Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better FutureW. W. Norton & Company, 28. jan. 2020 - 464 síður New York Times Bestseller In Arguing with Zombies, Krugman tackles many of these misunderstandings, taking stock of where the United States has come from and where it’s headed in a series of concise, digestible chapters. Drawn mainly from his popular New York Times column, they cover a wide range of issues, organized thematically and framed in the context of a wider debate. Explaining the complexities of health care, housing bubbles, tax reform, Social Security, and so much more with unrivaled clarity and precision, Arguing with Zombies is Krugman at the height of his powers. It is an indispensable guide to two decades’ worth of political and economic discourse in the United States and around the globe, and now includes a preface on "Zombies in the Age of COVID-19." With quick, vivid sketches, Krugman turns his readers into intelligent consumers of the daily news and hands them the keys to unlock the concepts behind the greatest economic policy issues of our time. In doing so, he delivers an instant classic that can serve as a reference point for this and future generations. |
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... , this moral position is “There but for the grace of God go I,” although often without the God part. People on the right, by contrast, view (or claim to view) government intervention to reduce inequality and risk as immoral. Taxing the.
... state, you want to claim that safety-net programs are harmful and unworkable. So a lot of effort goes into insisting that providing universal health coverage is impossible, even though every advanced country besides the U.S. somehow.
... claim that the Clinton-era boom was part of the long-run payoff to Ronald Reagan's 1981 tax cuts. Or they simply lie, making up numbers and other supposed facts. So how should an economist-pundit deal with this reality? One answer ...
... claims about the power of tax cuts are false, but that those making such claims are knowingly being dishonest. Let me go a step further, and argue that being fair with readers means explaining why they're dishonest. For the most part ...
... claims that Social Security and Medicare are $44 trillion in the red. What's the truth? Here's a hint: while even right-wing politicians insist in public that they want to save Social Security, the ideologues shaping their views are ...
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The Waiting Game | |
Fear Strikes | |
Imaginary Health Care Horrors | |
Three Legs Good No Legs | |
Get Sick Go Bankrupt and | |
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Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future Paul Krugman Engin sýnishorn í boði - 2020 |
Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future Paul Krugman Engin sýnishorn í boði - 2021 |