The Conscience of a LiberalThe Conscience of a Liberal
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Current format, Book, 2007, First edition, Available .Surveys eighty years of American history to illuminate how efforts to balance economic inequality have been set back since the 1970s, in an analysis that cites the challenges being faced by the middle class and calls for new perspectives on American social policy.
A leading economist surveys eighty years of American history to illuminate how efforts to balance economic inequality have been set back since the 1970s, in a critical analysis that cites the challenges being faced by today's middle class and calls for new perspectives about American social policy. 150,000 first printing.
The renowned and often controversial columnist for the New York Times talks about how he became the last liberal standing in the mainstream capitalist media, and how he goes about his work. Newspaper columns generally require him to look at issues and trends through the lens of a particular recent event, but here he offers broader perspectives, particularly on equality and the lack of it in various aspects of US society. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
With this major new volume, Paul Krugman, today's most widely read economist, studies the past eighty years of American history, from the reforms that tamed the harsh inequality of the Gilded Age to the unraveling of that achievement and the reemergence of immense economic and political inequality since the 1970s. Seeking to understand both what happened to middle-class America and what it will take to achieve a "new New Deal," Krugman has created his finest book to date, a work that weaves together a nuanced account of three generations of history with sharp political, social, and economic analysis. This book, written with Krugman's trademark ability to explain complex issues simply, will transform the debate about American social policy in much the same way as did John Kenneth Galbraith's deeply influential book, The Affluent Society.
This wholly original new work by the best-selling author of The Great Unraveling challenges America to reclaim the values that made it great.
A leading economist surveys eighty years of American history to illuminate how efforts to balance economic inequality have been set back since the 1970s, in a critical analysis that cites the challenges being faced by today's middle class and calls for new perspectives about American social policy. 150,000 first printing.
The renowned and often controversial columnist for the New York Times talks about how he became the last liberal standing in the mainstream capitalist media, and how he goes about his work. Newspaper columns generally require him to look at issues and trends through the lens of a particular recent event, but here he offers broader perspectives, particularly on equality and the lack of it in various aspects of US society. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
With this major new volume, Paul Krugman, today's most widely read economist, studies the past eighty years of American history, from the reforms that tamed the harsh inequality of the Gilded Age to the unraveling of that achievement and the reemergence of immense economic and political inequality since the 1970s. Seeking to understand both what happened to middle-class America and what it will take to achieve a "new New Deal," Krugman has created his finest book to date, a work that weaves together a nuanced account of three generations of history with sharp political, social, and economic analysis. This book, written with Krugman's trademark ability to explain complex issues simply, will transform the debate about American social policy in much the same way as did John Kenneth Galbraith's deeply influential book, The Affluent Society.
This wholly original new work by the best-selling author of The Great Unraveling challenges America to reclaim the values that made it great.
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