The Great Divide by Stiglitz, Joseph E. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Contents About the Author Dedication Prelude: SHOWING CRACKS

The Economic Consequences of Mr. Bush Capitalist Fools The Anatomy of a Murder: Who Killed America’s Economy? How to Get Out of the Financial Crisis

Introduction Part I: BIG THINK

Of the 1 Percent, by the 1 Percent, for the 1 Percent The 1 Percent’s Problem Slow Growth and Inequality are Political Choices. We Can Choose Otherwise. Inequality Goes Global Inequality Is a Choice Democracy in the 21st Century Phony Capitalism

Part II: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS

How Dr. King Shaped My Work in Economics The Myth of America’s Golden Age

Part III: DIMENSIONS OF INEQUALITY

Equal Opportunity, Our National Myth Student Debt and the Crushing of the American Dream Justice for Some The One Housing Solution Left: Mass Mortgage Refinancing Inequality and the American Child Ebola and Inequality

Part IV: CAUSES OF AMERICA’S GROWING INEQUALITY

America’s Socialism for the Rich A Tax System Stacked against the 99 Percent Globalization Isn’t Just about Profits. It’s about Taxes Too. Fallacies of Romney’s Logic

Part V: CONSEQUENCES OF INEQUALITY

The Wrong Lesson from Detroit’s Bankruptcy In No One We Trust

Part VI: POLICY

How Policy Has Contributed to the Great Economic Divide Why Janet Yellen, Not Larry Summers, Should Lead the Fed The Insanity of Our Food Policy On the Wrong Side of Globalization The Free-Trade Charade How Intellectual Property Reinforces Inequality India’s Patently Wise Decision Eliminating Extreme Inequality: A Sustainable Development Goal, 2015–2030 The Postcrisis Crises Inequality Is Not Inevitable

Part VII: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES

The Mauritius Miracle Singapore’s Lessons for an Unequal America Japan Should Be Alert Japan Is a Model, Not a Cautionary Tale China’s Roadmap Reforming China’s State–Market Balance Medellín: A Light unto Cities American Delusions Down Under Scottish Independence Spain’s Depression

Part VIII: PUTTING AMERICA BACK TO WORK

How to Put America Back to Work Inequality Is Holding Back the Recovery The Book of Jobs Scarcity in an Age of Plenty Turn Left for Growth The Innovation Enigma

Afterword Q&A: Joseph Stiglitz on the Fallacy That the Top 1 Percent Drives Innovation, and Why the Reagan Administration Was America’s Inequality Turning Point Credits Follow Penguin Copyright Page