Joseph Stiglitz
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Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize–winning American economist renowned for his work on information asymmetry, inequality, and critiques of unregulated markets.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Joseph Stiglitz canonical | 13 |
| Joseph E. Stiglitz | 9 |
| Joseph Eugene Stiglitz | 1 |
| Stiglitz | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Stiglitz Context triple: [Sydney Peace Prize, hasRecipient, Joseph Stiglitz]
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Partha Dasgupta
Partha Dasgupta is a prominent Indian-British economist renowned for his pioneering work in environmental and ecological economics, particularly on the economics of biodiversity and sustainable development.
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Amartya Sen
Amartya Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher renowned for his work on welfare economics, social choice theory, and development, and a Nobel Memorial Prize laureate in Economic Sciences.
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John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes was a British economist whose revolutionary ideas about government intervention in the economy profoundly shaped modern macroeconomics and policies adopted during and after the Great Depression.
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Edward S. Herman
Edward S. Herman was an American economist, media analyst, and critic of U.S. foreign policy best known for co-developing the "propaganda model" of the media.
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John Nash
John Nash was an American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in game theory, differential geometry, and partial differential equations, which profoundly influenced economics and the mathematical sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Stiglitz Target entity description: Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize–winning American economist renowned for his work on information asymmetry, inequality, and critiques of unregulated markets.
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A.
Partha Dasgupta
Partha Dasgupta is a prominent Indian-British economist renowned for his pioneering work in environmental and ecological economics, particularly on the economics of biodiversity and sustainable development.
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B.
Amartya Sen
Amartya Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher renowned for his work on welfare economics, social choice theory, and development, and a Nobel Memorial Prize laureate in Economic Sciences.
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C.
John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes was a British economist whose revolutionary ideas about government intervention in the economy profoundly shaped modern macroeconomics and policies adopted during and after the Great Depression.
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D.
Edward S. Herman
Edward S. Herman was an American economist, media analyst, and critic of U.S. foreign policy best known for co-developing the "propaganda model" of the media.
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E.
John Nash
John Nash was an American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in game theory, differential geometry, and partial differential equations, which profoundly influenced economics and the mathematical sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
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| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Economics
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academic ⓘ author ⓘ economist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in economics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
John Bates Clark Medal
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Leontief Prize ⓘ Légion d'honneur ⓘ Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1943-02-09 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Amherst College
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| employer |
Columbia University
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Princeton University ⓘ Stanford University ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ World Bank ⓘ Yale University ⓘ |
| familyName |
Joseph Stiglitz
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surface form:
Stiglitz
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| fieldOfWork |
development economics
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economics ⓘ information economics ⓘ macroeconomics ⓘ public economics ⓘ |
| givenName | Joseph ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to the economics of the public sector
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contributions to the theory of screening ⓘ critique of unregulated markets ⓘ research on information asymmetry ⓘ work on inequality ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Columbia University
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surface form:
Columbia University faculty
Council of Economic Advisers ⓘ
surface form:
Council of Economic Advisers of the President of the United States
Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences ⓘ |
| name |
Joseph Stiglitz
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Joseph Eugene Stiglitz
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| NobelPrizeField | Economic Sciences ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | for analyses of markets with asymmetric information ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Globalization and Its Discontents
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Making Globalization Work ⓘ People, Power, and Profits ⓘ The Price of Inequality ⓘ Whither Socialism? ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Gary, Indiana
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surface form:
Gary, Indiana, United States
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| politicalAlignment | progressive ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
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Chief Economist of the World Bank ⓘ Senior Vice President of the World Bank ⓘ |
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Subject: Joseph Stiglitz Description of subject: Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize–winning American economist renowned for his work on information asymmetry, inequality, and critiques of unregulated markets.
Referenced by (24)
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this entity surface form:
Joseph Eugene Stiglitz
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Stiglitz
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Joseph E. Stiglitz
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Joseph E. Stiglitz
this entity surface form:
Joseph E. Stiglitz
this entity surface form:
Joseph E. Stiglitz
this entity surface form:
Joseph E. Stiglitz
this entity surface form:
Joseph E. Stiglitz
this entity surface form:
Joseph E. Stiglitz
this entity surface form:
Joseph E. Stiglitz
this entity surface form:
Joseph E. Stiglitz