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OverviewThe top 1 percent of Americans control some 40 percent of the nation’s wealth. But as Joseph E. Stiglitz explains in this best-selling critique of the economic status quo, this level of inequality is not inevitable. Rather, in recent years well-heeled interests have compounded their wealth by stifling true, dynamic capitalism and making America no longer the land of opportunity that it once was. They have made America the most unequal advanced industrial country while crippling growth, distorting key policy debates, and fomenting a divided society. Stiglitz not only shows how and why America’s inequality is bad for our economy but also exposes the effects of inequality on our democracy and on our system of justice while examining how monetary policy, budgetary policy, and globalization have contributed to its growth. With characteristic insight, he diagnoses our weakened state while offering a vision for a more just and prosperous future. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Joseph E. Stiglitz (Columbia University)Publisher: WW Norton & Co Imprint: WW Norton & Co Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 21.10cm Weight: 0.455kg ISBN: 9780393345063ISBN 10: 0393345068 Pages: 560 Publication Date: 26 March 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsThe single most comprehensive counterargument to both Democratic neoliberalism and Republican laissez-faire theories. While credible economists running the gamut from center right to center left describe our bleak present as the result of seemingly unstoppable developments-globalization and automation, a self-replicating establishment built on 'meritocratic' competition, the debt-driven collapse of 2008-Stiglitz stands apart in his defiant rejection of such notions of inevitability. He seeks to shift the terms of the debate. -- Thomas B. Edsall An impassioned argument backed by rigorous economic analysis. The single most comprehensive counterargument to both Democratic neoliberalism and Republican laissez-faire theories. While credible economists running the gamut from center right to center left describe our bleak present as the result of seemingly unstoppable developments--globalization and automation, a self-replicating establishment built on meritocratic competition, the debt-driven collapse of 2008--Stiglitz stands apart in his defiant rejection of such notions of inevitability. He seeks to shift the terms of the debate. --Thomas B. Edsall An impassioned argument backed by rigorous economic analysis. Author InformationJoseph E. Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize-winning economist and the best-selling author of The Price of Inequality, Freefall, and Globalization and Its Discontents. He is a columnist for the New York Times and Project Syndicate and has written for Vanity Fair, Politico, The Atlantic, and Harper's. He teaches at Columbia University and lives in New York City. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |