Freefall cover art

Freefall

America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy

 Preview

Audible Standard 1-month free trial

Auto-renews at $8.99/mo + applicable tax after 30-day trial. Cancel Anytime
Try for $0.00
More purchase options

Freefall

Written by: Joseph E. Stiglitz
Narrated by: Dick Hill
Try for $0.00

$8.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $24.97

Buy Now for $24.97

Summary

The current global financial crisis carries a "made in America" label. 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.

Drawing on his academic expertise, his years spent shaping policy in the Clinton administration and at the World Bank, and his more recent role as head of a UN commission charged with reforming the global financial system, Stiglitz outlines a way forward, building on ideas that he has championed his entire career: restoring the balance between markets and government, addressing the inequalities of the global financial system, and demanding more good ideas (and less ideology) from economists.

Freefall is an instant classic, combining an enthralling whodunit account of the current crisis with a bracing discussion of the broader economic issues at stake.

©2010 Joseph E. Stiglitz (P)2010 Tantor Economics International Politics & Government Public Policy Banking Taxation US Economy Capitalism Government Deflation Business Socialism Global Financial Crisis Economic Inequality Economic disparity Great Recession Economic Policy Deficit Export Tariff Capital Market
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_c

What the critics say

"What makes Stiglitz special is that, along with Paul Krugman, he is the rare progressive in a profession whose norms resist tampering with the verdicts of markets or the power of private capital and also one of the few world-class technical economists who can write lucidly for a lay audience. The tone of this book is good-humored and public-minded." ( The American Prospect)
No reviews yet