Freefall : America, free markets, and the sinking of the world economy / Joseph E. Stiglitz.

By:

Stiglitz, Joseph E

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : W. W. Norton & Co., c2010.Edition: Pbk. edDescription: xxx, 443 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780393338959 (pbk.)
0393338959 (pbk.)

Other title:

America, free markets, and the sinking of the world economy
Free fall

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

330.973 22

LOC classification:

HB3722 .S842 2010

Contents:

The making of a crisis -- Freefall and its aftermath -- A flawed response -- The mortgage scam -- The great American Robbery 0-- Avarice triumphs over prudence -- A new capitalist order -- From global recovery to global prosperity -- Reforming economics -- Toward a new society -- Afterword to the paperback edition.

Summary: Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz explains how America exported bad economics, bad policies and bad behavior to the rest of the world. When World markets began to fail, America put together a haphazard response. Stiglitz outlines his responses to address the inequalities in the global financial and challenges economists for good ideas.

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 3 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Library	3xx-2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		AT-ISTA#003063

Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. [345] - 416) and index.

Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz explains how America exported bad economics, bad policies and bad behavior to the rest of the world. When World markets began to fail, America put together a haphazard response. Stiglitz outlines his responses to address the inequalities in the global financial and challenges economists for good ideas.