昨日紹介した論説の冒頭でスティグリッツは、自らの出身地の状況と市場中心主義的な経済学との落差が、市場の欠陥に焦点を当てた経済学を生み出すきっかけになった、と語っている。 I hadn’t realized when I was growing up in Gary, Indiana, an industrial town on the southern shore of Lake Michigan plagued by discrimination, poverty and bouts of high unemployment, that I was living in the golden era of capitalism. ... Smokestacks poured poisons into the air. Periodic layoffs left many families