2002年春天,美国哥伦比 亚大学教授、2001年诺 贝尔经济学奖得主约瑟夫·斯蒂格利茨出版了一本新书,名为《全球化及对它的不满》。此书一出版,很快便在国际学术界引起一场争论。斯蒂格利茨曾任世界银行首席经济学家。2002年6月28日,在世界银行出面为这本书举行的新闻发布会与研讨会上,国际货币基金组织(IMF)首席经济学家兼研究部主任肯尼思·罗果夫与斯蒂格利茨展开了激烈争论。罗果夫在会后散发了一封以辛辣讥讽笔调批判斯蒂格利茨观点的《致斯蒂格利茨的公开信》。其后,美国国际经济研究所资深研究员约翰·威廉姆斯、哈佛大学教授本杰明·弗里德曼等著名学者也纷纷撰文加入讨论。 In the spring of 2002, Joseph Stiglitz, a professor at Columbia University in the United States and winner of Nobel Prize in economics in 2001, published a new book titled “Globalization and Dissatisfaction with It.” The publication of this book soon aroused a debate in the international academic community. Stiglitz served as chief economist at the World Bank. On June 28, 2002, at a press conference and symposium that the World Bank presented for the book, Kenneth Rogoff and Steele, chief economist and head of research at the International Monetary Fund, Glitz started a heated debate. After the meeting, Rogoff distributed an “Open Letter to Stiglitz” criticizing Stiglitz’s views with a pungent and sarcastic tone. Since then, John Williams, a senior fellow at the Institute of International Economic Research, and famous scholars such as Harvard University professor Benjamin Friedman have also written articles to join the discussion.