This book is mostly about the economics of inequality. In various essays in this volume, Stiglitz describing the nexus between politics and economics: the vicious circle by which more economic inequality gets translated into political inequality, especially in America's political system, which gives such unbridled power to money.
Globalisasi menyebabkan dunia semakin terkoneksi berkat revolusi informasi dan komunikasi. Namun, globalisasi juga mengakibatkan ketidakseimbangan kompetisi antara yang lemah dan yang kuat. Stiglitz mengemukakan cara-cara baru yang radikal untuk mengatasi utang negara berkembang, menyarankan sistem baru cadangan global untuk mengatasi ketidakstabilan keuangan internasional, dan memberikan usula…
This book containing history of the forces driving the American economy to boom in the 1990s and collapse in 2000.
Globalization today is not working. It is not working for many of the world's poor. It is not working for much of the environment. It is not working for the stability of the global economy. It is Stiglitz's extraordinary authority and experience that make this book so compelling. Stiglitz admits, 'It is the trade unionists, students, environmentalists and ordinary citizens marching in the stree…
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The Roaring Nineties is in part the story of how the corrupt and greedy got their comeuppance. But Stiglitz also develops a convincing alternative to the free-market mantra. He shows why greed is not good - for companies, individuals, or societies - and how if left unchecked it leads to deceptions, distortions and disasters. He argues that achieving the right balance between government and the …