Fuzzy Math, Paul Krugman
Fuzzy Math, Paul Krugman
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Fuzzy Math
The Essential Guide to the Bush Tax Plan

Author: Paul Krugman

Narrator: Sam Freed

Unabridged: 2 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/12/2001


Synopsis

Wielding his widely recognized powers of explanation, Paul Krugman lays bare the hidden facts behind the $2 trillion tax cut.

With huge budget surpluses just ahead, the question of whether to cut taxes has shifted to when? and by how much? With Fuzzy Math, Paul Krugman dissects the Bush tax proposal and shows us who wins, who loses, and how quickly the tax cuts will consume the surplus. Always the equal-opportunity critic when it comes to faulty economics, Krugman also tucks into the Democratic alternatives to the Bush plan.

This little audiobook packs a big wallop. Together with major media appearances, it puts Krugman's wisdom and steely-eyed analysis firmly at the center of the debate about how to spend upwards of $2 trillion. It may very well change the course of history.

About The Author

Paul Krugman, who was named Columnist of the Year by Editor and Publisher magazine, writes a twice-weekly column for the op-ed page of the New York Times. A winner of the John Bates Clark Medal, the most prized award given to American economists, he also teaches economics and international affairs at Princeton University.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lordoftaipo on April 06, 2021

Bush tax cuts passed anyways. The clarity yet futility of Krugman’s attempt to expose the dangerous details of the cuts has cast a shadow on how much I think an economist (without affiliation) can alter a policy. A voice as popular as he is still yielded little to none results (or was he not that fa......more

Goodreads review by marcos sahade on July 29, 2018

Soy fun......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on November 23, 2008

Even though the Bush years are coming to an end, this book is a good read. It helped me understand how Social Security works, and why Bush's plan to privatize it made no sense because Social Security isn't a savings plan. Basically Bush was either completely ignorant of this fact, was just lying abo......more

Goodreads review by Brien on March 18, 2019

Krugman is worth reading. That is why I read this short book about GWBush-era tax cuts during the post-Trump-tax-cut era. The politics of the tax cuts have been remarkably similar. Benefit the wealthy. Boast about the non-existent prosperity the tax cuts have delivered. Short-change the military's e......more