The Price of Inequality: The Avoidable Causes and Invisible Costs of Inequality
- 作者
- 出版社 Allen Lane
- 出版时间 2012年6月
- ISBN 9781846146930
- 定价 329.40
内容简介
Thetop1percenthavethebesthouses,thebesteducations,thebestdoctors,andthebestlifestyles,butthereisonethingthatmoneydoesn'tseemtohavebought:anunderstandingthattheirfateisboundupwithhowtheother99percentlive.Throughouthistory,thisissomethingthatthetop1percenteventuallydolearn-toolate.Inthistimelybook,JosephStiglitzidentifiesthreemajorcausesofourpredicament:thatmarketsdon'tworkthewaytheyaresupposedto(beingneitherefficientnorstable);howpoliticalsystemsfailtocorrecttheshortcomingsofthemarket;andhowourcurrenteconomicandpoliticalsystemsarefundamentallyunfair.Hefocuseschieflyonthegrossinequalitytowhichthesesystemsgiverise,butalsoexplainshowinextricablyinterlinkedtheyare.Providingevidencethatinvestment-notausterity-isvitalforproductivity,andofferingrealisticsolutionsforlevellingtheplayingfieldandincreasingsocialmobility,Stiglitzarguesthatreformofoureconomicandpoliticalsystemsisnotjustfairer,butistheonlywaytomakemarketsworkastheyreallyshould.
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