諾貝爾經濟學獎得主史迪格里茲重建有感成長與社會正義的經典著作
工作機會消失,經濟成長停滯,不是全球化必然的結果,
是政府管理失能,政策失當!
民主成為一元一票的機制,
1%的富人對社會洗腦、綁架政府決策,犧牲99%大眾的生計!
從北非、西班牙、到英國、華爾街,全球同時怒吼,
是挺身而出,為自己爭取個機會公平的未來的時候了!
這是1%所有、1%所治、1%所享的社會!
我們的經濟與政治體系承諾我們要做的事,與他們實際做的事情,兩者天差地別到不容忽視的地步!--史迪格里茲
諾貝爾經濟學獎得主史迪格里茲,是省思全球化與自由市場最清醒的聲音。2008金融危機後,史迪格里茲受法國前總統薩科齊邀請,擔任國際經濟與社會進步評量委員會主席,打破GDP的迷思。
這次,史迪格里茲聚焦全球都面對的世紀難題-分配不均。薪資停滯、工作機會消失,大眾的稅愈來愈重,但是社會福利卻一減再減。根本的原因,就是財團綁架政府、只求自己的財富如滾雪球般膨脹,而政府失能、完全無法矯正市場失靈。受害的不只是中產階級與勞工,更已經傷害了民主政治與司法體系。
我們必須看清楚財團扭曲的邏輯,站出來改變!
A forceful argument against America’s vicious circle of growing inequality by the Nobel Prize–winning economist.
The top 1 percent of Americans control 40 percent of the nation’s wealth. And, as Joseph E. Stiglitz explains, while those at the top enjoy the best health care, education, and benefits of wealth, they fail to realize that “their fate is bound up with how the other 99 percent live.”
Stiglitz draws on his deep understanding of economics to show that growing inequality is not inevitable: moneyed interests compound their wealth by stifling true, dynamic capitalism. They have made America the most unequal advanced industrial country while crippling growth, trampling on the rule of law, and undermining democracy. The result: a divided society that cannot tackle its most pressing problems. With characteristic insight, Stiglitz examines our current state, then teases out its implications for democracy, for monetary and budgetary policy, and for globalization. He closes with a plan for a more just and prosperous future.
★本書中譯版《不公平的代價:破解階級對立的金權結構》由天下雜誌出版。
作者簡介
史迪格里茲 Joseph E. Stiglitz
2001年諾貝爾經濟學獎得主、世界銀行首席經濟學家,任教於美國哥倫比亞大學。著有《失控的未來》(Freefall)、《全球化的許諾與失落》(Globalization and Its Discontents)、《世界的另一種可能》(Making Globalization Work),以及和比莫(Linda Bilmes)合著的《三兆美元的戰爭》(The Three Trillion Dollar War)等暢銷書。
無論在美國或國際間,學、仕歷練具足的史迪格里茲擁有高度影響力。美國《新聞週刊》稱他是「對金融危機始終抱持正確主張的專家」,世界銀行首席經濟學家暨資深副總裁史登(Nicholas Stern)稱他是「當代最重要的經濟學家」,英國衛報更指出,「我們需要更多像史迪格里茲這樣的經濟學家」。
Winner of the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize for Economics, Joseph E. Stiglitz is the best-selling author of Making Globalization Work; Globalization and Its Discontents; and, with Linda Bilmes, The Three Trillion Dollar War. He was chairman of President Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers and served as senior vice president and chief economist at the World Bank. He teaches at Columbia University and lives in New York City.