Mon 29 Sep 2008
Joseph Stiglitz, Globalization & Its Discontents
Posted by Jose L. Velez under Book Reviews, Economics
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Stiglitz offers a compelling account of his experiences with the IMF, the World Bank, and the U.S. Treasury. By combining his experiences with his economics background, he gives a vivid account of how globalization has been mired with failure after failure and economies in transition have suffered widely as a result of poor global economic policy. His first hand accounts are illustrated by evidence of how international institutions of global integration, like the IMF, the World Bank, and the WTO have pursued narrow interests at the expense of those who needed the most help. (more…)
