http://www.wu.ac.at/economics/vw-zentrum/events/stiglitz-en/ [The great divide book cover]<http://books.wwnorton.com/books/978-0-393-24857-9/> The Great Divide - Joseph Stiglitz Sunday, November 29th, 2015 | 14:00-17:00 | Audimax Registration Form<http://www.wu.ac.at/economics/vw-zentrum/events/stiglitz/registration/> Joseph E. Stiglitz<https://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/faculty/jstiglitz/index.cfm> is one of the world's most famous economists. He is a professor at Columbia University and was chief economist for the World Bank from 1997 to 2000. In 2001, he received the Nobel Memorial Price in Economic Sciences, together with George A. Akerlof und A. Michael Spence, for his work concerning markets with asymmetric information. Stiglitz holds an honorary doctorate at WU<http://www.wu.ac.at/economics/forschung/auszei/>. At the center of Stiglitz's research stand questions surrounding inequality. On November 29th, he will present his book "The Great Divide: Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them"<http://books.wwnorton.com/books/978-0-393-24857-9/> at WU. The Center for Students of Economics (VW-Zentrum<http://www.wu.ac.at/economics/vw-zentrum/>), the Department of Economics at WU, in cooperation with the research institute Economics of Inequality<http://www.wu.ac.at/ineq/> and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO<http://www.unido.org>) invite you to this public lecture with subsequent panel discussion. After the lecture, there will be a book signing event. Important: Please register for the event via our registration form<http://www.wu.ac.at/economics/vw-zentrum/events/stiglitz/registration/>. Programm 14.00 - 14.10 Opening Remarks Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger, Rector WU Fatou Haidara, Director, Policymaking Organs Secretariat, Advocacy and Communications Branch, UNIDO 14:10 - 14:50 Lecture Joseph Stiglitz, Prof. of Economics, Columbia University The Great Divide: Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them 14:50 - 15:20 Panel Discussion Chair: Ingrid Kubin<http://www.wu.ac.at/vw7/team/kubin/en/>, Prof. of Economics, WU Célestin Monga<https://www.unido.org/fileadmin/user_media_upgrade/Who_we_are/Structure/CV_Celestin_Monga_1.pdf>, Managing Director, Programme Support and General Management Division, UNIDO Alyssa Schneebaum<http://www.wu.ac.at/vw1/m/schneebaum/>, Department of Economics, WU Wilfried Altzinger<http://www.wu.ac.at/vw1/m/altzing/>, Institute of Inequality, WU 15:20 - 16:00 Q&A Session 16:00 - 16:45 Book Signing ************************************* Altzinger Wilfried Vienna University of Economics and Business Department of Economics Research Institute 'Economics of Inequality<http://www.wu.ac.at/ineq>' Welthandelsplatz 1 / D4.2.032<http://gis.wu.ac.at/index2.html?roomShow=altzinger> A-1020 Vienna Personal Homepage<http://www.wu.ac.at/vw1/m/altzing> ++ 43 676 8213 4511 *************************************