East River Dialogues on Effective Multilateralism - Eight Billion or the Few: Multilateral Responses to Inequality and Wealth Concentration

March 30 | United Nations Headquarters, New York

At our latest East River Dialogues on Effective Multilateralism event, Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, joined by Shari Spiegel and moderated by Heike Buchter, led a timely discussion on “Eight Billion or the Few.” The conversation explored how rising inequality and wealth concentration are reshaping global economic governance, and what multilateral responses are needed to restore fairness, stability, and trust. Referencing to ongoing G20 and Financing for Development (FfD) processes, one particular proposal was highlighted to establish an independent scientific inequality commission at the UN to better inform multilateral policymaking in this regard.