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Stiglitz expands on the diagnosis he offered in his bestselling book the price of inequality and suggests ways to counter america s growing problem. Unequal societies and what we can do about them, w. What i found most interesting is the way it presents a case that right from the start the west in the european mind was a fantasy and that fantasy has run like a thread through the times of the early trappers to welltodo adventurers to hippies the dudes and the. Global perspective and cuttingedge methodology in an ivy league setting at the very center of business in nyc. Stiglitz expands on the diagnosis he offered in his bestselling book the price of inequality and suggests ways to counter this growing problem.
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The great divide by joseph stiglitz penguin books australia. Joseph stiglitz what i argued in the great divide is. Unequal societies and what we can do about them joseph stiglitz. Stiglitz, a nobel laureate in economics, is university professor at columbia university and chief economist at the roosevelt institute. In this new book, the great divide, which he will talk about in this public lecture, joseph e. In the face of rising inequality in america, joseph e. The nobel laureate discusses the causes and consequences of inequality and what we can do about it. With his signature blend of clarity and passion, stiglitz argues that inequality is a choice the cumulative result of unjust policies and misguided priorities. The commonwealth club of california is the nations oldest and largest public affairs forum. There is a common conception that the lyrics seem to. Stiglitz, nobel laureate and former chief economist of the world bank. And those that has read some other of stiglitz books wont find much new stuff. The dynamics of the imperial capitalism of the 19th century neednt apply in the democracies of the 21st.
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