The Price of Inequality

著者 : Joseph E.Stiglitz

• W W Norton & Co Inc (2013年4月8日発売)

作品紹介・あらすじ

America currently has the most inequality, and the least equality of opportunity, among the advanced countries. While market forces play a role in this stark picture, politics has shaped those market forces. In this best-selling book, Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz exposes the efforts of well-heeled interests to compound their wealth in ways that have stifled true, dynamic capitalism. Along the way he examines the effect of inequality on our economy, our democracy, and our system of justice. Stiglitz explains how inequality affects and is affected by every aspect of national policy, and with characteristic insight he offers a vision for a more just and prosperous future, supported by a concrete program to achieve that vision."

感想・レビュー・書評

[Kyokodidiさんの感想 · 2013年12月24日]

貧富の差が広まる一方の米国で、人々が貧しいのは「努力が足りないからだ」と主張する右派富裕層。こういった主張の誤りを解説し、貧富の差の縮小が社会全体にもたらす利益を説明しています。