality relate to each other. @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @michaelmarmot.bsky.social , Winnie Byanyima, Monica Geingos, @nisiatrindadelima.bsky.social in conversation
November 3 in South Africa, @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and the rest of the @unaids.org committee will take part in the launch of this thorough report on pandemics and inequality. Important! Will be live-streamed
Major new report launch event coming on 3rd November, Joburg & worldwide.
Mail&Guardian: The Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics to host a livestream with leaders on a new report on the impact of Inequality on Pandemics.
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Mail&Guardian: The Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics to host a livestream with leaders on a new report on the impact of Inequality on Pandemics.
mg.co.za/partner-cont...
The Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics in partnership with UNAIDS and the Mail & Guardian to host a livestream with leaders on a new report on the impact of Inequality on Pandemics
The Mail & Guardian will host the launch of a new report that will show how inequality gaps within and between countries impact pandemics and vulnerability to a new pandemic. The launch is coming at a...
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October 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
November 3 in South Africa, @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and the rest of the @unaids.org committee will take part in the launch of this thorough report on pandemics and inequality. Important! Will be live-streamed
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A hearty congratulations to Philippe Aghion, Joel Mokyr and Peter Howitt for winning this year's Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences! Great work, deservedly recognized.
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The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025 was awarded "for having explained innovation-driven economic growth" with one half to Joel Mokyr "for having identified ...
www.nobelprize.org
October 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
A hearty congratulations to Philippe Aghion, Joel Mokyr and Peter Howitt for winning this year's Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences! Great work, deservedly recognized.
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/econo...
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/econo...
What a stellar tribute to an editor. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | My fiction editor’s pencil wrote in poison. I learned from every drop.
Working with Starling Lawrence, who died last month, was a bracing course in a vanishing art.
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September 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
What a stellar tribute to an editor. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
A fascinating and important conference in celebration of @ipdcolumbia.bsky.social’s 25th anniversary. A star-studded group of panelists with smart ideas about fighting inequality, instituting effective industrial policies and more. @columbiasipa.bsky.social @columbiauniversity.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A fascinating and important conference in celebration of @ipdcolumbia.bsky.social’s 25th anniversary. A star-studded group of panelists with smart ideas about fighting inequality, instituting effective industrial policies and more. @columbiasipa.bsky.social @columbiauniversity.bsky.social
And @gabrielzucman.bsky.social breaks it down nicely
An international call for action just got louder:
Today, 7 Nobel Laureates have issued a powerful call for a minimum tax on the ultra-wealthy in Le Monde
Here’s a quick breakdown of the debate—and where things stand globally
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www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
Today, 7 Nobel Laureates have issued a powerful call for a minimum tax on the ultra-wealthy in Le Monde
Here’s a quick breakdown of the debate—and where things stand globally
🧵
www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
Tax on ultra-rich: 'France has the opportunity to lead the way,' say Nobel Prize-winning economists
OP-ED. As public deficits balloon and extreme wealth explode, creating a minimum tax on the assets of billionaires should be a priority, argue seven Nobel Prize-winning economists in an op-ed for Le M...
www.lemonde.fr
July 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
And @gabrielzucman.bsky.social breaks it down nicely
There’s a growing movement to make sure the ultra-wealthy pay taxes. @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and six other Nobel laureates write an op-ed for @lemonde.fr
Think how much you pay in taxes. Now think about this: The ultra-wealthy pay between 0% and 0.6% of their wealth in individual income tax – around 0.6% in a country like the United States and 0.1% in a country like France.
We wrote about it in @lemonde.fr www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
We wrote about it in @lemonde.fr www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
Tax on ultra-rich: 'France has the opportunity to lead the way,' say Nobel Prize-winning economists
OP-ED. As public deficits balloon and extreme wealth explode, creating a minimum tax on the assets of billionaires should be a priority, argue seven Nobel Prize-winning economists in an op-ed for Le M...
www.lemonde.fr
July 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
There’s a growing movement to make sure the ultra-wealthy pay taxes. @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and six other Nobel laureates write an op-ed for @lemonde.fr
Countries are hobbled by debt, funneling money to creditors instead of to health, education or infrastructure. @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and @martinguzman.bsky.social headed a Jubilee Commission report that suggests remedies. Worth a read or a watch
Missed the launch of the Jubilee Report on June 20? The full launch event is now available to watch here:
Morning session: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks7b...
Afternoon session: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F28t...
@martinguzman.bsky.social @josephestiglitz.bsky.social
Morning session: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks7b...
Afternoon session: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F28t...
@martinguzman.bsky.social @josephestiglitz.bsky.social
Launch of Jubilee Report — Afternoon Session
YouTube video by Initiative for Policy Dialogue
www.youtube.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Countries are hobbled by debt, funneling money to creditors instead of to health, education or infrastructure. @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and @martinguzman.bsky.social headed a Jubilee Commission report that suggests remedies. Worth a read or a watch
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A recent study found that for every $1 invested in the National Weather Service, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Not only is the NWS a life-saving government resource, it's actually quite efficient.
Not only is the NWS a life-saving government resource, it's actually quite efficient.
June 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A recent study found that for every $1 invested in the National Weather Service, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Not only is the NWS a life-saving government resource, it's actually quite efficient.
Not only is the NWS a life-saving government resource, it's actually quite efficient.
Joseph Stiglitz on tariffs for @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/article/8e80...
www.thetimes.com
May 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Joseph Stiglitz on tariffs for @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/article/8e80...
Hilarious
"I'm an adult. I can do what I want. I need a break from Zoom meetings and 'circling back.' I need a big-ass slice of perfectly moist vanilla cake with rainbow sprinkles inside slathered with vanilla frosting."
Fuck It, I’m Making a Funfetti Cake
I’m in the baking ingredients aisle looking for unbleached quinoa flour when I see it: a box of Funfetti cake mix. Ugh, what a sugar bomb. I’m alre...
buff.ly
April 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Hilarious
Ever a nutmegger, so thrilled by these amazing @uconn.bsky.social women www.espn.com/womens-colle...
'Masterful' UConn cruises to 12th national title
It had been nine long years since UConn won an NCAA tournament, and the Huskies played like it on Sunday, authoring a dominant 82-59 performance over South Carolina in Tampa and securing the 12th nati...
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April 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Ever a nutmegger, so thrilled by these amazing @uconn.bsky.social women www.espn.com/womens-colle...
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A pleasure to talk with @columbiabusiness.bsky.social about AI. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1e5...
Joseph Stiglitz on AI: The Risks and Opportunities for the Economy
YouTube video by Columbia Business School
www.youtube.com
March 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A pleasure to talk with @columbiabusiness.bsky.social about AI. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1e5...
Really interesting. In turns exciting and alarming. Great panel at @columbiaup.bsky.social for its #AISummit
Fortunate to be a part of a terrific panel at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social for its #AISummit, with fascinating contributions from @clarehuntington.bsky.social, Rachel Cummings and Gil Eyal and superb moderating by @camillefrancois.bsky.social. Well worth a listen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=adjB...
Will Machines Have Free Will? Shaping the Future of AI | Columbia AI Summit
YouTube video by Columbia Data Science Institute
www.youtube.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Really interesting. In turns exciting and alarming. Great panel at @columbiaup.bsky.social for its #AISummit
The economy and taxation are always a women’s issue. @jayatighosh.bsky.social spells it out. @icrict.bsky.social @josephestiglitz.bsky.social
🚨ICRICT’s #WomensDay2025 report is out!
Want to know why taxing multinationals & the super-rich is essential to fight gender inequality?
Our co-chair @jayatighosh.bsky.social explains on #InternationalWomensDay.
Want to know why taxing multinationals & the super-rich is essential to fight gender inequality?
Our co-chair @jayatighosh.bsky.social explains on #InternationalWomensDay.
March 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The economy and taxation are always a women’s issue. @jayatighosh.bsky.social spells it out. @icrict.bsky.social @josephestiglitz.bsky.social
Hi Bluesky, I’m here checking out the new neighborhood
December 3, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Hi Bluesky, I’m here checking out the new neighborhood