In this interview, Nobel laureate and Columbia economist Joseph Stiglitz discusses why fiscal conservatism threatens the world economy. His recent book, Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy, is also worth a read.

Source: CNBC, June 30, 2010.

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