Untitled On Hurricane Katrina And U.s. Policy

Politics & Social Sciences

James K. Galbraith

Social Sciences

METROPOLITAN

The cult of the free market has dominated economic policy-talk since the Reagan revolution. But in practice, what we have now is a corporate republic that diverts public cash into private hands.

The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too (Library Edition)

Business & Money

Economics

Blackstone Audio,Inc.

The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too

The cult of the free market has dominated economic policy-talk since the Reagan revolution. But in practice, what we have now is a corporate republic that diverts public cash into private hands. Galbraith shows why free market principles no longer apply to our real economy. A timely, provocative work whose message will appeal to the broad audience of thoughtful Americans who wish to understand the forces at work in our economy and culture and who seek to live in a nation that is both prosperous and progressive.

Blackstone Audiobooks

The years since the Great Crisis of 2008 have seen slow growth, high unemployment, falling home values, chronic deficits, a deepening disaster in Europe—and a stale argument between two false solutions, “austerity” on one side and “stimulus” on the other. Both sides and practically all analyses of the crisis so far take for granted that the economic growth from the early 1950s until 2000—interrupted only by the troubled 1970s—represented a normal performance. From this perspective the crisis was an interruption, caused by bad policy or bad people, and full recovery is to be expected if the cause is corrected. The End of Normal challenges this view. Placing the crisis in perspective, Galbraith argues that the 1970s already ended the age of easy growth. The 1980s and 1990s saw only uneven growth, with rising inequality within and between countries. And the 2000s saw the end even of that—despite frantic efforts to keep growth going with tax cuts, war spending, and financial deregulation. When the crisis finally came, stimulus and automatic stabilization were able to place a floor under economic collapse. But they are not able to bring about a return to high growth and full employment. Today, four factors impede a return to normal. They are the rising costs of real resources, the now-evident futility of military power, the labor-saving consequences of the digital revolution, and the breakdown of law and ethics in the financial sector. The Great Crisis should be seen as a turning point, a barometer of the rise of unstable economic conditions, which should be regarded as the new normal. Policies and institutions going forward should be designed, above all, modestly, to cope with this fact, maintaining conditions for a good life in difficult times.

The End of Normal: The Great Crisis and the Future of Growth

Simon&Schuster

From one of the most respected economic thinkers and writers of our time, a brilliant argument about the history and future of economic growth. The years since the Great Crisis of 2008 have seen slow growth, high unemployment, falling home values, chronic deficits, a deepening disaster in Europe—and a stale argument between two false solutions, “austerity” on one side and “stimulus” on the other. Both sides and practically all analyses of the crisis so far take for granted that the economic growth from the early 1950s until 2000—interrupted only by the troubled 1970s—represented a normal performance. From this perspective, the crisis was an interruption, caused by bad policy or bad people, and full recovery is to be expected if the cause is corrected. The End of Normal challenges this view. Placing the crisis in perspective, Galbraith argues that the 1970s already ended the age of easy growth. The 1980s and 1990s saw only uneven growth, with rising inequality within and between countries. And the 2000s saw the end even of that—despite frantic efforts to keep growth going with tax cuts, war spending, and financial deregulation. When the crisis finally came, stimulus and automatic stabilization were able to place a floor under economic collapse. But they are not able to bring about a return to high growth and full employment. In The End of Normal, “Galbraith puts his pessimism into an engaging, plausible frame. His contentions deserve the attention of all economists and serious financial minds across the political spectrum” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

The End of Normal: Why the Growth Economy Isn't Coming Back-and What to Do When It Doesn't

Free Press

The End of Normal: Why the Growth Economy Isn't Coming Back

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The Good Society

Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd.

Classical treatment of macroeconomics.

Macroeconomics

William A. Darity, Jr

VSSD

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