The Accidental Theorist: And Other Dispatches from the Dismal Science

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Economics, as Keynes wrote, "is dangerous for good or evil". Paul Krugman, one of the world's best economists, has made a second career railing against poor economic reasoning wherever it may arise. In doing so, he has persuaded a large number of readers that the lessons of good economics are not so difficult after all, that the insights can be downright intriguing. This text weaves together articles and addresses into a short narrative on the major economic issues of the latter 1990s: unemployment, globalization, economic growth, financial speculation, and more. All are joined by Krugman's view of the basic economics behind the issues and the wit and energy with which he applies those principles.

Paul Krugman is the recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics. The author of a twice-weekly column for the op-ed page of the New York TImes and a daily blog, 'The Conscience of a Liberal', derived from his book of the same name, Krugman has been named Columnist of the Year by Editor and Publisher magazine. He is a professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University, and is the author or editor of twenty books and more than two hundred professional journal articles.