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Globalization and Its Discontents
Globalization and Its Discontents
Author: Joseph E. Stiglitz
This powerful, unsettling book gives us a rare glimpse behind the closed doors of global financial institutions by the winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics. Renowned academic economist Joseph E. Stiglitz served seven years in Washington, as chairman of President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisers and as chief economist at the Worl...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780393051247
ISBN-10: 0393051242
Publication Date: 6/2002
Pages: 282
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3.3 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
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Excellent content; not always so readable.
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This is about the best mainstream economic analysis of the shortcomings of neoliberal capitalism. Far from a radical, Stiglitz writes as an economist with boatloads of experience in the White House and at the World Bank. If you want an anti-capitalist critique there are stronger books out there, but if you are looking for a lucid well-reasoned argument how the IMF and WTO tilt the playing field even further into rich countries favor, this is the book for you.
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A great read in the area of economics. It is great for anyone wanting to learn more about Globalization and the economic world we are living in.


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