''Crunch: Why Do I Feel So Squeezed? (And Other Unsolved Economic Mysteries)'' () is a book written by

Jared Bernstein Jared Bernstein (born 1955) is an American economist. He is a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. From 2009 to 2011, Bernstein was the chief economist and economic adviser to Vice President Joe Biden in the Obama Admini ...

, Chief Economist and Economic Policy Advisor to

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is o ...

Joe Biden, and published in 2008. In it, Bernstein offers a layman's introduction to how the U.S. economic system works. Using

economic inequality There are wide varieties of economic inequality, most notably income inequality measured using the distribution of income (the amount of money people are paid) and wealth inequality measured using the distribution of wealth (the amount of ...

as the basis of his argument, Bernstein explains why Americans still feel squeezed during boom times, what he believes is wrong with the economy, and how he believes it could be improved for the greater common good.

Reception

The book received reviews from publications including ''

Publishers Weekly ''Publishers Weekly'' (''PW'') is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. Published continuously since 1872, it has carried the tagline, "The International News Magazine of ...

'' and ''

Labor Studies Journal ''Labor Studies Journal'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering research in the field of labor studies. Its editors-in-chief are Michelle Kaminski (Michigan State University) and Robert Bruno (University of Illinois). It was esta ...

''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Crunch (Book) 2008 non-fiction books Books about economic policy