Synopses & Reviews
Revised and expanded with the most up-to-the-minute data, The New Field Guide to the U.S. Economy brings key economic issues to life, reflecting the collective wit and wisdom of the more than forty progressive economists affiliated with the Center for Popular Economics. Complete with a glossary and analytical tool kit, the ten chapters range from “Banking Behemoths” to “Bye Bye Ozone,” covering owners, workers, women, people of color, government spending, welfare, education, health, the environment, macroeconomics, and the global economy.
About the Author
Nancy Folbre, a MacArthur Fellow, is professor emerita of economics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She is the the author of
The Invisible Heart: Economics and Family Values and
Saving State U: Why We Must Fix Public Higher Education; a co-author, with Jonathan Teller-Elsberg, James Heintz, and the Center for Popular Economics, of
Field Guide to the U.S. Economy; and a co-author, with Randy Albelda, of
The War on the Poor: A Defense Manual, all published by The New Press. Her academic books include
For Love and Money: Care Provision in the U.S. and
Greed, Lust, and Gender: A History of Economic Ideas. She is a regular contributor to the
New York Times’s Economix blog.