Joseph Stiglitz keynote delivered at UN ECOSOC Special Meeting on Financial Integrity

As negotiations for a Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation have resumed this week at the United Nations, we stand at a critical juncture in the global fight for financial integrity. The choices we make here—about transparency, accountability, and the fair global taxation—will shape not only the future of international cooperation, but the very capacity of governments to serve their people. This is a moment that demands both clarity about the failures that brought us here and courage to pursue the systemic reforms our world so urgently needs.