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Crunch: Why Do I Feel So Squeezed? (And Other Unsolved Economic Mysteries)
by Jared Bernstein
from Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 
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America's Sick Economy Explained
This is a fantastic book. I love the author's no B.S. approach to the economic troubles that face Americans.
He explains why much of today's economic policy is little more than rationalized greed. In particular how the Federal Reserve Board's hiking of interest rates when labor markets get tight is great for the large investor class, (lowers wages by increasing the number of unemployed in a slowed economy), but hammers working people.
I also enjoyed the explanation of the "education myth", how it... more info
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Highly recommended to community library economics shelves
Anyone can get a firm handle on the concept of economics claims "Crunch: Why Do I Feel So Squeezed(and Other Unsolved Economic Mysteries)". Speaking in plain terms, cutting away the misleading euphemisms and jargon that the modern media goes on and on with, author Jared Bernstein explains everything one would want to about America's current economic status, and makes it clear that it's all really about choices and that there is no clear cut right answer to make all the problems go away. "Crunch: Why Do I... more info
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Everything you've wanted to know about the economy but were afraid to ask
I've always wondered whether I should believe the pundits who insist on "letting the free market take its course," and about why positive economic indicators don't seem to reflect the way people are really living. It never made sense to me. In Crunch, Jared Bernstein explains that the reason accepted economic wisdom doesn't always make sense is that some of it is just plain wrong.
One of the things I loved about this book is that it explains economic principles--as well as the motives of those who try... more info
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clear tools for understanding where we are and where we're headed
Having long ago forgotten my college economics, I've been trying to make sense of the current talk of recession and the various stimulus proposals put out by politicians. Something about the viewpoint expressed by cable news pundits and economic leaders hasn't added up for me, but I couldn't articulate why. Jared Bernstein can and did in his book Crunch. In clear language, he explains how the current squeeze happened and gives the tools for evaluating how various issues--social security, globalization,... more info
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