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

　　我們正面臨怎麼樣的政治與公共政策危機？諾貝爾經濟學講得主暨紐約時報專欄作家保羅•克魯曼Paul Krugman，帶來最簡明精闢的解析

　　保羅•克魯曼無疑是當今重量級的經濟學權威，其理論對國際經濟的洞見、政策制定的批判，已成為認識經濟學理運作的絕佳導引。但相對，隨著許多優秀的經濟學研究不停發表，我們的社會依然被許多錯誤的誤解深深綁架，克魯曼稱之為「殭屍觀點Zombie ideas」：應該因紮實的學術解析及科學實證而消滅，卻因權貴階級不停倡議，仍深藏在社會裡，延續得利者的利益。

　　集結克魯曼超過90篇的專欄文章與寫作，重新編組統整為18個今日關鍵的主題，每章節皆為讀者帶來一篇立論清晰、充滿力量的綜觀導讀，銜接著潛顯易懂，又能增長見聞的犀利評析，破除一個個殭屍觀點──含蓋當今世界最重要的社會、政策問題：社會安全、健保制度、減稅、貧富、貿易戰爭──將經濟學與政策間不可分的互動關係化為淺顯的解釋、精準地闡明問題的核心與對應作法。

　　本書無疑完美詮釋了近二十年來全美、乃至全球的政經局勢。克魯曼以其明快且生動得闡述方式，讓我們從每日新聞的一般讀者蛻變成具洞察力的消費者，並帶我們抽絲剝繭，看到了潛藏在當代政經議題背後的意涵，破除關鍵的殭屍迷思，為我們的後代留下無可取代的知識瑰寶，面對重重挑戰的今日及未來。（文／博客來編譯）

　　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.

　　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.

　　Arguing with Zombies puts Krugman at the front of the debate in the 2020 election year and is an indispensable guide to two decades’ worth of political and economic discourse in the United States and around the globe. 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.

　　Review

　　“In an era when facts are too often disdained and discarded, Paul Krugman wields them like a rapier. A brilliant scholar and polemicist, Krugman's incisive columns are a beacon for anyone who cares about public policy and progressive change.”- David Axelrod

　　“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
 

作者簡介

　　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 resides in New York City.