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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... reform. Bill Clinton tried a massive overhaul of health care; his plan crashed and burned (kind of like the Bush Social Security push). Was there any chance of a successful do-over? Yes, there was. The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare ...
... reform, and laying out a policy and political strategy for getting there. A central piece of that strategy was that Democratic reform plans deliberately left as much as possible of the existing health care system in place. The crucial ...
... reform in 1993, opposition from insurance companies, who financed a lavish advertising campaign smearing his plan, was an important factor in his failure. But even aside from industry interests, a push to transform everything into ...
... reform. But serious health care reform isn't on the table, and in the current political climate it probably can't be. You see, the health care crisis is ideologically inconvenient. Let's start with some basic facts about health care ...
... reform could both improve quality and cut costs, postponing the day of reckoning. To get effective reform, however, we'll need to shed some preconceptions—in particular, the ideologically driven belief that government is always the ...
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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 |