Staff Pick
Columbia University economist Joseph Stiglitz has written another lucid, easy-to-understand assessment of the U.S.'s political economy since the Trump era. Stiglitz organizes his latest work into two parts: the first is his exegesis of the problems of massive inequality in America and the economy's poor performance, which he argues has been caused by globalization and the financialization of the U.S. economy since the Reagan era. In the second part, he outlines suggestions for how to solve the socioeconomic problems through popular struggle and progressive politics. Overall, he suggests how we can move forward with what he terms "progressive capitalism." Recommended By Manuel H., Powells.com