Trump policies make US ‘scary place to invest’ and risk stagflation, says Stiglitz

<p>Uncertainty created by tariffs and contempt for rule of law will deter investment, says top economist</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/16/forget-trumps-tariffs-the-presidents-bond-market-threat-is-worse">Forget Trump’s tariffs, the president’s bond market threat is worse</a></li></ul><p></p><p>Donald Trump’s tariff threats have made the US “a scary place to invest” and may unleash stagflation, the Nobel prize-winning economist <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/profile/josephstiglitz">Joseph Stiglitz</a> has said.</p><p>“It risks the worst of all possible worlds: a kind of stagflation,” Stiglitz said in an interview with the Guardian.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/17/joseph-stiglitz-economist-donald-trump-policies-tariffs-stagflation-risk-us-investment">Continue reading...</a>