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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... rise faster than the number of workers. As a result, benefit costs will rise by about 2 percent of G.D.P. over the next thirty years, and creep up slowly thereafter. By comparison, making the Bush tax cuts permanent would reduce revenue ...
... rise in Medicare expenses is mainly driven not by demography, but by the rising cost of medical care, which in turn mainly reflects medical progress, which allows doctors to treat a wider range of conditions. If this trend continues ...
... rise to $708 billion and Medicaid spending to $361 billion. The actual numbers for 2014 were 600 and 301, respectively, despite the Medicaid expansion under Obamacare. At least some of this unexpectedly low cost can be attributed to ...
... rising much faster than G.D.P. per capita, and at about the same rate per enrollee. So what we're really facing is rapidly rising spending on health care generally, not just the part of health care currently paid for by taxpayers. Rising ...
... rising Medicare spending may be a sign of progress, but it still must be paid for—and right now few politicians are willing to talk about the tax increases that will be needed if the program is to make medical advances available to all ...
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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 |
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