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Britain's political class and commentariat just don't get contemporary America. They don't understand the revolutionary nature of US conservatism and the profundity of its ambitions. They don't understand the extraordinary self-serving venality of corporate America and its Republican allies. They don't understand the ruthless pursuit of radical conservative interests and disregard for all others. They think, like Tony Blair, that America is having an eccentric wobble - and that if George Bush is engaged with, it will sooner or later be business as usual. They should read these two books, by two of America's best economists and most forensic critics,...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz is best known for his scathing critique of globalization's effect on the world's poor, but now he has turned his ire on an unlikely new target -- himself. Last year, Stiglitz's book "Globalization and its Discontents" took aim at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund's policies, making him something of a celebrity economist in places like Latin America. But some in Washington complained that he accepted too little blame for how the bank's policies were shaped when he served as its chief economist. Now the Columbia University professor's new book "The...

Mon October 13, 2003 08:14 AM ET By Pedro Nicolaci da Costa NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz is best known for his scathing critique of globalization's effect on the world's poor, but now he has turned his ire on an unlikely new target -- himself. Last year, Stiglitz's book "Globalization and its Discontents" took aim at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund's policies, making him something of a celebrity economist in places like Latin America. But some in Washington complained that he accepted too little blame for how the bank's policies were shaped when he served...