Arguing with Zombies

The Nobel economist on the ideas that, in his account, have been disproven again and again yet refuse to die, shambling through public debate eating the discussion alive. Krugman writes to make ordinary readers confident enough to argue back, on the conviction that economic policy is too important to be surrendered to jargon. Read for the political economy of the public realm, plainly explained, by a writer who believes clarity is itself a civic service.

A Nobel laureate in economics and longtime newspaper columnist who writes the political economy of the public realm for a general audience. Arguing with Zombies gathers his case against the economic ideas that, in his account, have been disproven repeatedly yet refuse to die. He writes to make ordinary readers confident consumers of economic argument, on the conviction that policy is too important to leave to jargon.