by Joseph E. Stiglitz · Allen Lane · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780713996807
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«Globalization and Its Discontents» is the economic essay by Joseph E. Stiglitz, published by Allen Lane in paperback (304 pages, in English).
The author, Nobel Prize winner in Economics in 2001 and former chief economist of the World Bank, analyses the performance of international financial institutions in the 1990s. He criticises the policies imposed on developing countries and calls for a rethink of trade agreements so that globalisation also benefits the poorest nations.
Published in 2002 by Allen Lane, the book falls within the categories of business and economics and history.
Aimed at a general audience interested in economics, international politics, globalisation and development.
Joseph Eugene Stiglitz is an American New Keynesian economist, a public policy analyst, political activist, and a professor at Columbia University. He is a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2001) and the John Bates Clark Medal (1979). He is a former senior vice president and chief economist of the World Bank. He is also a former member and chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers. He is known for his support for the Georgism public finance theory and for his critical view of the management of globalization, of laissez-faire economists, and of international institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
