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Joseph Stiglitz: 'Shareholder capitalism is behind inequality crisis'

US economist and Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winner Joseph Stiglitz tells DW he noted a far greater sense of commitment to fight climate change at the World Economic Forum in Davos this year.

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