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The Age of Diminished Expectations is a remarkable achievement, a quick read that tells you much of what there is to know about the great economic issues of the day. -- Peter Passell, New York Times Book Review Paul Krugmans popular guide to the economic landscape of the 1990s has ... read more

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It is hard nowadays to imagine what it must have been like to be a real optimist about the economy-to believe, as most Americans did a generation ago, that things could only get better, that individuals could count on steadily rising incomes and parents could confidently expect their children to move up in the world.

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  1. Paul R. Krugman (Author)
 

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