TY - BOOK AU - Stiglitz,Joseph E. TI - Freefall: America, free markets, and the sinking of the world economy SN - 9780393338959 (pbk.) AV - HB3722 .S842 2010 U1 - 330.973 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - W. W. Norton & Co. KW - Financial crises KW - United States KW - Finance KW - Government policy KW - Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 KW - Economic policy KW - 1993-2001 KW - 2001-2009 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [345] - 416) and index; The making of a crisis -- Freefall and its aftermath -- A flawed response -- The mortgage scam -- The great American Robbery 0-- Avarice triumphs over prudence -- A new capitalist order -- From global recovery to global prosperity -- Reforming economics -- Toward a new society -- Afterword to the paperback edition N2 - Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz explains how America exported bad economics, bad policies and bad behavior to the rest of the world. When World markets began to fail, America put together a haphazard response. Stiglitz outlines his responses to address the inequalities in the global financial and challenges economists for good ideas ER -