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End this depression now!

Krugman pursues the questions of how bad the "Great Recession" really is, how we got stuck in what can now be called a depression and, above all, how we can free ourselves.

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Main Author:	Krugman, Paul R.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : W. W. Norton, c2012.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Financial crises > United States > History > 21st century. Recessions > United States > History > 21st century. Unemployment > United States > History > 21st century. United States > Economic policy > 21st century.
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Summary:	Krugman pursues the questions of how bad the "Great Recession" really is, how we got stuck in what can now be called a depression and, above all, how we can free ourselves.
Item Description:	Includes index.
Physical Description:	xii, 259 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:	9780393088779 (hardcover) 0393088774 (hardcover)
Author Notes:	Paul Krugman was born on February 28, 1953. He received a B.S. in economics from Yale University in 1974 and a Ph.D from MIT in 1977. From 1982 to 1983, he worked at the Reagan White House as a member of the Council of Economic Advisers. He taught at numerous universities including Yale University, MIT, UC Berkeley, the London School of Economics, and Stanford University before becoming a professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University in 2000. He has written over 200 scholarly papers and 20 books including Peddling Prosperity; International Economics: Theory and Policy; The Great Unraveling; and The Conscience of a Liberal. Since 2000, he has written a twice-weekly column for The New York Times. He received the 1991 John Bates Clark Medal and the 2008 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. His title End This Depression Now! made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2012. (Bowker Author Biography)