Making Globalization Work by Joseph E. Stiglitz

Making Globalization Work

Joseph E. Stiglitz
358 pages
W.W. Norton & Co.
Sep 2006
Hardcover
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<p>&quot;A damning denunciation of things as they are, and a platform for how we can do better.&quot; -- Andrew Leonard, Salon</p> Four years after he outlined the challenges our increasingly interdependent world was facing in Globalization and Its Discontents, Joseph E. Stiglitz offered his agenda for reform. Now in paperback, Making Globalization Work offers inventive solutions to a host of problems, including the indebtedness of developing countries, international fiscal instability, and worldwide pollution. Stiglitz also argues for the reform of global financial institutions, trade agreements, and intellectual property laws, to make them better able to respond to the growing disparity between the richest and poorest countries. Now more than ever before, globalization has gathered the peoples of the world into one community, bringing with it a need to think and act globally. This trenchant, intellectually powerful book is an invaluable step in that process. This paperback edition contains a brand-new preface.
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A great break-in to how the world works.

Three years ago, I was a little freshman economics student at a small college. My World Politics professor assigned me this book to read halfway through the semester, and I am quite happy that I read it. Stiglitz is blessed with both brains and writing ability, something that too many economists do not have (I'm looking at you, Wall Street Journal), and puts it to good use. Although the organizations of the Washington Consensus that Stiglitz criticizes have taken efforts to mend their ways (and he does concede this), Stiglitz does an exceptional job of summarizing much of the baggage that international policy makers carry from their past mistakes. The largest criticism that people have of the book is that much of what he says has been said by other people. This is true. But those other people can't write and aren't remotely as accessible as Stiglitz is. If you're looking for a good jump-in, read this book. Read more

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Pages 358
Publisher W.W. Norton & Co.
Published 2006
Readers 2