Joseph E. Stiglitz

The narrative of neoliberalism retains its grip on the public mind and the policies of governments all over the world. By this narrative, less regulation and more 'animal spirits' capitalism produces not only greater prosperity, but more freedom for individuals in society.

But, in The Road to Freedom Stiglitz asks, whose freedom are we - should we be - thinking about? Taking on giants of neoliberalism and examining how public opinion is formed, Stiglitz reclaims the language of freedom from the right to show that far from 'free' - unregulated - markets promoting growth and enterprise, they in fact reduce it, lessening economic opportunities for majorities and siphoning wealth from the many to the few.

The Road to Freedom offers a powerful re-evaluation of democracy, economics and what constitutes a good society - and provides a roadmap of how we might achieve it.