Madness and Ruin
Politics and the Economy in the Neoconservative Age
In this collection of articles, Mel Watkins, one of Canada’s foremost political economists, demystifies the business of economics and economic policy. In a clearsighted and entertaining manner, he explores the roots of recession, the role of the NDP, and the Gulf War.
Praise
This fine collection of Mel Watkin’s journalism is a testimony to how a clear mind and a coherent philosophy can embrace issues as diverse as free trade and aboriginal rights and explain them with clarity, sense, wit, and care.
– Stephen Clarkson, political economist and co-author of Trudeau and Our Times
Mel Watkins destroys myths and gives us economics with a human perspective. He’s also funny–unusual for an economist, even rarer for a radical intellectual!
– Marjorie Griffin Cohen, Simon Fraser University
