Review

     Paul Krugman, who has been praised for his ability to make complicated economic issues stunningly easy to understand, has created a masterpiece guide to the tax cut.  Krugman admits in the first chapter that he is offering a slant on the issue, but then proceeds to look at each and every issue in an in depth manner, often suggesting possible solutions.  In an attempt to make the issues understandable, Krugman delves rapidly but fluently into background issues with prose which is both enjoyable and educational.  Reaching into issues such as Social Security, Budget Projections and Plan Basics, Krugman's work offers a superb and quick read which will thoroughly expand your outlook on the tax cut and on politics in general.  The book would even serve as an excellent fire starter for informed and conversational debates on both economics and politics in an educational setting.

    A professor at Princeton University, Krugman is the author of several novels and an economics textbook.  At the same time he writes a bi-weekly column for the New York Times.  Krugman chides in this work "On a more personal note, this book offers me an opportunity for a longer form of discussion that can't be squeezed into 735-word columns in the New York Times."       

-Daniel Hicks
Economic Analyst
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