People, Power, and Profits, 9781324004219
Hardcover
America’s economy tilts to big business, but there’s a fix.

People, Power, and Profits

progressive capitalism for an age of discontent

$96.39

  • Hardcover

    366 pages

  • Release Date

    23 April 2019

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Summary

Reclaiming Prosperity: How to Put People Above Profits

We all sense that the American economy, and its government, favors big business, but as Joseph E. Stiglitz explains, the situation is critical. A few corporations dominate entire sectors, fueling inequality and slow growth. The financial industry writes its own rules, tech companies amass personal data unchecked, and trade deals neglect workers’ interests. Wealth is often gained through exploitation, and new technologies may wor…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781324004219
ISBN-10:1324004215
Author:Joseph E. Stiglitz
Publisher:WW Norton & Co
Imprint:WW Norton & Co
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:366
Release Date:23 April 2019
Weight:700g
Dimensions:244mm x 163mm x 33mm
About The Author

Joseph E. Stiglitz

Joseph E. Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize–winning economist and the best–selling author of People, Power, and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent; Globalization and Its Discontents Revisited: Anti-Globalization in the Era of Trump; The Price of Inequality; and Freefall. He was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Clinton, chief economist of the World Bank, named by Time as one of the 100 most influential individuals in the world, and now teaches at Columbia University and is chief economist of the Roosevelt Institute.

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