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“Many people ... prefer to describe themselves as progressives rather than liberals. To some extent that's a response to the decades-long propaganda campaign conducted by movement conservatives, which has been quite successful in making Americans disdain the word liberal but much less successful in reducing support for liberal policies.”

Quote by Paul Krugman

Book:The Conscience of a Liberal

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The Conscience of a Liberal

The book explores the historical and economic factors contributing to social inequality and proposes liberal solutions to address these issues. more

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Paul Krugman is a renowned economist known for his contributions to macroeconomic policy and international trade. He won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1991 and is considered one of the leading figures in the New Keynesian economics school. more

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