[有声书] The Price of Inequality (不平等的代价) - by Joseph E. Stiglitz

1%的少数群体虽然享受着最好的住房、最好的教育、最好的医生、最好的生活方式，但是有一样东西是金钱买不到的，那就是意识到他们的命运是与那99%的大多数命运捆绑在一起的。纵观历史，这些1%的群体最终都会明白这一道理，只不过他们常常明白得太晚了。

诺贝尔经济学奖获得者斯蒂格利茨教授，通过走访世界各地的普通人，与他们交流，发现无论是东方还是西方，不满的根本原因是相同的，那就是这些国家的经济体制和政治体制在很多方面都失败了，并且二者都相当不公平。由此诞生出全球一个新趋势——服务大众。

The top 1 percent of Americans control 40 percent of the nation's wealth. And, as Joseph E. Stiglitz explains, while those at the top enjoy the best health care, education, and benefits of wealth, they fail to realize that "their fate is bound up with how the other 99 percent live."

Stiglitz draws on his deep understanding of economics to show that growing inequality is not inevitable: moneyed interests compound their wealth by stifling true, dynamic capitalism. They have made America the most unequal advanced industrial country while crippling growth, trampling on the rule of law, and undermining democracy. The result: a divided society that cannot tackle its most pressing problems. With characteristic insight, Stiglitz examines our current state, then teases out its implications for democracy, for monetary and budgetary policy, and for globalization. He closes with a plan for a more just and prosperous future.