End This Depression Now!

By Paul R. Krugman, Paul Krugman

Subjects: Recessions, Recessions--history, Unemployment--united states--history--21st century, Hb3743 .k78 2012, Financial crises, Crise économique, Financial Crises, Economic Policy, Crise financière, New York Times bestseller, Financial crises--united states--history--21st century, Unemployment, united states, Financial crises--history, Prévisions économiques, Politique économique, nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2012-05-20, New York Times reviewed, Unemployment, Chômage, Recessions--united states--history--21st century, Unemployment--history, Reprise économique, History, 330.973, Economic policy, United states, economic policy, 2009-

Description: A call-to-arms from Nobel Prize?winning economist and best-selling author Paul Krugman. The Great Recession is more than four years old, and counting. Yet, as Paul Krugman points out in this powerful volley, "Nations rich in resources, talent, and knowledge, all the ingredients for prosperity and a decent standard of living for all, remain in a state of intense pain." How bad have things gotten? How did we get stuck in what now can only be called a depression? And above all, how do we free ourselves? Krugman pursues these questions with his characteristic lucidity and insight. He has a powerful message for anyone who has suffered over these past four years: a quick, strong recovery is just one step away, if our leaders can find the "intellectual clarity and political will" to end this depression now.