The Age of Diminished Expectations - Hardcover

Paul Krugman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0262111810 ISBN 13: 9780262111812

Publisher: The MIT Press, 1994

Synopsis

This guide to the economic landscape of the 1990s has been revised and updated to include a new introduction in which Krugman connects George Bush's fall from office to simmering dismay over a long-term economic slowdown. There is a new chapter on international finance that focuses primarily on European monetary affairs, and a new chapter on health care that examines why costs have exploded and explains how managed competition and alternative systems would work, and why it is so difficult to control rising health care costs. There are smaller additions throughout the rest of the book. These include: a discussion of how people misunderstand the relationship between productivity and competitiveness; the very minor industrial policy proposals that have been made thus far; new data reflecting even larger gains for the wealthy than have been thought; a prediction that Clinton's tax plan will have only a small impact; a discussion of the junk bond market collapse; and the startling productivity numbers for 1992. Discussions of unemployment and the trade deficit take into account that unemployment has risen, and there is a new section on how the Federal Reserve fumbled, as well as a new assessment of financial markers in light of the recession.

About this title

About the Author

Paul Krugman is Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University and a New York Times columnist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2008.

From Library Journal

This book occupies fairly rare territory: the middle ground. Krugman's most likely scenario for the 1990s is neither crash nor boom but a continuation of the 1980s, with some unemployment, more inflation, and only slow growth in income. Surprisingly, Krugman notes, the public will continue to be satisfied with this performance. Designed for the general reader, the book covers the important economic problems and proposed solutions. One also discovers which problems should be real concerns and which are even amenable to solution. Recommended especially for public libraries as a well-balanced introduction to the 1990s.
- Richard C. Schiming, Mankato State Univ., Minn.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0262111810
• ISBN 13: 9780262111812
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 251