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 ...
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.
A good book which lays out the reasoning as why the expansionary monetary and fiscal policy with debt relief are the way to get the economy moving and why the austerity will just do the harm.
A good book which lays out the reasoning as why the expansionary monetary and fiscal policy with debt relief are the way to get the economy moving and why the austerity will just do the harm.
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保罗·克鲁格曼 作者
蓝色珊瑚礁
中信出版社2012版
小崔
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沉醉
中信出版社2012版
才云鹏
中信出版社2012版
米客lau
中信出版社2012版
0 有用 Julie 2013-11-18 04:11:52
A good book which lays out the reasoning as why the expansionary monetary and fiscal policy with debt relief are the way to get the economy moving and why the austerity will just do the harm.
0 有用 神兵孔明 2012-06-18 06:02:49
没全看完所以不做评价了。太典型的Krugman了，不看完也基本知道接下来要说啥了……
0 有用 anomie 2016-10-07 20:56:41
A book with sophisticated insights.
0 有用 踏水而行 2013-11-24 14:51:49
只有观点，没有论证。大左棍，不值一读。
0 有用 gria 2012-07-15 09:47:46
克鲁格曼认为美国已经陷入流动性陷阱，货币政策趋于无效。只有进一步扩大财政政策才是解决失业率问题的唯一途径。相比之下，欧元区由于单一货币导致不能通过贬值来调节经济带来的困难要更大。紧缩政策不是解决衰退的良药，继续刺激才是。
0 有用 Gem☀🦁🌻 2018-02-01 19:25:06
虽然是诺奖得主，但Krugman写东西真算得上深入浅出，很适合像我这样的小白阅读，可以厘清不少概念。而他的主张基本就是对凯恩斯主义的重申。之前读了断层线，Rajan有很明显的国际组织首席经济学家风格，讲话各方都不得罪，态度modest，提出的建议都特别正确，但基本是难以实施而就算实施了也会很久才见效。krugman则完全不同，非常自信地表示听他的就能走出萧条。至于他们谁对谁错我无法判断。后续查了一... 虽然是诺奖得主，但Krugman写东西真算得上深入浅出，很适合像我这样的小白阅读，可以厘清不少概念。而他的主张基本就是对凯恩斯主义的重申。之前读了断层线，Rajan有很明显的国际组织首席经济学家风格，讲话各方都不得罪，态度modest，提出的建议都特别正确，但基本是难以实施而就算实施了也会很久才见效。krugman则完全不同，非常自信地表示听他的就能走出萧条。至于他们谁对谁错我无法判断。后续查了一下，美国政府支出从10年一直下降直到14年上升，通胀11年下半年到达顶峰4，然后稳定在2左右，15年触底0.GDP增长不快。但失业率一直在降，只是速度略慢。所以我的感觉是政府并没有如作者建议的加大支出，也未增息，略有通胀，而失业率跟这些都没关系。。看起来真就是放任自流靠时间治愈萧条？小白迷茫了。。 (展开)
0 有用 anomie 2016-10-07 20:56:41
A book with sophisticated insights.
0 有用 secret 2016-05-02 16:37:07
全书都在立靶子打靶子，观点其实就两个，一个是美国政府应该无视赤字，扩大政府支出，增加就业，另一个就是利率不会上升，因为国家正处于流动性陷阱之中。然而观点的佐证并不充分，翻来覆去的重审观点就像是无聊的人在打嘴炮，只能算是一本经济学“畅销书”。
0 有用 踏水而行 2013-11-24 14:51:49
只有观点，没有论证。大左棍，不值一读。
0 有用 Julie 2013-11-18 04:11:52
A good book which lays out the reasoning as why the expansionary monetary and fiscal policy with debt relief are the way to get the economy moving and why the austerity will just do the harm.