Advice and Dissent: Why America Suffers When Economics and Politics Collide

by Alan S. Blinder

Book Overview

A bestselling economist tells us what both politicians and economists must learn to fix America's failing economic policies

American economic policy ranks as something between bad and disgraceful. As leading economist Alan S. Blinder argues, a crucial cultural divide separates economic and political civilizations. Economists and politicians often talk -- and act -- at cross purposes: politicians typically seek economists' "advice" only...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465094171
• ISBN13: 9780465094172
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.4"