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Globalization and Its Discontents

By Joseph E. Stiglitz

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| Paperback | 9780393324396

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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.

When it was first published, this national bestseller quickly became a touchstone in the globalization debate. Renowned economist anContinue

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.

When it was first published, this national bestseller quickly became a touchstone in the globalization debate. Renowned economist and Nobel Prize winner Joseph E. Stiglitz had a ringside seat for most of the major economic events of the last decade, including stints as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and chief economist at the World Bank. Particularly concerned with the plight of the developing nations, he became increasingly disillusioned as he saw the International Monetary Fund and other major institutions put the interests of Wall Street and the financial community ahead of the poorer nations.

Those seeking to understand why globalization has engendered the hostility of protesters in Seattle and Genoa will find the reasons here. While this book includes no simple formula on how to make globalization work, Stiglitz provides a reform agenda that will provoke debate for years to come. Rarely do we get such an insider's analysis of the major institutions of globalization as in this penetrating book. With a new foreword for this paperback edition.

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  • Globalization: Stiglitz’s Case

    1. The most pressing economic problem of our time is that so many of what we usually call “developing economies” are, in fact, not developing. It is shocking to most citizens of the industrialized Western democracies to realize that in Uganda, or Eth ... (read full critics)

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    Globalization and Its Discontents

    Perhaps Mr Stiglitz is a good economist but he is certainly far from being a good writer. The second half of the book is so annoyingly repetitive that it seems he is putting the reader's patience to test at its extremes.

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    joseph stiglitz is one of the economists i love so much. in this book, he first introduced the 3 "global" institutions in a very vivid and easy way. and i suggest people to read his working experiences in ethiopia and besides against it, you can have a full and real picture why the promise broken fr ... (continue)

    joseph stiglitz is one of the economists i love so much. in this book, he first introduced the 3 "global" institutions in a very vivid and easy way. and i suggest people to read his working experiences in ethiopia and besides against it, you can have a full and real picture why the promise broken from the advocation of gobalization.

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    hansthefox said on Aug 17, 2006 | Add your feedback

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