TY - BOOK AU - Stiglitz,Joseph E TI - Rewriting the rules of the American economy : an agenda for growth and shared prosperity SN - 9780393353129 AV - HC106.84 .S75 2016 U1 - 330.973 23 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - W W Norton KW - Competition KW - United States KW - Manpower policy KW - Economic development KW - Economic policy KW - 21st century N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-237) and index; Preface -- Introduction -- The current rules -- More market power, less competition -- The growth of the financial sector -- The "shareholder revolution", the rise of ceo pay, and the squeezing of workers -- Lower taxes for the wealthy -- The end of full-employment monetary policy -- The stifling of worker voice -- The sinking floor of labor standards -- Racial discrimination -- Gender discrimination -- Rewriting the rules -- Make markets competitive -- Fix the financial sector -- Incentivize long-term business growth -- Rebalance the tax and transfer system -- Make full employment the goal -- Empower workers -- Expand access to labor markets and opportunities for advancement -- Expand economic security and opportunity -- Appendix: overview of recent -- Inequality trends -- Acknowledgments -- Endnotes ER -