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Crunch: If the Economy's Doing So Well, Why Do I Feel So Squeezed? (And Other Unsolved Economic Mysteries) (AGENCY/DISTRIBUTED) - Softcover
Synopsis
Is Social Security really going bust, and what does that mean to me? If I hire an immigrant, am I hurting a native-born worker? How much can presidents really affect economic outcomes? Why does the stock market go up when employment declines? What's a ""living wage?"" Why do I feel so squeezed?
If you'd like to know the answers to these questions, premier economist Jared Bernstein is here to help. In ""Crunch"" he answers these as well as dozens of others he has fielded from working Americans by email, on blogs, and at events where he speaks. Chances are if there's a stumper you've always wanted to ask an economist, it's solved in this book.
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Review
"Jared Bernstein--the rare economist who writes lucid English--has a gift for making difficult topics easy to grasp without dumbing them down. Bernstein's latest superbly timed book, Crunch, is a must-read guide to the economy's current slide and its effect on us all."
--Robert Kuttner, Founding Co-Editor, The American Prospect
--Senator John Edwards
"The sprightliest writer working in the dismal science since the heyday of John Kenneth Galbraith."
--Harold Meyerson, Washington Post columnist
"Jared Bernstein has written a fun, user-friendly primer that tells you everything you need to know about the economy. I liked it, you'll like it, and if you read it you can stop feeling guilty that you forgot everything you learned in that freshman econ course."
--Jonathan Chait, Senior Editor, The New Republic, and author of The Big Con: The True Story of How Washington Got Hoodwinked and Hijacked by Crackpot Economics
"Crunch is a dangerous book. Anyone who reads it will be armed with new ideas to start kicking back at the false economic theories that have ensnared this country. The book is witty, irreverent, and easy to read, but don't let that fool you. It's powerful."
--Elizabeth Warren, Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law, Harvard Law School and coauthor of All Your Worth: The Ultimate Lifetime Money Plan
About the Author
Jared Bernstein is senior fellow and director of the Living Standards Program at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, DC. His areas of research include income and wage inequality, technology’s impact on wages and employment, low-wage labour markets and poverty, minimum wage analysis, and international comparisons. He holds a Ph.D. in Social Welfare from Columbia University and lives in Washington, DC.
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