Freefall America, free markets, and the sinking of the world economy /

In this forthright and incisive book, Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz explains how America exported bad economics, bad policies, and bad behavior to the rest of the world, only to cobble together a haphazard and ineffective response when the markets finally seized up. Stiglitz then outlines a way...

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Main Author: Stiglitz, Joseph E.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2010]
Physical Description: xxx, 361 pages ; 25 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The making of a crisis
  • Freefall and its aftermath
  • A flawed response
  • The mortgage scam
  • The Great American Robbery
  • Avarice triumps over prudence
  • A new capitalist order
  • From global recovery to global prosperity
  • Reforming economics
  • Toward a new society.