The Conscience of a Liberal

<p><p>this Wholly Original New Work By The Best-selling Author Of <b>the Great Unraveling</b> Challenges America To Reclaim The Values That Made It Great.</p> <h3>the New York Times - Peter Beinart</h3> <p>repeatedly In <i>the Conscience Of A Liberal</i> Mr. Krugman Suggests That Things We Take For Granted About The United States Economy&#8230;are Not Inevitable At All. Political Choices, He Argues, Not Economic Laws, Have Made The United States A Nation Of The Very Rich, The Very Poor And An Increasingly Fragile Middle Class&#8230;his Claims Are Convincing Not Only Because He Discusses Complex Economic Questions With Rare Lucidity And Skill, But Also Because Of Who He Is. Icon Destroyers Are Most Powerful When They Hail From Within The Priestly Elite&#8230;readers Interested In Understanding Liberalism's Decline And Radical Conservatism's Rise Can Find Better Books. But Those Who Turn To Mr. Krugman To Understand What's Unjust About The United States Economy, And Why It Doesn't Have To Be This Way, Will Be Amply Rewarded. And As Democrats Seek A Rationale Not Merely For Returning To Power, But For Fundamentally Changing&#151;or Changing Back&#151;the Relationship Between America's Government And Its Citizens, Mr. Krugman's Arguments Will Prove Vital In The Months And Years Ahead.</p>