End This Depression Now!
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End This Depression Now! is an economics book by Nobel laureate Paul Krugman that argues for aggressive government action to quickly end deep economic slumps like the Great Recession.
All labels observed (1)
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| End This Depression Now! canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7652125 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: End This Depression Now! Context triple: [Paul Krugman, notableWork, End This Depression Now!]
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A.
How Everyone Became Depressed
"How Everyone Became Depressed" is a historical and critical study of modern psychiatry that examines how depression became a widespread diagnosis and cultural condition in the contemporary West.
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B.
Bye Bipolar
"Bye Bipolar" is a song featured on the album B7 by American singer Brandy.
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C.
Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness
Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness is a collection of four novellas by Nobel Prize–winning Japanese author Kenzaburō Ōe that explore themes of family, trauma, and postwar Japanese society through darkly comic and psychologically intense narratives.
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D.
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"Suicide Is Painless" is the melancholic, jazz-influenced song best known as the theme for the film and television series M*A*S*H, noted for its darkly ironic lyrics about war and death.
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E.
Comedown
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: End This Depression Now! Target entity description: End This Depression Now! is an economics book by Nobel laureate Paul Krugman that argues for aggressive government action to quickly end deep economic slumps like the Great Recession.
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A.
How Everyone Became Depressed
"How Everyone Became Depressed" is a historical and critical study of modern psychiatry that examines how depression became a widespread diagnosis and cultural condition in the contemporary West.
-
B.
Bye Bipolar
"Bye Bipolar" is a song featured on the album B7 by American singer Brandy.
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C.
Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness
Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness is a collection of four novellas by Nobel Prize–winning Japanese author Kenzaburō Ōe that explore themes of family, trauma, and postwar Japanese society through darkly comic and psychologically intense narratives.
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D.
Suicide Is Painless
"Suicide Is Painless" is the melancholic, jazz-influenced song best known as the theme for the film and television series M*A*S*H, noted for its darkly ironic lyrics about war and death.
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E.
Comedown
"Comedown" is a 1995 grunge-influenced rock song by Bush, known for its brooding lyrics and Gavin Rossdale's distinctive vocal performance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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economics book ⓘ |
| author | Paul Krugman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNobelPrizeField | Economic Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNobelPrizeYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| callsFor | ending the economic slump rapidly rather than waiting for market self-correction ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizes |
austerity measures in the Eurozone
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austerity measures in the United States ⓘ expansionary austerity theory ⓘ premature deficit reduction during recessions ⓘ |
| genre |
economics
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political economy ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
pro-Keynesian
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pro-stimulus ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
John Maynard Keynes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Keynesian economics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainArgument |
austerity policies worsen economic downturns
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governments should use aggressive fiscal stimulus to end deep economic slumps quickly ⓘ low interest rates make large-scale government borrowing affordable during recessions ⓘ persistent mass unemployment is a solvable problem with appropriate policy ⓘ |
| mediaType |
e-book
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print ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
deep slumps are primarily demand-driven and reversible with policy
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liquidity trap limits effectiveness of conventional monetary policy ⓘ |
| placesEmphasisOn | short-run demand management over long-run deficit concerns ⓘ |
| proposesPolicy |
large temporary increases in government spending
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temporary tax cuts targeted at lower- and middle-income households ⓘ tolerating higher inflation in the short run to reduce real interest rates ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2012 ⓘ |
| publisher | W. W. Norton & Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
The Conscience of a Liberal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
Great Recession
NERFINISHED
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economic crisis ⓘ fiscal policy ⓘ macroeconomic policy ⓘ monetary policy ⓘ unemployment ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
economics students
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general readers ⓘ policy makers ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
Great Recession
NERFINISHED
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aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis ⓘ |
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Subject: End This Depression Now! Description of subject: End This Depression Now! is an economics book by Nobel laureate Paul Krugman that argues for aggressive government action to quickly end deep economic slumps like the Great Recession.
Referenced by (2)
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subject surface form:
Paul Krugman