The Road to Freedom, 9780241703878
Paperback
Capitalism versus freedom: a Nobel laureate’s powerful, eye-opening roadmap.

The Road to Freedom

Economics and the Good Society

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    13 May 2024

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Summary

A major reappraisal, by the Nobel-prizewinning economist, of the relationship between capitalism and freedom

Despite its manifest failures, the narrative of neoliberalism retains its grip on the public mind and the policies of governments all over the world. By this narrative, less regulation and more ‘animal spirits’ capitalism produces not only greater prosperity, but more freedom for individuals in society - and is therefore morally better.

But, in The Road to Freedom

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241703878
ISBN-10:0241703875
Author:Joseph E. Stiglitz
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Allen Lane
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:13 May 2024
Weight:480g
Dimensions:234mm x 153mm
About The Author

Joseph E. Stiglitz

Joseph E. Stiglitz was Chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers 1995-7 and Chief Economist at the World Bank 1997-2000. He is currently University Professor at Columbia University, teaching in the Department of Economics, the School of International and Public Affairs, and the Graduate School of Business. He is also the Chief Economist of the Roosevelt Institute and a Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society and the British Academy. He won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2001 and is the bestselling author of Globalization and Its Discontents, The Roaring Nineties, Making Globalization Work, Freefall, The Price of Inequality, The Great Divide and Power, People, and Profits, all published by Penguin.

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