Crunch
Why Do I Feel So Squeezed? (and Other Unsolved Economic Mysteries)
Published on 14. April 2008
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-57675-477-1 (ISBN)
Description
In this lively and irreverent tour through everyday economic mysteries, premier economist Jared Bernstein helps readers decode economic "analysis", navigate through murky ethical quandaries, and make sound economic decisions that reflect their deepest aspirations for themselves, their families, and their country.
Chances are, if there's a stumper you've always wanted to ask an economist, it's solved in this book. Think of it as a chance to hang out with someone who likes to tackle everyday mysteries and promises to try to answer you straight, no jargon allowed. So go ahead: fire away. You - and your fellow citizens - will be glad you asked.
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Language
English
Place of publication
San Francisco
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
481 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57675-477-1 (9781576754771)
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Jared Bernstein is a senior economist and director of the Living Standards Program at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, DC. He is the coauthor of the last seven editions of The State of Working America as well as The Benefits of Full Employment: When Markets Work for People. He writes a regular column for the American Prospect online, and his op-eds have appeared in the New York Times and the Washington Post.
Content
Preface
Introduction: So What Is Economics, Anyway?
Chapter 1--The Big Squeeze
If the Economy’s Doing So Well, Why Do I Feel So Squeezed?
Econ-Noir
All Is Not As It Appears: Measuring Economic Outcomes
Whatever Happened to the Cleavers?
The Health Care Squeeze
The Medical Industrial Complex
Health Care Reform
Poverty Amid Plenty: The Whats
Poverty Amid Plenty: The Whys
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
The ABCs of Worker Pay
What’s So Bad About Inequality?
All Education, All the Time
Chapter 2--Don’t Know Much About GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Unemployment: Wall Street vs. Main Street
Underemployment
Making Better Doughnuts
Inflation
What’s a Recession?
Blowing Bubbles
The Night of the Living Wage (and Other Scary Stories)
Your Textbook Got It Wrong
Chapter 3--Political Economy 202
Social Insecurity
Economists in Chief
The Fed
The Budget Deficit (Part 1)
The Budget Deficit (Part 2, in Which a Nobelist Agrees with Me)
The Economy and the Military
Guns or Butter
A New WPA?
“Please Remain on the Line”
Chapter 4--The World Ain’t Flat As All That
What’s Right and Wrong About Globalization?
Outsourcing
The Conscience of a Shopper
World Trade
Globalization and Greed
How the Capitalists Killed Capitalism
Undocumented Workers
The Not-So-Great Immigration Debate
What’s So Bad About a Labor Shortage?
The Mighty Dollar
Can Economists Save the Planet?
Chapter 5--The Reconnection Agenda
Easing the Squeeze
Health Care
Immigration
Education
Globalization
What’s Left?
Conclusion: The Lesson of the Rink
Notes
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction: So What Is Economics, Anyway?
Chapter 1--The Big Squeeze
If the Economy’s Doing So Well, Why Do I Feel So Squeezed?
Econ-Noir
All Is Not As It Appears: Measuring Economic Outcomes
Whatever Happened to the Cleavers?
The Health Care Squeeze
The Medical Industrial Complex
Health Care Reform
Poverty Amid Plenty: The Whats
Poverty Amid Plenty: The Whys
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
The ABCs of Worker Pay
What’s So Bad About Inequality?
All Education, All the Time
Chapter 2--Don’t Know Much About GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Unemployment: Wall Street vs. Main Street
Underemployment
Making Better Doughnuts
Inflation
What’s a Recession?
Blowing Bubbles
The Night of the Living Wage (and Other Scary Stories)
Your Textbook Got It Wrong
Chapter 3--Political Economy 202
Social Insecurity
Economists in Chief
The Fed
The Budget Deficit (Part 1)
The Budget Deficit (Part 2, in Which a Nobelist Agrees with Me)
The Economy and the Military
Guns or Butter
A New WPA?
“Please Remain on the Line”
Chapter 4--The World Ain’t Flat As All That
What’s Right and Wrong About Globalization?
Outsourcing
The Conscience of a Shopper
World Trade
Globalization and Greed
How the Capitalists Killed Capitalism
Undocumented Workers
The Not-So-Great Immigration Debate
What’s So Bad About a Labor Shortage?
The Mighty Dollar
Can Economists Save the Planet?
Chapter 5--The Reconnection Agenda
Easing the Squeeze
Health Care
Immigration
Education
Globalization
What’s Left?
Conclusion: The Lesson of the Rink
Notes
Acknowledgments
About the Author