From the Nobel Prize–winning economist and New York Times
bestselling coauthor of Deaths of Despair and the Future of
Capitalism, candid reflections on the economist’s craft When
economist Angus Deaton immigrated to the United States from Britain in
the early 1980s, he was awed by America’s strengths and shocked by
the extraordinary gaps he witnessed between people. Economics in
America explains in clear terms how the field of economics addresses
the most pressing issues of our time—from poverty, retirement, and
the minimum wage to the ravages of the nation’s uniquely disastrous
health care system—and narrates Deaton’s account of his
experiences as a naturalized US citizen and academic economist. Deaton
is witty and pulls no punches. In this incisive, candid, and funny
book, he describes the everyday lives of working economists,
recounting the triumphs as well as the disasters, and tells the inside
story of the Nobel Prize in economics and the journey that led him to
Stockholm to receive one. He discusses the ongoing tensions between
economics and politics—and the extent to which economics has any
content beyond the political prejudices of economists—and reflects
on whether economists bear at least some responsibility for the
growing despair and rising populism in America. Blending rare personal
insights with illuminating perspectives on the social challenges that
confront us today, Deaton offers a disarmingly frank critique of his
own profession while shining a light on his adopted country’s policy
accomplishments and failures.
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ISBN
9780691247854
Publisert
2023
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Princeton University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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