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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... costs will be low if investments are restricted to lowoverhead index funds—that is, if government officials, not individuals, make the investment decisions. But if that's how the system works, the suggestions that workers will have ...
... cost of fixing Social Security.” Meanwhile, the administration politicized the Social Security Administration and used taxpayer money to promote a partisan agenda. Social Security officials participated in what were in effect ...
... cost can be attributed to measures included in the Affordable Care Act. And strange to say, this was achieved without destroying or privatizing the programs. But back to 2005: what Harry Reid realized was that it was time to stop ...
... costs. And there's another major example of government superiority: providing retirement security. Maybe we wouldn't need Social Security if ordinary people really were the perfectly rational, farsighted agents economists like to assume ...
... costs strike unevenly, but are huge when they happen. Routine doctors' visits and over-the-counter drugs don't cost much; the big money is in dialysis, open-heart surgery, and so on. In any given year, most people don't face those major ...
Efni
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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