The Road to Freedom
Economics and the Good Society

I have a lot of mixed feelings about this one. On the one hand, I'm deeply sympathetic with the general idea of "progressive capitalism." And I really like Stiglitz's insistence that we think about freedom in terms of trade-offs. Often, one group's "freedom" is another's "unfreedom." So it's really......more

Freedom. Is there a word more abused in today’s climate than that one? In this new vital and urgent work, Nobel laureate economist Joe Stiglitz shows how the Right has co-opted the concept of ‘freedom’ over the past four decades to build a ruinous form of neoliberal capitalism that threatens both wha......more

As the book suggests, it is “essential reading for those committed to the American ideal of an economic and political system that delivers well-being, opportunity, and meaningful freedoms for all.” Maybe not “essential” but not a bad read! The book is a non complex read for people with limited or no......more

Stiglitz does a good job explaining how neoliberalism (the belief in unfettered markets) developed support among economists and why it has failed and had such devastating results for society. A great example is, of course, how the greed of the Sacklers led to the opioid crisis. The book also made me......more

This book is Joseph Stiglitz’s diagnosis and prescription for the failures of neoliberal economics, primarily since its embrace during the Reagan presidency, as evidenced by slowed rates of economic growth and large increases in inequality within the US economy. Economics for Stiglitz has not been a......more