kind of depressing, but educational
4 stars
A collection of the author's columns, good primer on some economics, partisan but this is during the period (Bush Jr. to Trump) where how could you not be? I was worried from the intro that this would be another economist dismissing racism as a byproduct of worker oppression (Robert Reich), but Krugman calls out racism as an underlying theme in Republican tactics and so-called populism. The organization by topic is a bit jarring as it goes chronologically along one topic (e.g. climate change) then resets to start another (lousy media).