Can I see a table of contents? Besides deficits, inflation, and wealth, do you cover anything social welfare-y, such as poverty, privatization of social security, etc? I am looking for a new text for my "Political Economy of Social Welfare" class (undergraduate juniors, most of whom have little or no economics background)?
Joel Blau
Frank, Ellen wrote:
Let me make a plug for my new book The Raw Deal: How Myths and Misinformation About Deficits, Inflation and Wealth Impoverish America, due out from Beacon Press next month. It is written for a lay reader and could easily be used in an intro college course. Ellen Frank
i found "steal this idea" quite readable, as a layperson.
the one unasked for piece of advice that i would give all of you "technical" authors is to not assume that the general audience understands and subscribes to the axioms or assumptions or models (of thought, analysis) of your field.
also, IMHO, your reader's understanding of your book boils down to her/his ability to reduce your reasoning down to some basic convictions she/he holds. often these are political and moral convictions and admittedly are extremely difficult to contest/displace. but ignoring them altogether, results in limiting your readership to the converted (those that share your moral/political positions).
i was recently reading peter singer's analysis of george w bush's positions on various moral issues, in his (singer's) new book. though some might disagree with his reasoning, (again IMHO) his style is comprehensive yet readable.
--ravi
