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Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future

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An accessible, compelling introduction to today’s major policy issues from the New York Times columnist, best-selling author, and Nobel prize–winning economist Paul Krugman, now with a new preface. 

There is no better guide than Paul Krugman to basic economics, the ideas that animate much of our public policy. Likewise, there is no stronger foe of zombie economics, the misunderstandings that just won’t die.

In Arguing with Zombies, Krugman tackles many of these misunderstandings, taking stock of where the United States has come from and where it’s headed in a series of concise, digestible chapters. Drawn mainly from his popular New York Times column, they cover a wide range of issues, organized thematically and framed in the context of a wider debate. Explaining the complexities of health care, housing bubbles, tax reform, Social Security, and so much more with unrivaled clarity and precision, Arguing with Zombies is Krugman at the height of his powers.

It is an indispensable guide to two decades’ worth of political and economic discourse in the United States and around the globe, and now includes a preface on "Zombies in the Age of COVID-19." With quick, vivid sketches, Krugman turns his readers into intelligent consumers of the daily news and hands them the keys to unlock the concepts behind the greatest economic policy issues of our time. In doing so, he delivers an instant classic that can serve as a reference point for this and future generations.

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"“A revelation. It showcases the range of Krugman's intellect… and his gift for clear, accessible writing.”"
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"A brilliant scholar and polemicist, Krugman’s incisive columns are a beacon for anyone who cares about public policy and progressive change."
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"Years after appearing in the daily newspaper, Paul Krugman’s columns resonate because he avoids the herd mentality of most journalism. Applying history, math, and humanity, he transforms our understanding of great issues, and when writing on economics translates the dismal science into plain English."
― David Cay Johnston, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, an IRE Medal, and the George Polk Award

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Paul Krugman, recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics and best-selling author, has been a columnist at The New York Times for twenty years. A Distinguished Professor at City University of New York, he lives in New York City.

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  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393541320
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Paul Krugman writes a twice-weekly column for the op-ed page of the New York Times. A winner of the John Bates Clark Medal who was also named Columnist of the Year by Editor and Publisher magazine, he teaches economics at Princeton University.

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Customers find the book highly readable with an entertaining writing style. Moreover, they appreciate the author's ability to explain economic facts clearly, with one customer noting how it helps call policy makers on fantasy economics. Additionally, the book receives positive feedback for its brain health benefits, with one customer mentioning it helped them think more critically.

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  • ER
    5.0 out of 5 stars Dare I say it's a must read?
    Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2023
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    I'm not well educated in economics, but I think this book is a great choice whether you're new to the subject or already well informed. From what I have read, econ doesn't strike me as a subject that should qualify for Nobel Prizes: seems to me that nobody really knows what's going on. But the author has won one, and, reading it, you'll understand why: vast knowledge and experience and the ability to wield both theory and actual data from practice. The book comprises a collection of his New York Times columns with some new commentary. That may give a reader a sense of disappointment if you're hoping for a brand new analysis with all the past's errors corrected and the theories improved on. But I enjoyed following his thoughts historically, watching him weed through and rethink ideas and events. In case you're wondering--spoiler--the zombies are the people who claim to know about economies, who cling to ideas practitioners have proven wrong, and who tell others what to think without really looking at data and experience. Apparently we have many of them about, and they are indeed causing great harm. They should remember their Sherlock Holmes: it's a cardinal mistake to reason without data. Highly recommended.
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  • Ryan Boissonneault
    4.0 out of 5 stars Uncovering the motives of the modern right
    Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2020
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    The problem with the political right of recent history is not that they don’t think like the left, or that they operate according to a different political philosophy. The problem is that the right has no qualms about presenting intentionally misleading and false information to achieve political gains at all costs (The left at times can do this too, of course, but not nearly to the extent of the right.)

    Since the right operates according to a very simplistic platform, they are ideologically wedded to very simplistic economic policies that, despite years of contradictory evidence, they simply refuse to abandon. That’s why they continue to push for tax cuts for the wealthy, deregulation, and further privatization, which are all the causes of, not the solution to, most of today’s major economic problems and growing levels of inequality.

    What’s more is that the right is not only pushing bad ideas; they’re also pretending to not be. They seek to cut Medicare and other critical social programs while promising the opposite, and they make claims that their political opponents spread false information while they blithely do the same.

    In this collection of essays, Krugman is not afraid to call out this massive disingenuity or to discuss the underlying motives of the modern right. While you’re not going to find in-depth technical analysis of economic policy in these articles, you will come to understand the motives and history behind the intellectual black hole that is the modern conservative movement.
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  • janjer1
    5.0 out of 5 stars In a battle of wits, please come armed
    Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2020
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    Throughout the insanity of supply-side arguments that come to no logical point, Krugman has steadfastly retained his wit and wisdom. The title is appropriate since anyone who truly believes that by giving wealthy people more money the working poor and middle class will benefit must be, at least, partially brain-dead. Since Reagan wages have been flat while corporate profits soar. The investor class reaps windfalls while paying little or no taxes on their gains while the average worker lives paycheck to paycheck. Investment in the middle class and working poor through infrastructure stimulants and tax breaks have always been the correct antidote to income inequality. Yet the lie of trickle-down voodoo economics lives on even though it is widely known that our nation's economy does better under demand-side economic leaders (dems). We look forward to the day when this supply-side nonsense will finally be put to permanent rest. Until then - hold onto your Social Security and Medicare. They're coming for that next.
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  • Norman A. West
    5.0 out of 5 stars Many people should read it to make a difference
    Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2020
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    A common sense, evidence based alternate view to "free market capitalism" which has retarded progress in this country and others. If you liked Free To Choose, by Milton Friedman, like I did in high school. It sounded pretty good to me.
    But now I'm older and, I think, wiser, about the Chicago School of Economics which has had a strangle hold on opinion pretty much around the world. They've got it wrong but they're not letting go.
    Zombie economics is a compendium of New York Times editorial columns with new material provided as needed. The two subsequent are: 23 Things They Don't Tell You about Economics. and Economics, a Users Guide by Ha-Joon Chang, a Korean economist with strong connections to western academia as a Teacher.
    I like to get views from a fresh perspective not molded from the crib into a flawed and faulty idea. I srongly recommend all three books.
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  • slocan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future
    Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2024
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    Interesting book, in good shape
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Twitter in chiefの恐ろしさ！
    Reviewed in Japan on February 7, 2025
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    著者はノーベル経済学賞受賞者なので、ゾンビは日本を指し「日本経済の不況を議論するのか？」と思ってました。処がゾンビはトランプ大統領で、彼が貪欲に犠牲者をむさぼり食うのが主題です。半分はマクロ経済から見た、米国・EU・日本の経済解析ですが、半分はトランプ大統領の一期目の政策を観察しての著作です。トランプの本質は「噓つき」と見抜き、嘘（フェイク）も10回聞けば真実（ファクト）に聞こえる人間の心理を悪用したり、「人は金にあこがれる」心理を「大富豪にあこがれ、大富豪の言う事を信用する」と見抜き大富豪の自身やイーロン・マスクを利用して一般大衆の支持を得る。更には最高裁判事を政治的に任命し司法をも手に入れ、「地獄の沙汰も金次第」を実現する。2025年2月に発生しているこれらの現実を2020年に発表された本書が正しく予測している。更には共和党そのものがトランプ化し、ルビオ国務長官が典型、「アメリカ第一＝富豪第一」主義を取り入れ気候変動を見捨て、パリ条約を脱退し、自ら・富豪の利益をひたすら追い求めている。この代償は我々一般人へ被さって来ます。コミニケーションの主役Twitter、その最高司令官（Twitter in chief）がトランプ。歴史は100年前に戻っています。
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    5.0 out of 5 stars perfect condition, arrived on time
    Reviewed in Spain on December 10, 2020
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    perfect condition, arrived on time
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  • Bill
    5.0 out of 5 stars At last - an thinking economist
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 3, 2020
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    The book si full of common sense economic analysis - politicians and bankers should read this and be ashamed.
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  • Nelson Senra
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente
    Reviewed in Brazil on June 17, 2021
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    O livro é ótimo e é de grande atualidade
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    3.0 out of 5 stars clarity
    Reviewed in France on April 11, 2021
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