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The Conscience of a Liberal

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W. W. Norton & Company, 2007 - History - 296 pages
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 .

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User Review  - Edward - Goodreads

50 years ago I read Barry Goldwater's CONSCIENCE OF A CONSERVATIVE and became a follower of Barry, even voted for him in l964. Now I find myself in Krugman's camp. Granted this is no Damascus ... Read full review

Review: The Conscience of a Liberal

User Review  - David - Goodreads

a worst book of any kind of pushing America into more neo-liberalistic territory..Often America, like the rest of the world, has also been skillfully played by the Elites into view any matters into bi ... Read full review

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About the author (2007)

Paul Krugman was born on February 28, 1953. He received a B.S. in economics from Yale University in 1974 and a Ph.D from MIT in 1977. From 1982 to 1983, he worked at the Reagan White House as a member of the Council of Economic Advisers. He taught at numerous universities including Yale University, MIT, UC Berkeley, the London School of Economics, and Stanford University before becoming a professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University in 2000. He has written over 200 scholarly papers and 20 books including Peddling Prosperity; International Economics: Theory and Policy; The Great Unraveling; and The Conscience of a Liberal. Since 2000, he has written a twice-weekly column for The New York Times. He received the 1991 John Bates Clark Medal and the 2008 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. His title End This Depression Now! made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2012.

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