TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stiglitz,Joseph E.
TI  - Freefall: America, free markets, and the sinking of the world economy 
SN  - 0393075966
AV  - HB3722 .S842 2010
U1  - 330.973 22
PY  - 2010///]
CY  - New York
PB  - W.W. Norton & Co
KW  - Financial crises
KW  - United States
KW  - Finance
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - 2001-2009
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-361); The making of a crisis -- Freefall and its aftermath -- A flawed response -- The mortgage scam -- The Great American Robbery -- Avarice triumps over prudence -- A new capitalist order -- From global recovery to global prosperity -- Reforming economics -- Toward a new society
N2  - In this forthright and incisive book, Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz explains how America exported bad economics, bad policies, and bad behavior to the rest of the world, only to cobble together a haphazard and ineffective response when the markets finally seized up. Stiglitz then outlines a way to restore the balance between markets and government, address the inequalities of the global financial system, and demand more good ideas (and less ideology) from economists
ER  -