New Books in Economics
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Yeling Tan, "Disaggregating China, Inc.: State Strategies in the Liberal Economic Order" (Cornell UP, 2021)
84 hours 58 mins; December 21, 2021
Sam de Muijnck and Joris Tieleman, "Economy Studies: A Guide to Rethinking Econom​ics Education" (Amsterdam UP, 2021)
77 hours 18 mins; December 20, 2021
Carlo D'Ippoliti, "Democratizing the Economics Debate: Pluralism and Research Evaluation" (Routledge, 2020)
41 mins; December 17, 2021
Shelley L. Koch, "Gender and Food: A Critical Look at the Food System" (Rowman and Littlefield, 2019)
35 mins; December 17, 2021
70 Recall This Buck 5: "Studying Up" with Daniel Souleles (EF, JP)
11 mins; December 16, 2021
Thom Hartmann, "The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich" (Berrett-Koehler, 2021)
25 mins; December 16, 2021
John Lapidus, "The Quest for a Divided Welfare State: Sweden in the Era of Privatization" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019)
47 mins; December 16, 2021
Elizabeth Korver-Glenn, "Race Brokers: Housing Markets and Segregation in 21st Century Urban America" (Oxford UP, 2021)
59 mins; December 15, 2021
Erin Cech, "The Trouble with Passion: How Searching for Fulfillment at Work Fosters Inequality" (U California Press, 2021)
40 mins; December 15, 2021
Margaret Jacobs, “Enlightened Entrepreneurialism” (Open Agenda, 2021)
95 hours 17 mins; December 14, 2021
Jarmo T. Kotilaine, "Trials of Resilience: How Covid-19 Is Driving Economic Change in the Arab Gulf" (Gilgamesh, 2021)
53 mins; December 13, 2021
Priya Fielding-Singh, "How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America" (Little Brown Spark, 2021)
34 mins; December 10, 2021
Fiona Hill, "There Is Nothing for You Here: Opportunity in an Age of Decline" (Mariner Books, 2021)
48 mins; December 09, 2021
Kate Fortmueller, "Hollywood Shutdown: Production, Distribution, and Exhibition in the Time of COVID" (U Texas Press, 2021)
68 hours 2 mins; December 09, 2021
Jamie Mustard, "The Iconist: The Art and Science of Standing Out" (BenBella Books, 2019)
40 mins; December 09, 2021
Brian Epstein, “The Social World, Reexamined” (Open Agenda, 2021)
107 hours 39 mins; December 06, 2021
Donald Cohen and Allen Mikaelian, "The Privatization of Everything: How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back" (New Press, 2021)
36 mins; December 06, 2021
Fabio Parasecoli, "Food" (MIT, 2019)
36 mins; December 06, 2021
Thane Gustafson, "Klimat: Russia in the Age of Climate Change" (Harvard UP, 2021)
48 mins; December 03, 2021
Margherita Zanasi, "Economic Thought in Modern China: Market and Consumption, c.1500–1937" (Cambridge UP, 2020)
89 hours 25 mins; December 03, 2021
David Avrin, "Why Customers Leave (And How to Win Them Back)" (Career Press, 2019)
35 mins; December 02, 2021
69 Recall this Buck 4: Daniel Souleles on Private Equity (JP, EF)
38 mins; December 02, 2021
Paul Collier, "The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties" (Harper, 2019)
59 mins; November 30, 2021
Joshua Sbicca, "Food Justice Now!: Deepening the Roots of Social Struggle" (U Minnesota Press, 2018)
44 mins; November 23, 2021
Scott Cunningham, "Causal Inference: The Mixtape" (Yale UP, 2021)
68 hours 5 mins; November 19, 2021
Kate Fortmueller, "Below the Stars: How the Labor of Working Actors and Extras Shapes Media Production" (U Texas Press, 2021)
73 hours 41 mins; November 18, 2021
Gabriella LukĂĄcs, "Invisibility by Design: Women and Labor in Japan's Digital Economy" (Duke UP, 2020)
58 mins; November 18, 2021
J. Shapiro and J-A. McNeish, "Our Extractive Age: Expressions of Violence and Resistance" (Routledge, 2021)
53 mins; November 16, 2021
Anne Meng, "Constraining Dictatorship: From Personalized Rule to Institutionalized Regimes" (Cambridge UP, 2020)
81 hours 39 mins; November 12, 2021
Anthea Roberts and Nicolas Lamp, "Six Faces of Globalization: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why It Matters" (Harvard UP, 2021)
56 mins; November 04, 2021
Bernard Scott, "Cybernetics for the Social Sciences" (Brill, 2021)
71 hours 22 mins; November 03, 2021
Gero Leson, "Honor Thy Label: Dr. Bronner's Unconventional Journey to a Clean, Green, and Ethical Supply Chain" (Portfolio, 2021)
73 hours 43 mins; November 02, 2021
Matthew J. Holian, "Data and the American Dream: Contemporary Social Controversies and the American Community Survey" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021)
64 hours 5 mins; November 02, 2021
David Madland, "Re-Union: How Bold Labor Reforms Can Repair, Revitalize, and Reunite the United States" (Cornell UP, 2021)
52 mins; November 01, 2021
Adam Kahane, "Facilitating Breakthrough: How to Remove Obstacles, Bridge Differences, and Move Forward Together" (Berrett-Koehler, 2021)
34 mins; October 28, 2021
Scott Sumner, "The Money Illusion: Market Monetarism, the Great Recession, and the Future of Monetary Policy" (U Chicago Press, 2021)
76 hours 43 mins; October 27, 2021
Alex Pentland and Alexander Lipton, "Building the New Economy: Data As Capital" (MIT Press, 2021)
59 mins; October 25, 2021
Sue Unerman, "Belonging: The Key to Transforming and Maintaining Diversity, Inclusions and Equality at Work" (Bloomsbury, 2020)
34 mins; October 21, 2021
The Economics of Higher Education
54 mins; October 18, 2021
Marco Dondi, "Outgrowing Capitalism: Rethinking Money to Reshape Society and Pursue Purpose" (Fast Company Press, 2021)
72 hours 1 min; October 18, 2021
Claudia Goldin, "Career and Family: Women’s Century-Long Journey toward Equity" (Princeton UP, 2021)
51 mins; October 15, 2021
Jackie Fast, "Rule Breaker: Rebellious Leadership for the Future of Work" (Kogan Page, 2021)
36 mins; October 14, 2021
Jeffrey C. Hooke, "The Myth of Private Equity: An Inside Look at Wall Street's Transformative Investments" (Columbia Business School, 2021)
39 mins; October 13, 2021
Anne Pollock, "Sickening: Anti-Black Racism and Health Disparities in the United States" (U Minnesota Press, 2021)
58 mins; October 11, 2021
Soo Bong Peer, "The Essential Diversity Mindset: How to Cultivate a More Inclusive Culture and Environment" (Career Press, 2021)
34 mins; October 07, 2021
Paul Milgrom, "Discovering Prices: Auction Design in Markets with Complex Constraints" (Columbia UP, 2017)
47 mins; October 06, 2021
Alvin E. Roth, "Who Gets What--and Why: The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design" (HMH, 2015)
60 hours 46 mins; October 05, 2021
Martin Reeves and Jack Fuller, "The Imagination Machine: How to Spark New Ideas and Create Your Company’s Future" (HBR Press, 2021)
36 mins; September 30, 2021
Joshua Preiss, "Just Work for All: The American Dream in the 21st Century" (Taylor & Francis, 2020)
67 hours 8 mins; September 29, 2021
Maya Hu-Chan, "Saving Face: How to Preserve Dignity and Build Trust" (Berrett-Koehler, 2020)
37 mins; September 23, 2021
Caley Horan, "Insurance Era: Risk, Governance, and the Privatization of Security in Postwar America" (U Chicago Press, 2021)
54 mins; September 21, 2021
Emily Erikson, "Trade and Nation: How Companies and Politics Reshaped Economic Thought" (Columbia UP, 2021)
39 mins; September 15, 2021
Andy Hoffman, “Saving the World at Business School (Part 2)” (Open Agenda, 2021)
141 hours 21 mins; September 13, 2021
Katy Borner, "Atlas of Forecasts: Modeling and Mapping Desirable Futures" (MIT Press, 2021)
46 mins; September 10, 2021
Andy Hoffman “Saving the World at Business School (Part 1)” (Open Agenda, 2021)
85 hours 53 mins; September 10, 2021
Ken Meter, "Building Community Food Webs" (Island Press, 2021)
62 hours 26 mins; September 08, 2021
Juha Kaakinen: Homelessness, a Solvable Problem
118 hours 11 mins; September 08, 2021
Gregory Werden, "The Foundations of Antitrust: Events, Ideas, and Doctrines" (Carolina Academic Press, 2020)
71 hours 54 mins; September 07, 2021
Lindsay Naylor, "Fair Trade Rebels: Coffee Production and Struggles for Autonomy in Chiapas" (U Minnesota Press, 2019)
49 mins; September 06, 2021
Hans Gersbach, "Redesigning Democracy: More Ideas for Better Rules" (Springer, 2018)
43 mins; September 03, 2021
Jon Lukomnik and James P. Hawley, "Moving Beyond Modern Portfolio Theory: Investing That Matters" (Routledge, 2021)
41 mins; September 03, 2021
Ann Latham, "The Power of Clarity: Unleash the True Potential of Workplace Productivity, Confidence, and Empowerment" (Bloomsbury, 2021)
36 mins; September 02, 2021
Austin Dean, "China and the End of Global Silver, 1873–1937" (Cornell UP, 2020)
81 hours 6 mins; September 01, 2021
Tanya Jakimow, "Susceptibility in Development: Micropolitics of Local Development in India and Indonesia" (Oxford UP, 2020)
39 mins; September 01, 2021
Josephine Ensign, "Skid Road: On the Frontier of Health and Homelessness in an American City" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2021)
41 mins; August 30, 2021
Andrew Flachs, "Cultivating Knowledge: Biotechnology, Sustainability, and the Human Cost of Cotton Capitalism in India" (U Arizona Press, 2019)
60 hours 24 mins; August 27, 2021
Benjamin Ho, "Why Trust Matters: An Economist's Guide to the Ties That Bind Us" (Columbia UP, 2021)
59 mins; August 26, 2021
Ella L. J. Bell Smith and Stella M. Nkomo, "Our Separate Ways: Black and White Women and the Struggle for Professional Identity" (Harvard Business Press, 2021)
39 mins; August 26, 2021
Victoria Basualdo et al., "Big Business and Dictatorships in Latin America: A Transnational History of Profits and Repression" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020)
52 mins; August 25, 2021
Gary Shiffman, "The Economics of Violence: How Behavioral Science Can Transform our View of Crime, Insurgency, and Terrorism" (Cambridge UP, 2019)
57 mins; August 25, 2021
Rohit Khanna, "Misunderstanding Health: Making Sense of America's Broken Health Care System" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2021)
36 mins; August 24, 2021
Michael Dennis, "The Full Employment Horizon in 20th-Century America: The Movement for Economic Democracy" (Bloomsbury, 2021)
53 mins; August 23, 2021
Michael Friendly and Howard Wainer, "A History of Data Visualization and Graphic Communication" (Harvard UP, 2021)
57 mins; August 23, 2021
Jonathan Brill, "Rogue Waves: Future-Proof Your Business to Survive and Profit from Radical Change" (McGraw-Hill Education, 2021)
38 mins; August 19, 2021
Emily Oster, "The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years" (Penguin, 2021)
51 mins; August 18, 2021
Margarita M. Balmaceda, "Russian Energy Chains: The Remaking of Technopolitics from Siberia to Ukraine to the European Union" (Wilson Center, 2021)
49 mins; August 13, 2021
Hannah Wohl, "Bound by Creativity: How Contemporary Art Is Created and Judged" (U Chicago Press, 2021)
82 hours 49 mins; August 13, 2021
Alice Wiemers, "Village Work: Development and Rural Statecraft in Twentieth-Century Ghana" (Ohio UP, 2021)
58 mins; August 12, 2021
Hanno Jentzsch, "Harvesting State Support: Institutional Change and Local Agency in Japanese Agriculture" (U Toronto Press, 2021)
40 mins; August 11, 2021
Mai Hassan, "Regime Threats and State Solutions: Bureaucratic Loyalty and Embeddedness in Kenya" (Cambridge UP, 2020)
59 mins; August 11, 2021
Leo Casey, "The Teacher Insurgency: A Strategic and Organizing Perspective" (Harvard Education Press, 2020)
67 hours 4 mins; August 04, 2021
Shelby Grossman, "The Politics of Order in Informal Markets: How the State Shapes Private Governance" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
48 mins; August 04, 2021
Andrew W. Lo and Stephen R. Foerster, "In Pursuit of the Perfect Portfolio: The Stories, Voices, and Key Insights of the Pioneers Who Shaped the Way We Invest" (Princeton UP, 2021)
61 hours 37 mins; August 02, 2021
Jennifer Pan, "Welfare for Autocrats: How Social Assistance in China Cares for Its Rulers" (Oxford UP, 2020)
60 hours 52 mins; July 29, 2021
Massimo Rostagno et al., "Monetary Policy in Times of Crisis: A Tale of Two Decades of the European Central Bank" (Oxford UP, 2021)
49 mins; July 28, 2021
David Chard, "When Colleges Close: Leading in a Time of Crisis" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2020)
94 hours 47 mins; July 26, 2021
Lorenzo Fusaro, "Crises and Hegemonic Transitions: From Gramsci's Quaderni to the Contemporary World Economy" (Haymarket Books, 2020)
63 hours 21 mins; July 26, 2021
Malte Dold and Tim Krieger, "Ordoliberalism and European Economic Policy: Between Realpolitik and Economic Utopia" (Taylor & Francis, 2021)
57 mins; July 21, 2021
Mark Bevir, “How Social Science Creates the World” (Open Agenda, 2021)
97 hours 43 mins; July 20, 2021
Mallory E. SoRelle, "Democracy Declined: The Failed Politics of Consumer Financial Protection" (U Chicago Press, 2020)
59 mins; July 18, 2021
Nicoletta Batini, "The Economics of Sustainable Food: Smart Policies for Health and the Planet" (Island Press, 2021)
56 mins; July 13, 2021
Joe Allen, "The Package King: A Rank and File History of UPS" (Haymarket Books, 2020)
62 hours 16 mins; July 12, 2021
Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen, "Accidental Feminism: Gender Parity and Selective Mobility Among India’s Professional Elite" (Princeton UP, 2021)
68 hours 21 mins; July 06, 2021
Yanzhong Huang, "Toxic Politics: China's Environmental Health Crisis and its Challenge to the Chinese State" (Cambridge UP, 2020)
56 mins; July 02, 2021
Open Access Publishing Explained: A Discussion with Ros Pyne
47 mins; July 01, 2021
Benjamin Lorr, "The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket" (Penguin, 2020)
54 mins; June 29, 2021
Peter E. Hamilton, "Made in Hong Kong: Transpacific Networks and a New History of Globalization" (Columbia UP, 2021)
73 hours 24 mins; June 29, 2021
Canay Özden-Schilling, "The Current Economy: Making Energy and Markets in the United States" (Stanford UP, 2021)
56 mins; June 25, 2021
RocĂ­o Zambrana, "Colonial Debts: The Case of Puerto Rico" (Duke UP, 2021)
70 hours 38 mins; June 24, 2021
Sarah K. Mock, "Farm (and Other F Words): The Rise and Fall of the Small Family Farm" (New Degree Press, 2021)
54 mins; June 23, 2021