A cogent, sorrowful, impassioned look by economist Joseph Stiglitz at the growing and untenable disparity of wealth in this country, the way it "distorts our society in every conceivable way," its subsequent erosion of our sense of community and fair play, and, as in the Middle East, its likely cost. "The top 1% have the best houses, the best educations, the best doctors, and the best lifestyles, but there is one thing that money doesn’t seem to have bought: an understanding that their fate is...