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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... true that the federal government as a whole faces a very large financial shortfall. That shortfall, however, has much more to do with tax cuts—cuts that Mr. Bush nonetheless insists on making permanent—than it does with Social Security ...
... true. More than 99 percent of Social Security's revenues go toward benefits, and less than 1 percent for overhead. In Chile's system, management fees are around twenty times as high. And that's a typical number for privatized systems ...
... true that 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 ...
... true, and the Treasury Department will function in a purely partisan capacity. The other is that the public's visceral rejection of privatization, together with growing dismay over the debacle in Iraq, offers Democrats an opportunity to ...
... of centrist support. But true seriousness means looking at what works and what doesn't. Privatized retirement schemes work very badly; Social Security works very well. And we should build on that success. 2 The Road to Obamacare.
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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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