Neoliberalism was predicated on the belief that unfettered markets are the most efficient means of achieving optimal outcomes. Yet even in the early days of neoliberalism’s ascendancy, economists had already established that unregulated markets are neither efficient nor stable, let alone conducive to generating a socially acceptable distribution of income.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TF8L2DWhpw&w=420&h=315] Joseph Stiglitz Was at Occupy Wall Street and He Looked Like He Was Having a Great Time Linette Lopez | Oct. 3, 2011, 12:47 PM | Business Insider Economist Joseph Stiglitz was at the Occupy Wall Street protest in Zuccotti Park yesterday. He was joined by New York Times book reviewer a and economics columnist, Jeff Madrick. Here are some highlights: Stiglitz More
The price of 9/11 Ten years after 9/11, al-Qaeda has been greatly weakened; but the price paid by the US was enormous, and unnecessary. Joseph E Stiglitz Last Modified: 05 Sep 2011 14:59  Al Jazeera George W Bush's war in Iraq was 'the first war in history paid for entirely on credit' [GALLO/GETTY] The September 11, More
