内容简介
Thiswhollyoriginalnewworkbythebest-sellingauthorofTheGreatUnravelingchallengesAmericatoreclaimthevaluesthatmadeitgreat.Withthismajornewvolume,PaulKrugman,today'smostwidelyreadeconomist,studiesthepasteightyyearsofAmericanhistory,fromthereformsthattamedtheharshinequalityoftheGildedAgetotheunravelingofthatachievementandthereemergenceofimmenseeconomicandpoliticalinequalitysincethe1970s.Seekingtounderstandbothwhathappenedtomiddle-classAmericaandwhatitwilltaketoachieveanewNewDeal,Krugmanhascreatedhisfinestbooktodate,aworkthatweavestogetheranuancedaccountofthreegenerationsofhistorywithsharppolitical,social,andeconomicanalysis.Thisbook,writtenwithKrugman'strademarkabilitytoexplaincomplexissuessimply,willtransformthedebateaboutAmericansocialpolicyinmuchthesamewayasdidJohnKennethGalbraith'sdeeplyinfluentialbook,TheAffluentSociety.