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1 online resource (1 audio file (13hr., 30 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Paul Boehmer. |
| Summary |
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. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Income distribution -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Equality -- United States.
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
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United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Boehmer, Paul. Narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781452628172 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1452628173 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11372908 |
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