The price of inequality : [how today's divided society endangers our future] / Joseph E. Stiglitz.

Author/creator Stiglitz, Joseph E.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2012.
Descriptionxxxi, 414 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
Income distribution--Social aspects. --United States.
Equality--United States.
United States--Economic conditions. --21st century.
United States--Social conditions. --21st century.

Contents America's 1 (one) Percent Problem -- Rent seeking and the making of an unequal society -- Markets and inequality -- Why it matters -- A democracy in peril -- 1984 is upon us -- Justice for all? How inequality is eroding the Rule of Law -- The battle of the budget -- A macroeconomic policy and a Central Bank by and for the 1 (one) percent -- The way forward : another world is possible.
Abstract Examines how the wealthy classes have contributed to growing inequality in society and explains how the quest to increase wealth has hindered the country's economic growth as well as its efforts to solve its most pressing economic problems.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [291]-397) and index.
LCCN 2012014811
ISBN9780393088694 (hbk.)
ISBN0393088693 (hbk.)
ISBN9780393099694
ISBN0393099695
ISBN9780393099690
Standard identifier# 7490022

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HC110.I5 S867 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold