And according to joseph stiglitzs provocative new book, based on a recent series of articles written for the new york times, his native us is no longer home to the american dream, but instead to a great divide. Winner of the 2001 nobel prize in economics, stiglitz is an insanely great economist, in ways you cant really appreciate unless youre deep into the field paul krugman, new york times. The great divide gathers his most provocative reflections to date on the subject of inequality. Unequal societies and what we can do about them, 2015 book by joseph stiglitz.
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