Paul Krugman has at least three jobs: he is professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University; Centenary Professor at the London School of Economics; and, perhaps his best-known job, an op-ed columnist for the New York Times. In recognition of his influence the Washington Monthly called him “the most important political columnist in America.”
What has gone wrong with America? With The Conscience of a Liberal, best-selling author Paul Krugman points the way to a new New Deal.
America emerged from Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal with strong democratic values and broadly shared prosperity. But for the past thirty years American politics has been dominated by a conservative movement determined to undermine the New Deal's achievements - a movement whose founding manifesto was Barry Goldwater's The Conscience of a Conservative. That movement has been highly successful in turning the clock back: both the inequality of today's America and the corruption of its political life hark back to the age of the robber barons.
Now the tide may be turning - and in The Conscience of a Liberal Paul Krugman, the world's most widely read economist and one of its most influential political commentators, charts the way to reform.
Krugman ranges over a century of history, from the political economy of the Gilded Age - which seems all too familiar these days - to the calamities of the Bush years, which he argues were inevitable once movement conservatives gained full control of the U.S. government. He shows that neither the middle-class America the baby boomers grew up in nor the increasingly oligarchic nation we have become over the past generation evolved naturally: both were created, to a large extent, by government policies guided by organized political movements. He explains how defenders of inequality have exploited cultural and racial divisions to their advantage, while reformers have found ways to bridge those divisions. And he argues that the time is ripe for another great era of reform.
Last but not least, The Conscience of a Liberal outlines a program for change. It shows how universal health care can be the centerpiece of a new New Deal, just as Social Security was the core of the original. It explains what can be done to narrow the wealth and income gap. And it shows how a new political coalition can both support and be supported by reform, making our society not just more equal but more democratic.
在美国社会主义者盗用“自由主义”一词的做法中,就存在着一个巧妙的骗局。熊彼特对此作了恰当的阐述:“一个或许不是有意为之的最高赞扬是,私人企业制度的敌人也认为盗用自由主义标签是明智的。”早在1911年,霍布豪斯就出版过一本题为《自由主义》而更确切地说应称为“社会...
评分克鲁格曼怎么了? 李华芳 1 经济学界对于克鲁格曼获得2008年诺贝尔经济学奖并不意外,甚至有人打趣说,克鲁格曼应该拿两次诺贝尔奖,一个经济学奖,一个文学奖。这大概是嫉妒其在《纽约时报》的专栏带来的巨大影响力,当然,就文笔而言,克鲁格曼也被《幸福》杂志认...
评分克鲁格曼将此书的副标题叫做《一个自由主义者的良知》,让我们这些习惯了自由之保守概念者,颇感意外。 联想到美国新任总统奥巴马在就职演说中对政府的评价,“我们今天的问题不是政府太大或太小,而是有无功效,是否能帮助家庭找到薪水不错的工作,支付得起照顾费用,...
评分 评分三十年前就有“美国梦”已经破灭的呐喊,而现实中感受到美国的金融危机信用危机甚至社会危机,则是由于克鲁格曼的《美国怎么了》一书出版后的美国次贷危机的爆发。 书中,作者回顾了美国百年来的经济历程:在1929年美国经济大萧条后,罗斯福实行新政,建立了相对完善的社会保障...
一个自由派角度的美国两党政治史叙述。作者的观点虽然比较一边倒,但是有着作为公共知识分子的良心。完全自由化的市场经济其实在世界任何一个国家都得不到实行,可是过度被政府控制的经济体系又会出现严重的利益分配不公正问题。总之,政治经济学,是需要用历史的眼光来研究的。
评分作者文笔太幽默了!!p124-152 the great divergence
评分作者文笔太幽默了!!p124-152 the great divergence
评分不如他的blog好看。不过在左派经济学家中,克鲁格曼是少数能在学术上与自由主义经济学比肩的人;至少曾经是。
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