The price of inequality

Examines how the wealthy classes have contributed to growing inequality in society and explains how the quest to increase wealth has hindered the country's economic growth as well as its efforts to solve its most pressing economic problems.

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Main Author: Stiglitz, Joseph E.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2012.
Edition:1st ed.
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245 1 4 |a The price of inequality /  |c Joseph E. Stiglitz. 
246 1 |i Jacket title:  |a Price of inequality :  |b how today's divided society endangers our future 
250 |a 1st ed. 
260 |a New York :  |b W.W. Norton & Co.,  |c c2012. 
300 |a xxxi, 414 p. ;  |c 25 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
520 |a Examines how the wealthy classes have contributed to growing inequality in society and explains how the quest to increase wealth has hindered the country's economic growth as well as its efforts to solve its most pressing economic problems. 
505 0 |a America's 1 (one) Percent Problem -- Rent seeking and the making of an unequal society -- Markets and inequality -- Why it matters -- A democracy in peril -- 1984 is upon us -- Justice for all? How inequality is eroding the Rule of Law -- The battle of the budget -- A macroeconomic policy and a Central Bank by and for the 1 (one) percent -- The way forward : another world is possible. 
650 0 |a Income distribution  |x Social aspects  |z United States. 
650 0 |a Equality  |z United States. 
651 0 |a United States  |x Economic conditions  |y 21st century. 
651 0 |a United States  |x Social conditions  |y 21st century. 
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