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Chance is a novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1913, following serial publication the previous year. Although the novel was not one upon which Conrad's later critical reputation was to depend, it was his greatest commercial success upon initial publication.
The title of the book points at the sharp decline in stock prices following the bankruptcy of the investment bank Lehman Brothers in September, 2008. Meanwhile, its subtitle reveals Stiglitz's conviction that free markets are at the bottom of the crisis, as he makes deregulation responsible for the rise of the shadow banking system, over-leveraged banks and subprime mortgages.
Joseph Eugene Stiglitz (/ ˈ s t ɪ ɡ l ɪ t s /; born February 9, 1943) is an American New Keynesian economist, [2] a public policy analyst, political activist, and a professor at Columbia University.
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Chance (Conrad novel), a 1913 novel by Joseph Conrad; Chance (Parker novel), a 1996 novel by Robert B. Parker; Chance (comics), two different characters from the Marvel Comics universe; Chance, a space in the game Monopoly; Life (video games), also sometimes called a chance
An investigator into Mengqi Ji's disappearance was on the stand for roughly six hours Monday providing testimony in the Joseph Elledge murder trial.
Globalization and Its Discontents is a book published in 2002 by the 2001 Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz. The title is a reference to Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents. The book draws on Stiglitz's personal experience as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under Bill Clinton from 1993 and chief economist at the World Bank ...
Axel Heyst, the novel's protagonist, was raised by his widowed father, a Swedish philosopher, in London, England, and never knew his mother. The atmosphere of Heyst's home, with his father's ruthless pursuit of truth and pessimistic view of humanity, warps Heyst's mind, and after his father dies, he leaves England and becomes a rootless wanderer.