The Great Divide: Unequal Societies and What We Can Do about Them

A singular voice of reason in an era defined by bitter politics and economic uncertainty, Joseph E. Stiglitz has for years offered trenchant analysis of our greatest economic problems. The Great Divide gathers his most provocative reflections to date on the subject of inequality, probing for answers to the greatest threat to American prosperity and explaining the role it has played in the country's ongoing malaise.

Divided into sections that variously analyze the causes of, consequences of, and cures for inequality, The Great Divide stresses that the widening gap between rich and poor leaves both - and the entire economy - worse off. But as Stiglitz ably argues, a healthy economy and a fairer democracy are within our grasp, if we can put aside misguided interests and abandon failed policies. In its insistence on the restoration of true democracy and tempered markets, The Great Divide makes the urgent case that we must come together and solve inequality now.