{"product_id":"9780691247625","title":"Economics in America","description":"Author: Angus Deaton\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780691247625\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Oct 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 280\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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. \u003ci\u003eEconomics in America\u003c\/i\u003e 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 naturalised US citizen and academic economist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeaton 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46803882246302,"sku":"ADS-9780691247625","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780691247625.jpg?v=1778206731","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780691247625","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}