Globalization and Its Discontents [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2012] Joseph Stiglitz

Globalization and its discontents is a book that offers readers everything that they want to know about globalization it shows how what was meant to be a globally integrated economy that would benefit all the nations that were part of it, has actually turned out to be a highly criticized idea all of the places where globalization has failed have voiced their feelings of discontentment, which have been steadily increasing in number too this is what the book is aboutthe book refrains from taking an anti-globalization stand but instead chooses to highlight many reasons why globalization failed to live up to the expectations of people in certain parts of the world where globalization policies failed to bear fruit all of the factors that brought about the failure of globalization have been described in detail in the book, globalization is in itself not considered to be a bad idea as it brings the necessary funding to countries that are in severe wantthe author also highlights the multiple p