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Today's most widely read economist challenges America to reclaim the values that made it great. Here he 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 woven 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, may transform the debate about American social policy.--From publisher description.
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Book Review: The Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Krugman - a liberal unapologetically charts an agenda, but he loses authority when he deals with strawmen. I intentionally try to read books that I will disagree with and keep an open mind. I am a relatively liberal person politically so I should have been in Krugman's target audience. But there were more than a few times when it was clear that Krugman was more interested in making the cheap point than actually communicating to those that would disagree with him.
My full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/liberal/