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Wealth Intelligence

Awards & Recognition

★Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2001) - shared with George A. Akerlof and A. Michael Spence

★John Bates Clark Medal (1979) - awarded to economist under 40 who has made most significant contribution

★Sydney Peace Prize (2018)

★Gerald Loeb Award for distinguished business journalism (2010)

★Over 40 honorary doctorates including from Cambridge and Oxford Universities

★Named by TIME magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world (2011)

★Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) (2009)

★Member of France's Legion of Honor (rank of Officer)

★Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and other prestigious institutions

Notable Facts

→Nobel Prize winner in Economics (2001) for groundbreaking work on asymmetric information theory

→Former Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank (1997-2000)

→Former Chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers under President Clinton (1995-1997)

→University Professor at Columbia University - the university's highest academic rank

→Co-founder and director of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia

→Chief Economist of the Roosevelt Institute

→Author of numerous bestselling books on economics and inequality

→Regular major media presence with frequent interviews and commentary in top-tier outlets

→Co-chair of High-Level Expert Group on Economic Performance and Social Progress at OECD

→Lead author of 1995 IPCC Climate Change report that shared 2007 Nobel Peace Prize

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