by Joseph E. Stiglitz · DEBOLSILLO · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788490626047
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In 'Freefall', Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel laureate in Economics, analyzes the causes and consequences of the Great Recession that affected the world after the 2008 financial crisis. Stiglitz criticizes the deficient economic policies and the lack of scruples that led to the disaster, offering alternatives for a more prosperous economy and a fairer society. This book gives voice to those who felt outraged by the actions of Wall Street and the ineffectiveness of governments to prevent the crisis.
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.
