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Panamanian American author Cristina Henríquez’s new novel, “The Great Divide,” is a poignant exploration of the Panama Canal’s construction that aims to illuminate the paradoxes of the ...
The Great Divide is set a century ago during the digging of the Panama Canal, and not on the fringes, but among men constructing it, international emigrants hoping to find work in a prosperous Panama, locals protesting Americans, and Americans both eager to help and make a buck.
Searing and empathetic, The Great Divide explores the intersecting lives of activists, fishmongers, laborers, journalists, neighbors, doctors, and soothsayers—those rarely acknowledged by history even as they carved out its course.
A singular voice of reason in an era defined by bitter politics and economic uncertainty, Joseph E. Stiglitz has time and again diagnosed America’s greatest economic challenges, from the Great Recession and its feeble recovery to the yawning gap between the rich and the poor.
How has America become the most unequal advanced country in the world, and what can we do about it? In The Great Divide, Joseph E. Stiglitz expands on the diagnosis he offered in his best-selling book The Price of Inequality and suggests ways to counter America’s growing problem.
In the face of rising inequality in America, Joseph E. Stiglitz charts a path toward real recovery and a more equal society., The Great Divide, Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them, Joseph E Stiglitz, 9780393352184.
A singular voice of reason in an era defined by bitter politics and economic uncertainty, Joseph E. Stiglitz has time and again diagnosed America’s greatest economic challenges, from the...
Searing and empathetic, The Great Divide explores the intersecting lives of activists, fishmongers, laborers, journalists, neighbors, doctors, and soothsayers—those rarely...
In her new novel, “The Great Divide,” Cristina Henríquez tells the story of the forgotten lives behind the construction of the engineering marvel that cut a path between continents.
“The Great Divide” explores various forces shaping Panama’s future, including politics, power dynamics, community, faith, and family. Which force do you consider the most influential in the story, and why?