Camino de Libertad. La Economía Y La Buena Sociedad / The Road to Freedom - by Joseph E Stiglitz (Paperback)
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- El nuevo libro de Joseph Stiglitz, Premio Nobel de Economía«Un argumento sólido a favor de un capitalismo progresista basado en la cooperación para el bien común».
- About the Author: Joseph E. Stiglitz, Premio Nobel de Economía en 2001, es actualmente catedrático de economía en la Universidad de Columbia tras una intensa carrera académica en prestigiosas universidades, como Yale, Oxford y Stanford.
- 408 Pages
- Business + Money Management, Economics
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El nuevo libro de Joseph Stiglitz, Premio Nobel de Economía«Un argumento sólido a favor de un capitalismo progresista basado en la cooperación para el bien común». -Kirkus
La libertad es la idea que subyace a las sociedades occidentales, pero de un tiempo a esta parte su significado se ha desplazado: la libertad es la libertad de las empresas para contaminar, la de las grandes tecnológicas para escapar de cualquier control y la de los políticos para mentir y fomentar la crispación. ¿Cómo hemos llegado hasta aquí? ¿De qué libertad estamos hablando? ¿Y de qué libertad deberíamos hablar? El experimento neoliberal al que se han entregado las élites en las últimas décadas ha provocado que los mercados sin regular hayan explotado a los consumidores, los trabajadores y el medioambiente. A su vez, la desigualdad resultante ha propiciado la aparición de movimientos populistas que piensan que la libertad es ignorar cualquier responsabilidad que tengamos hacia los demás ciudadanos. Ahora la verdadera libertad política y económica está en peligro. Con pluma afiliada y apoyado en el trabajo de filósofos contemporáneos, Stiglitz dibuja una nueva manera de considerar el papel del Estado y un modo más profundo y humano de valorar las libertades y decidir qué hacer cuando la libertad de uno choca con la de su vecino. Tenemos que reinventar nuestros sistemas económicos y legales y adoptar formas de acción colectiva que incluyan regulaciones e inversiones, si queremos crear una sociedad innovadora en la que todos podamos prosperar. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION From one of the world's leading economists, a compelling new vision of personal and economic freedom. We are a nation born from the conviction that people must be free. But since the middle of the last century, that idea has been co-opted. Forces on the political Right have justified exploitation by cloaking it in the rhetoric of freedom, leading to pharmaceutical companies freely overcharging for medication, a Big Tech free from oversight, politicians free to incite rebellion, corporations free to pollute, and more. How did we get here? Whose freedom are we―and should we―be thinking about? In The Road to Freedom, Nobel prize winner Joseph E. Stiglitz dissects America's current economic system and the political ideology that created it, laying bare their twinned failure. "Free" and unfettered markets have only succeeded in delivering a series of crises: the financial crisis, the opioid crisis, and the crisis of inequality. While a small portion of the population has amassed considerable wealth, wages for most people have stagnated. Free and unfettered markets have exploited consumers, workers, and the environment alike. Such failures have fed populist movements that believe being free means abandoning any obligations citizens have to one another. As they grow in strength, these movements now pose a real threat to true economic and political freedom. As an economic advisor to presidents and as chief economist at the World Bank, Stiglitz has witnessed these profound changes firsthand. As he argues, the failures follow from the elites' unshakeable dedication to "the neoliberal experiment." Explicitly taking on giants such as Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman, Stiglitz exposes accepted ideas about our political and economic life for what they are: twisted visions that tear at the social fabric while they enrich the very few. The Road to Freedom breaks new ground, showing how economics―including recent advances in which Stiglitz has played such an important role―reframes how to think about freedom and the role of the state in a twenty-first century society. Drawing on the work of contemporary philosophers, Stiglitz explains a deeper, more humane way to assess freedoms―one that considers with care what to do when one person's freedom conflicts with another's. We must reimagine our existing economic and legal systems and embrace forms of collective action, including regulation and investment, if we are to create an innovative society in which everyone can flourish. The task could not be more urgent, and Stiglitz's latest book 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.
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La crítica ha dicho:
«Camino de libertad pretende redefinir el concepto de libertad para los liberales y los progresistas, buscando a la vez la creación de un capitalismo progresista que dista mucho de la variante neoliberal».
John Cassidy, The New Yorker
«Un visionario de proporciones casi keynesianas».
Newsweek
«Junto con Krugman y Piketty, Stiglitz conforma el triunvirato moderno de los principales críticos económicos del capitalismo global».
Andrew Anthony, The Guardian
«Un economista increíblemente magistral».
Paul Krugman, The New York Times
«Stiglitz es una combinación única entre economista virtuoso, polemista ingenioso e intelectual público».
New Statesman
«Un genio eminente de la economía».
Independent
About the Author
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Premio Nobel de Economía en 2001, es actualmente catedrático de economía en la Universidad de Columbia tras una intensa carrera académica en prestigiosas universidades, como Yale, Oxford y Stanford. Además, ha sido asesor económico del gobierno de Bill Clinton y economista jefe y vicepresidente senior del Banco Mundial. Autor del bestseller internacional El malestar en la globalización (Taurus, 2002), también ha publicado Los felices 90 (Taurus, 2003), Cómo hacer que funcione la globalización (Taurus, 2006), Comercio justo para todos (Taurus, 2007), La guerra de los tres billones de dólares (Taurus, 2008), Caída libre (Taurus, 2010) y El precio de la desigualdad (Taurus, 2012).Dimensions (Overall): 9.5 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x 1.2 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.1 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 408
Genre: Business + Money Management
Sub-Genre: Economics
Publisher: Taurus
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Joseph E Stiglitz
Language: Spanish
Street Date: May 20, 2025
TCIN: 1004441722
UPC: 9788430627165
Item Number (DPCI): 247-07-2759
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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