Thomas B. Edsall in der New York Times über "The Price of Inequality", das neue Buch von Joseph Stiglitz:
It is not uncontrollable technological and social change that has produced a two-tier society, Stiglitz argues, but the exercise of political power by moneyed interests over legislative and regulatory processes. “While there may be underlying economic forces at play,” he writes, “politics have shaped the market, and shaped it in ways that advantage the top at the expense of the rest.” But politics, he insists, is subject to change.
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The importance of Stiglitz’s contribution (and that of other dissidents) to the public debate cannot be overestimated. The news media and the Congress are ill-equipped to address the role of economic power in shaping policy. Both institutions are, in fact, unaware of the extent to which they themselves are subject to the influence of money.
Stiglitz ist Wirtschaftsnobelpreisträger und einer der bedeutendsten Ökonomen unserer Zeit. Sein Buch Freefall (deutsch) über die Finanzkrise ist ein mustread.
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