TY - BOOK AU - Gladwell,Malcolm TI - Talking to Strangers : : What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know / SN - 9780141988504 U1 - 302 23 PY - 2020/// CY - [London] : PB - Penguin Books, KW - Social psychology KW - Strangers KW - Conduct of life KW - Miscellanea N1 - First published in the USA by Little, Brown and Company 2019 ; First published in Great Britain by Allen Lane 2019; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - We all have the sense that the American economy--and its government--tilts towards big business, but as Joseph E. Stiglitz explains in his new book, People, Power, and Profits, the situation is dire. A few corporations have come to dominate entire sectors of the economy, contributing to skyrocketing inequality and slow growth. This is how the financial industry has managed to write its own regulations, tech companies have accumulated reams of personal data with little oversight, and our government has negotiated trade deals that fail to represent the best interests of workers. Too many have made their wealth through exploitation of others rather than through wealth creation. If something isn't done, new technologies may make matters worse, increasing inequality and unemployment ER -