The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
Joseph E. Stiglitz · first published 2012 · ISBN 9780393088694
Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate economist, documents how inequality is created by policy choices, not market forces. He traces specific decisions about labor law, finance, taxation, and education that made America less equal. The book is data-driven rather than anecdotal.
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You need someone who knows economics to explain how the system works. Stiglitz's argument that inequality is a policy choice, not an accident, holds up to scrutiny. This book shows the machinery while others show the consequences.