Reviews
Accessible, provocative and highly readable. ... Brings an insider's insights into the crises of the 1990s and beyond, from East Asia to Russia and on to Argentina., [Stiglitz's] rare mix of academic achievement and policy experience makes Globalization and Its Discontents worth reading., [Stiglitz] is not a global pessimist, but a realist--and instead of placing him in a neat box labeled 'important contribution to the debate,' we should listen to him urgently., A fresh, much-needed look at how these institutions-primarily the International Monetary Fund-affect policy... Stiglitz has done important work..., This book is everyone's guide to the misgovernment of globalization. Stiglitz explains it here in plain and compelling language., Development and economics are not about statistics. Rather, they are about lives and jobs. Stiglitz never forgets that..., Accessible, provocative and highly readable... Brings an insider's insights into the crises of the 1990s and beyond., A great tour of the complexities of economic policymaking. Getting a top economist to subject the US Treasury and the IMF to withering scrutiny... is good for the long-term health of the system., Provocative, readable, and sure to earn Stiglitz persona non grata status in certain corridors of power., A war story from inside the halls of the White House and the World Bank, the confession of a powerful economist with a political conscience and a healthy degree of common sense.
