Joseph Stiglitz and the World Bank

The Rebel Within

Ha-Joon Chang editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Anthem Press

Published:1st Jul '01

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The most influential and controversial speeches of Joseph Stiglitz are gathered together for the first time in this volume, with an enlightening commentary by Ha-Joon Chang.

In controversial speeches made around the world, Stiglitz has undone the conventional wisdom that dominated policy-making at the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the US Treasury Department. For the first time, Stiglitz's nine most revealing speeches have been gathered together, covering such topics as the failure of shock therapy and transition economics, the limits of capital market liberalization, the myopia of the Washington consensus, the role of knowledge in markets, the process of developing market institutions and the primacy of openness and worker participation. A landmark collection of material for economists everywhere.

'Undoubtedly, the book has extended the frontiers of development economics and development assisting institutions should take note. […] It is a must for those interested in development policy-making processes and graduate students of development economics.' —S. N. Kulkarni, in ‘Development and Change’ book reviews

ISBN: 9781898855910

Dimensions: 234mm x 155mm x 26mm

Weight: 454g

328 pages