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Frustrated by the ivory tower of academic economics and convinced that economics is far too important to leave people in the dark, Paul Krugman started writing short articles aiming to make the issues accessible for non-specialists and to burst the nonsensical balloons being floated by the left and right alike. This collection brings together a range of articles written between autumn 1995 and summer 1997, and makes them accessible for the European reader who does not have daily access to the publications they originally appeared in - from the on-line magazine "Slate" to the "Washington Monthly". Some have not been published before. The dispatches are grouped together in six parts, and range from the situation in America to global issues, and from economists and their stories to politicians and theirs. Krugman analyzes why the Republican revolution, which seemed unstoppable at the beginning of 1995, ground to a halt within a year. He strutinizes Lionel Jospin's grand employment promises. He looks at the moral implications of fresh vegetables being flown into London from Zimbabwe, and he reflects on the situation in China and the problems in Japan.

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保罗·克鲁格曼，2008年诺贝尔经济学奖得主。美国普林斯顿大学经济学教授，定期讲授原理类课程。克鲁格曼为耶鲁大学学士、麻省理工学院博士。在任现职前，他先后于耶鲁大学、斯坦福大学和麻省理工学院任教；1982—1983年间，在美国总统经济顾问委员会任职。保罗·克鲁格曼的主要研究领域是国际贸易，是新贸易理论的奠基人之一，该理论把对国际贸易的分析建立在规模报酬递增和不完全竞争的基础之上。他对国际金融亦有研究，并且主要集中于对货币危机的分析。1991年克鲁格曼获得了美国经济学会颁发的克拉克奖。除了教学和学术研究外，他还撰写了大量面向非专业读者的文章。他同时也是《纽约时报》固定的专论专栏作家。