Roaring Nineties: A New History of the World's Most Prosperous Decade

Title: Roaring Nineties: A New History of the World's Most Prosperous Decade Author: Joseph E Stiglitz ISBN: 9780393058529 Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc Published: 2003 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: Used: Near Fine Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. I 1651487 Publisher Description: Turning his attention to the United States, Stiglitz argues that much of what we understood about the prosperity of the 1990s is wrong. was reduced, this book asserts that this decade actually laid the foundations for the economic problems we now face. Stiglitz argues that the theories that have been used to guide world leaders and anchor key business decisions were fundamentally outdated. Trapped in a near-ideological commitment to free markets, policymakers permitted accounting standards to slip, carried deregulation further than they should have, and pandered to corporate greed. These chickens, this book demonstrates, have now come home to roost.