Economists Face Backlash After Enlisting UN for Openly Anti-Growth, ‘Public Control of Strategic Assets’ Agenda

Economists Face Backlash After Enlisting UN for Openly Anti-Growth, ‘Public Control of Strategic Assets’ Agenda

Some prominent economists—including a Nobel laureate from Columbia University, Joseph Stiglitz, who starred in a recent "Tax the Rich" event with New York mayor Zohran Mamdani—are facing a severe backlash after publishing an article in the Guardian declaring that "'growth' is a doomed strategy" and calling for "public control of strategic assets" as part of a "just transition beyond growth."The post Economists Face Backlash After Enlisting UN fo…