Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century / Edition 1

Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century / Edition 1

by Paul Krugman
     
 

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ISBN-10: 0393058506

ISBN-13: 2900393058504

Pub. Date: 09/01/2003

Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.

This national bestseller from one of our most important political commentators chronicles the dangers of an administration that has raised dishonesty to dizzying heights. Award-winning economist Paul Krugman exposes the devastating facts that speak for themselves. From identifying the flaws in George W. Bush's economic plans to telling the story behind California's

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This national bestseller from one of our most important political commentators chronicles the dangers of an administration that has raised dishonesty to dizzying heights. Award-winning economist Paul Krugman exposes the devastating facts that speak for themselves. From identifying the flaws in George W. Bush's economic plans to telling the story behind California's energy crisis, to revealing the administration's reasons for going to war in Iraq, Krugman offers compelling justification for his criticisms and sets the first years of the twenty-first century in a stark new light. This up-to-date edition includes a new introduction and other material that reflect the events of 2004.

Product Details

ISBN-13:
2900393058504
Publisher:
Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:
09/01/2003
Edition description:
New Edition
Pages:
426

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsxiii
Introduction to the Paperback Editionxv
Prefacexxv
Introduction: A Revolutionary Power3
IBubble Trouble21
1.Irrational Exuberance27
Seven Habits of Highly Defective Investors27
The Ice Age Cometh31
The Ponzi Paradigm34
Dow Wow, Dow Ow37
Money for Nothing?40
Create and Destroy43
The Pizza Principle46
Damaged by the Dow49
2.Portents Abroad53
Asia: What Went Wrong?53
Why Germany Kant Kompete57
We're Not Japan60
A Leap in the Dark63
3.Greenspanomics67
Don't Ask Alan67
Eleven and Counting70
Herd on the Street73
Living with Bears76
Dubya's Double Dip?79
Mind the Gap82
Passing the Buck85
Stocks and Bombs88
The Vision Thing91
Dealing with W94
My Economic Plan97
4.Crony Capitalism, U.S.A.101
Crony Capitalism, U.S.A.101
Two, Three, Many?104
Enemies of Reform107
Greed Is Bad110
Flavors of Fraud113
Everyone Is Outraged116
Succeeding in Business119
The Insider Game122
The Outrage Constraint125
Business as Usual128
IIFuzzy Math131
5.The Bait ...137
Oops! He Did It Again137
We're Not Responsible140
Fuzzier and Fuzzier143
Et Tu, Alan?146
Slicing the Salami149
The Money Pit152
The Universal Elixir155
Bad Heir Day158
Pants on Fire161
6....And the Switch165
Hitting the Trifecta165
The Quiet Man168
Our Wretched States171
Bush's Aggressive Accounting174
True Blue Americans177
The Great Evasion180
Springtime for Hitler183
Is the Maestro a Hack?186
7.2-1=4189
The Pig in the Python189
Prescription for Failure192
A Retirement Fable195
No Good Deed198
2016 and All That201
Sins of Commission204
Bad Medicine207
Fear of All Sums210
IIIVictors and Spoils213
8.Things Pull Apart219
America the Polarized219
The Sons Also Rise222
Hey, Lucky Duckies!225
9.The Private Interest229
Paying the Price229
The Public Interest232
The 55-Cent Solution235
Money-Grubbing Games238
The Long Haul241
10.Exploiting September 11245
The One-Eyed Man245
An Alternate Reality248
The Rove Doctrine251
The Reality Thing254
The Real Thing257
Dead Parrot Society260
The Pitt Principle263
Victors and Spoils266
11.A Vast Conspiracy?269
The Smoke Machine269
The Angry People272
The Bully's Pulpit275
For the People278
In Media Res281
Digital Robber Barons?284
Behind the Great Divide287
Channels of Influence290
IVWhen Markets Go Bad293
12.California Screaming299
California Screaming299
The Unreal Thing302
The Price of Power305
The Real Wolf308
Turning California On311
Enron Goes Overboard314
Smoking Fat Boy317
In Broad Daylight320
Delusions of Power323
13.Smog and Mirrors327
The Unrefined Truth327
Burn, Baby, Burn330
Feeling OPEC's Pain333
Ersatz Climate Policy336
Two Thousand Acres339
Bad Air Days342
Bush on Fire345
14.Foreign Disasters349
Hong Kong's Hard Lesson349
Crying with Argentina353
Losing Latin America356
The Lost Continent359
VThe Wider View363
15.Global Schmobal367
Enemies of the WTO: Bogus Arguments against the World Trade Organization367
Saints and Profits373
Workers vs. Workers376
The Scrooge Syndrome379
Heart of Cheapness382
America the Scofflaw385
White Man's Burden388
16.Economics and Economists391
Supply, Demand, and English Food391
O Canada: A Neglected Nation Gets Its Nobel395
Who Knew? The Swedish Model Is Working400
The Two Larrys403
Missing James Tobin406
VIOne Year Later409
17.War and Terror413
George W. Queeg413
Red-Blue Terror Alert416
Conquest and Neglect419
Matters of Emphasis422
Paths of Glory425
Dereliction of Duty428
Denial and Deception431
Who's Unpatriotic Now?434
Who's Sordid Now?437
Weak on Terror440
18.Dollars and Cents443
Roads Not Taken443
Stating the Obvious446
The Trojan Horse449
Our So-Called Boom452
Red Ink Realities455
The Health of Nations458
Maestro of Chutzpah461
Promises, Promises464
The Medicare Muddle466
19.Abuses of Power469
Man on Horseback469
The China Syndrome472
Toward One-Party Rule475
Exploiting the Atrocity478
Lessons in Civility481
Hack the Vote484
Democracy at Risk487
Get Me Rewrite!490
The Real Man493
This Isn't America496
Index499

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