《不公平的代價》諾貝爾經濟獎得主：史迪格里茲Joseph E. Stiglitz重磅新作！
改革時候到了！導正經濟還於大眾，從擺脫信仰自由市場的基本教義開始！
我們都明顯地感受到，現在，美國甚至是全球的經濟──以及政府──都正靠向少數巨頭企業。寥寥數間大公司，便幾乎壟斷整個產業區塊，導致嚴重貧富不均及堪憂的經濟成長率。也因此，這些商界大佬可以自訂遊戲規則，科技公司也得以在睜一隻眼閉一隻眼的狀況下，蒐集更多用戶的數據資料作為己用，而政府則總是訂下種種並不真正以市井小民利益為優先的貿易協商。
實在是有太多人藉剝削他人得利，而非透過真正的創造財富與價值獲益。現今新科技的飛速發展，若沒有加以關注管理，則很可能不僅不能讓現況好轉，反而讓不平等及失業人口加劇。迷信著自由市場將調節平衡所有問題，正一步步把我們的經濟帶往絕處。
史迪格里茲為我們指出財富與提升眾人生活水準的真正來源，教育學習、科學、科技與法律在其中扮演的重要角色。當我們現在對法律、行政制度失去信任，對學術體系、媒體充滿抨擊，這些質疑否定，實則正在削弱推動經濟發展、民主制度的核心驅力。我們需要做的，是確保市場運作機制是為眾人而服務，利用市場的優點，且避免部分人士藉由剝削他人獲得過量的利益──即可改善經濟問題，實現均富共榮的社會。只要有夠多人願意響應，那麼新一代的資本主義：改革資本主義Progressive Capitalism將能實現，把消失的中產階級找回來，並且回應當代充滿忿鬱與不平的眾人怒吼。
雖然我們常對現況感到絕望，但我們並非真的無能為力。以權威的經濟學專業，史迪格里茲為人們指出自由經濟體系正面對的可能危機，並為實現改革資本主義提供具體基礎。指引了一條不同可能的道路，穿越挑戰通往更好的前景。（文/博客來編譯）
A Nobel prize winner challenges us to throw off the free market fundamentalists and reclaim our economy.
We all have the sense that the American economy―and its government―tilts toward big business, but as Joseph E. Stiglitz explains in his new book, People, Power, and Profits, the situation is dire. A few corporations have come to dominate entire sectors of the economy, contributing to skyrocketing inequality and slow growth. This is how the financial industry has managed to write its own regulations, tech companies have accumulated reams of personal data with little oversight, and our government has negotiated trade deals that fail to represent the best interests of workers. Too many have made their wealth through exploitation of others rather than through wealth creation. If something isn’t done, new technologies may make matters worse, increasing inequality and unemployment.
Stiglitz identifies the true sources of wealth and of increases in standards of living, based on learning, advances in science and technology, and the rule of law. He shows that the assault on the judiciary, universities, and the media undermines the very institutions that have long been the foundation of America’s economic might and its democracy.
Helpless though we may feel today, we are far from powerless. In fact, the economic solutions are often quite clear. We need to exploit the benefits of markets while taming their excesses, making sure that markets work for us―the U.S. citizens―and not the other way around. If enough citizens rally behind the agenda for change outlined in this book, it may not be too late to create a progressive capitalism that will recreate a shared prosperity. Stiglitz shows how a middle-class life can once again be attainable by all.
An authoritative account of the predictable dangers of free market fundamentalism and the foundations of progressive capitalism, People, Power, and Profits shows us an America in crisis, but also lights a path through this challenging time.
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Praise for Joseph E. Stiglitz:
"[Joseph Stiglitz] is an insanely great economist."– Paul Krugman
"Along with Krugman and Thomas Piketty, Stiglitz forms a triumvirate of leading economic critics of global capitalism, 21st century-style."– Andrew Anthony, Guardian
Praise for The Price of Inequality:
"The single most comprehensive counterargument to both Democratic neoliberalism and Republican laissez-faire theories…Stiglitz’s contribution…to the public debate cannot be overestimated."– Thomas B. Edsall, New York Times Book Review
"A searing read."– Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
"A model of clarity."– Jared Bernstein, Rolling Stone
Praise for Freefall:
"Trenchant analysis of the causes of the fiscal meltdown."– Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
"The best book so far on the financial crisis."– John Kay, Financial Times
Author
Joseph E. Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize–winning economist and the best-selling author of Globalization and its Discontents Revisited: Anti-Globalization in the Age of Trump, The Price of Inequality, and Freefall. He was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Clinton, chief economist of the World Bank, named by Time as one of the 100 most influential individuals in the world, and now teaches at Columbia University and is chief economist of the Roosevelt Institute.
改革時候到了！導正經濟還於大眾，從擺脫信仰自由市場的基本教義開始！
我們都明顯地感受到，現在，美國甚至是全球的經濟──以及政府──都正靠向少數巨頭企業。寥寥數間大公司，便幾乎壟斷整個產業區塊，導致嚴重貧富不均及堪憂的經濟成長率。也因此，這些商界大佬可以自訂遊戲規則，科技公司也得以在睜一隻眼閉一隻眼的狀況下，蒐集更多用戶的數據資料作為己用，而政府則總是訂下種種並不真正以市井小民利益為優先的貿易協商。
實在是有太多人藉剝削他人得利，而非透過真正的創造財富與價值獲益。現今新科技的飛速發展，若沒有加以關注管理，則很可能不僅不能讓現況好轉，反而讓不平等及失業人口加劇。迷信著自由市場將調節平衡所有問題，正一步步把我們的經濟帶往絕處。
史迪格里茲為我們指出財富與提升眾人生活水準的真正來源，教育學習、科學、科技與法律在其中扮演的重要角色。當我們現在對法律、行政制度失去信任，對學術體系、媒體充滿抨擊，這些質疑否定，實則正在削弱推動經濟發展、民主制度的核心驅力。我們需要做的，是確保市場運作機制是為眾人而服務，利用市場的優點，且避免部分人士藉由剝削他人獲得過量的利益──即可改善經濟問題，實現均富共榮的社會。只要有夠多人願意響應，那麼新一代的資本主義：改革資本主義Progressive Capitalism將能實現，把消失的中產階級找回來，並且回應當代充滿忿鬱與不平的眾人怒吼。
雖然我們常對現況感到絕望，但我們並非真的無能為力。以權威的經濟學專業，史迪格里茲為人們指出自由經濟體系正面對的可能危機，並為實現改革資本主義提供具體基礎。指引了一條不同可能的道路，穿越挑戰通往更好的前景。（文/博客來編譯）
A Nobel prize winner challenges us to throw off the free market fundamentalists and reclaim our economy.
We all have the sense that the American economy―and its government―tilts toward big business, but as Joseph E. Stiglitz explains in his new book, People, Power, and Profits, the situation is dire. A few corporations have come to dominate entire sectors of the economy, contributing to skyrocketing inequality and slow growth. This is how the financial industry has managed to write its own regulations, tech companies have accumulated reams of personal data with little oversight, and our government has negotiated trade deals that fail to represent the best interests of workers. Too many have made their wealth through exploitation of others rather than through wealth creation. If something isn’t done, new technologies may make matters worse, increasing inequality and unemployment.
Stiglitz identifies the true sources of wealth and of increases in standards of living, based on learning, advances in science and technology, and the rule of law. He shows that the assault on the judiciary, universities, and the media undermines the very institutions that have long been the foundation of America’s economic might and its democracy.
Helpless though we may feel today, we are far from powerless. In fact, the economic solutions are often quite clear. We need to exploit the benefits of markets while taming their excesses, making sure that markets work for us―the U.S. citizens―and not the other way around. If enough citizens rally behind the agenda for change outlined in this book, it may not be too late to create a progressive capitalism that will recreate a shared prosperity. Stiglitz shows how a middle-class life can once again be attainable by all.
An authoritative account of the predictable dangers of free market fundamentalism and the foundations of progressive capitalism, People, Power, and Profits shows us an America in crisis, but also lights a path through this challenging time.
2 charts
Praise for Joseph E. Stiglitz:
"[Joseph Stiglitz] is an insanely great economist."– Paul Krugman
"Along with Krugman and Thomas Piketty, Stiglitz forms a triumvirate of leading economic critics of global capitalism, 21st century-style."– Andrew Anthony, Guardian
Praise for The Price of Inequality:
"The single most comprehensive counterargument to both Democratic neoliberalism and Republican laissez-faire theories…Stiglitz’s contribution…to the public debate cannot be overestimated."– Thomas B. Edsall, New York Times Book Review
"A searing read."– Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
"A model of clarity."– Jared Bernstein, Rolling Stone
Praise for Freefall:
"Trenchant analysis of the causes of the fiscal meltdown."– Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
"The best book so far on the financial crisis."– John Kay, Financial Times
Author
Joseph E. Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize–winning economist and the best-selling author of Globalization and its Discontents Revisited: Anti-Globalization in the Age of Trump, The Price of Inequality, and Freefall. He was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Clinton, chief economist of the World Bank, named by Time as one of the 100 most influential individuals in the world, and now teaches at Columbia University and is chief economist of the Roosevelt Institute.