First published 2011
Over thirty leading economists present fresh policy solutions for America's biggest challenges. Joseph Stiglitz examines the financial burden of the Iraq War while Nobel Prize winners Kenneth Arrow, Thomas Schelling, and Stiglitz himself address climate change strategy. Paul Krugman breaks down Social Security complexities. Bradford DeLong explores potential dollar collapse scenarios. Diana Farrell reassesses offshore job migration effects. Michael Boskin separates fact from fiction in federal debt debates. Ronald McKinnon warns about American industrial decline. Other contributors analyze welfare system changes, New Orleans reconstruction economics, housing market dangers, and the Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae crisis. The collection combines hard data with economic principles to show how economist insights illuminate current problems.
Genres: politics, economics, non-fiction, public-policy
Vibes: thought-provoking
Tropes: expert-analysis
328 pages · Kindle Edition · Columbia University Press