Joseph E. Stiglitz, The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society, Melbourne, Allen Lane, 2024, pp. xxii + 356, ISBN: 978-0-241-70387-8, A $36.99 (paperback)
Year: 2024
Type: book-review
Abstract: In the opening paragraph of this treatise on economics and freedom, Joseph Stiglitz quotes philosopher Isaiah Berlin who said, 'Freedom for the wolves has often meant death to the sheep' (ix) (Berlin, 1969).Stiglitz is concerned with the connections between economic and political freedoms.He maintains that the concept of trade-offs which sits at the center of economics : : : [has] much to add to discussions of freedom : : : Economics provides tools to think about the nature of the trade-offs that should be central to discussions of freedom and how trade-offs should be addressed (xiv).Stiglitz says, 'A refrain throughout this book is that one person's freedom can often amount to another's unfreedom' (italics in original).He adds
DOI: 10.1017/elr.2024.51
Author: Braham Dabscheck
Institution: The University of Melbourne
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4404826699