End This Depression Now!, Paul Krugman
End This Depression Now!, Paul Krugman
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End This Depression Now!

Author: Paul Krugman

Narrator: Rob Shapiro, Paul Krugman

Unabridged: 8 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/2012

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

The Great Recession that began in 2007 is now more than four years old—and counting. Some 24 million Americans are unemployed or underemployed, and at recent rates of job creation we won’t be back to normal levels of employment until late this decade. This is a tragedy. Do we have to accept it?

“No!” is the resounding answer given by Nobel Prize–winning economist Paul Krugman in this call to arms. We have seen this situation before and we know how to fix it; all we lack is the political will to take action.  

Krugman walks us through the financial crisis that triggered the greatest downturn since the Great Depression and outlines the efforts that have been made thus far. The way forward is clear. Our priority must be to get ourselves back on the path to growth; every day that we lag behind normal production levels only adds to the astronomical economic loss of this depression. What we need for a rapid, powerful recovery is precisely what we’ve needed in crises past—a burst of government spending to jump-start the economy. We owe it not only to the unemployed, but to everyone affected by this tragedy to end this depression now.

Includes a bonus PDF of charts from the book

About The Author

Paul Krugman is the recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics. He is a bestselling author, columnist and blogger for the New York Times, and professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on August 02, 2019

Have you noticed that "common-sense'" "kitchen table"' economics, when applied to the great world stage, almost always turns out to be wrong? That's because macro-economics is different from micro-economics: a difference in size becomes a difference in kind. Paul Krugman's specialty is macro-ecomics.......more

Goodreads review by Will on July 01, 2012

Is what we are living through in the USA at present (2012) a recession, or something worse? And if so what can be done about it? In his latest outstanding book, Paul Krugman argues persuasively that we are indeed in another depression. Not as horrible as the one labeled “Great” but bad enough. He ex......more

Goodreads review by Dan on October 22, 2012

I recently read Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman's new book, End This Depression Now! It offers a relatively simple solution to alleviate the financial crisis that we're currently in. Before offering this solution however, he provides a fairly concise, yet comprehensive overview of economi......more

Goodreads review by Clare on April 02, 2016

Paul Krugman has won a Nobel Prize in economics. Reading this book, which is a plea for governments to pour money into their economies to generate spending, I became convinced that this man may be an expert at accounting and high finance but knows little about world geopolitics. I'm no economist; I'......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on March 23, 2013

What if we already knew what works to end the depression and return the world to a state of prosperity? For Nobel Prize-winner in economics, Paul Krguman, the answer to our current economic problems lies in the works of economists who thought their way through the Great Depression. The economists he......more


Quotes

“An important contribution to the current study of economics and a reason for hope that effective solutions will be implemented again.” — Kirkus Reviews

“Starred review. Krugman (), winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics, takes an edifying and often humorous journalistic approach to the current economic crisis in this accessible and timely study. Rather than provide a mere postmortem on the 2008 collapse (though relevant history lessons are provided), Krugman aims to plot a path out of this depression. Krugman has consistently called for more liberal economic policies, but his wit and bipartisanship ensure that this book will appeal to a broad swath of readers—from the Left to the Right, from the 99% to the 1%.” — Publishers Weekly