Advice and dissent : why America suffers when economics and politics collide /

Blinder, Alan S.,

Advice and dissent : why America suffers when economics and politics collide / Alan S. Blinder. - First edition. - New York : Basic Books, 2018. - xii, 346 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-327) and index.

The lamppost theory of economic policy -- Clashing civilizations -- Lost horizons? -- Madison's curse meets Madison Avenue -- The media are the messengers -- Murphy's law of economic policy -- Wanted: hard-headed but soft-hearted policies -- Trade disagreements -- With liberty and inequality for all? -- The political quicksand of tax reform -- Toward remedies: moving the needle -- Toward remedies: moving the line -- Last word: on bridging the gap.

9780465094172 (hardcover) 9780465094189 (ebook)

2017052706

HC106.84 / .B57 2018

330.973