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Economics in America: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality
Economics in America: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality
Economics in America: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality
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Economics in America: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality

Written by Angus Deaton

Narrated by Angus Deaton

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This audiobook narrated by Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton shares candid reflections on the economist’s craft


Features “Asides with Angus” as bonus material with stories and outtakes from Deaton’s recording sessions


When 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. Economics in America explains in clear terms how the field of economics addresses the most pressing issues of our times—from poverty, retirement, and the minimum wage to the ravages of the nation’s uniquely disastrous health care system—and narrates Deaton’s own account of his experiences as a naturalized US citizen and academic economist.


Deaton is witty and he 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.


Blending 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.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateOct 3, 2023
ISBN9780691257204
Economics in America: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality

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