The Conscience of a Liberal

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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 09/17/2007
ISBN: 9780393060690
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 9.52h x 6.48w x 1.08d

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/01/2007 pg. 94
Publishers Weekly 09/17/2007 pg. 46
New York Times Book Review 10/21/2007 pg. 13
New York Times Book Review 10/28/2007 pg. 26
New York Review of Books 11/22/2007 pg. 12
Booklist 11/01/2007 pg. 9
Harvard Business Review 12/01/2007 pg. 28
Library Journal 11/15/2007 pg. 71
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2008 pg. 93