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White House Burning by Simon Johnson

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White House Burning by Simon Johnson

From the authors of the national bestseller 13 Bankers, a chilling account of America's unprecedented debt crisis: how it came to pass, why it threatens to topple the nation as a superpower, and what needs to be done about it.

With bracing clarity, White House Burning explains why the national debt matters to your everyday life. Simon Johnson and James Kwak describe how the government has been able to pay off its debt in the past, even after the massive deficits incurred as a result of World War I, and analyze why this is near-impossible today. They closely examine, among other factors, macroeconomic shifts of the 1970s, Reaganism and the rise of conservatism, and demographic changes that led to the growth of major--and extremely popular--social insurance programs. What is unquestionably clear is how recent financial turmoil exacerbated the debt crisis while creating a political climate in which it is even more difficult to solve.

Simon Johnson is Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship at MIT's Sloan School of Management and a senior fellow of the Peterson Institute for International Economics. He is coauthor, with James Kwak, of The Baseline Scenario, a leading economic blog, described by Paul Krugman as a must-read and by Bill Moyers as one of the most informative news sites in the blogosphere.

James Kwak is an Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law. He previously co-founded Guidewire Software.

Visit the authors' blog at baselinescenario.com.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780307906960
ISBN 10	0307906965
Title	White House Burning
Author	Simon Johnson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2012-04-03
Number of pages	368
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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