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Arguing with Zombies
- Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro, Paul Krugman
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
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Publisher's Summary
An accessible, compelling introduction to today’s major policy issues from the New York Times columnist, best-selling author, and Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman.
There is no better guide than Paul Krugman to basic economics, the ideas that animate much of our public policy. Likewise, there is no stronger foe of zombie economics, the misunderstandings that just won’t die.
In Arguing with Zombies, Krugman tackles many of these misunderstandings, taking stock of where the United States has come from and where it’s headed in a series of concise, digestible chapters. Drawn mainly from his popular New York Times column, they cover a wide range of issues, organized thematically and framed in the context of a wider debate. Explaining the complexities of health care, housing bubbles, tax reform, Social Security, and so much more with unrivaled clarity and precision, Arguing with Zombies is Krugman at the height of his powers.
Arguing with Zombies puts Krugman at the front of the debate in the 2020 election year and is an indispensable guide to two decades’ worth of political and economic discourse in the United States and around the globe. Krugman turns his listeners into intelligent consumers of the daily news and hands them the keys to unlock the concepts behind the greatest economic policy issues of our time. In doing so, he delivers an instant classic that can serve as a reference point for this and future generations.
This audiobook includes a bonus PDF of diagrams from the book.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
What the critics say
"Narrator Rob Shapiro delivers long, fluid strokes, perfectly paced to draw the listener into Paul Krugman's latest compilation of columns, blog posts, and essays on macroeconomics. Shapiro captures Krugman's passion for explaining the economic implications of political actions. His warm tones breathe life into 'zombie' economics, the ins and outs of the housing bubble, recessions, depressions, and periods of prosperity.... Listeners are treated to the author's passionate reading of the foreword, a tone that is capably echoed by Shapiro throughout the rest of the audiobook." (AudioFile Magazine)
"In an era when facts are too often disdained and discarded, Paul Krugman wields them like a rapier. A brilliant scholar and polemicist, Krugman's incisive columns are a beacon for anyone who cares about public policy and progressive change. (David Axelrod)
"Years after appearing in the daily newspaper, Paul Krugman’s columns resonate because he avoids the herd mentality of most journalism. Applying history, math, and humanity, he transforms our understanding of great issues and when writing on economics translates the dismal science into plain English." (David Cay Johnston, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, an IRE Medal, and the George Polk Award)
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- Spencer Stephenson
- 2021-06-21
A liberals dream - a conservative kill shot.
This book is well written and Paul’s thoughts are certainly dumbed down for the ease of reading. However, this book is mostly about exposing the truth behind motives in private, political and economic sectors.
As a conservative, this book is a common sense read which brings to light what I already know about wealth, corruption and politics.
The world is addicted to a drug called money and we will kill ourselves trying to get our next fix...
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- Ian Bell
- 2020-08-30
Superb in all ways
Krugman has a way of breaking down the complex to make it accessible to everyone. He’s like the Neil DeGrasse-Tyson of economics. He’s certainly left-leaning in his views, but he makes a convincing case for fresh reexaminations of the notions held dear. Trickle-down economics does not and has never worked...among other tasty bits. Buy it. You’ll be well served.
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-02-16
Arrogance of this book was too much
I am a fan of austrian economics, which is why i picked this book on purpose (to make sure i listen to both sides). I expected much more data and much less moral lectures. This is a perfect occasion to say "okay boomer".
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