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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... income inequality, quite a few conservatives will denounce you as un-American. As they see it, even bringing up the distribution of income, or comparing the growth in middleclass incomes with those of the rich, is “Marxist talk.” And ...
... incomes will produce miraculous economic growth. This doctrine keeps failing in practice, but if anything has gained an everstronger hold over the Republican Party. There are other zombies, too. If you want a low-tax, low-benefit state ...
... income, and for around a third it's almost their only source of income. Once people began to realize that Bush really wanted to undermine the program, they were not happy. But Bush and company didn't just fail to appreciate how beloved ...
... income families, even though Ronald Reagan had just cut the taxes that fall mainly on the very well-off, was that the extra revenue was needed to build up a trust fund. This could be drawn on to pay benefits once the baby boomers began ...
... incomes over $500,000 a year. Given these numbers, it's not at all hard to come up with fiscal packages that would secure the retirement program, with no major changes, for generations to come. It's true that the federal government as a ...
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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 |