Freefall
Subtitle: America, free markets, and the sinking of the world economy
By: Joseph E. Stiglitz.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9780393075960
Subjects: Financial crises -- United States; Finance -- Government policy -- United States; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009; United States -- Economic policy -- 1981-2001; United States -- Economic policy -- 2001-2009
Description: In this forthright and incisive book, Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz explains how America exported bad economics, bad policies, and bad behavior to the rest of the world, only to cobble together a haphazard and ineffective response when the markets finally seized up. Stiglitz then outlines a way to restore the balance between markets and government, address the inequalities of the global financial system, and demand more good ideas (and less ideology) from economists.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.