Economic

Do big government debts threaten our collective well-being? Are there limits to debt growth? Can a big, important reserve currency country like the United States really go broke—and what would that look like?

Acclaimed journalist Megan Greenwell’s Bad Company is a damning indictment of the private equity industry told through the stories of four American workers whose lives and communities were upended by the ruinous effects of private equity takeovers.

Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries.....

Our Dollar, Your Problem argues that America’s currency might not have reached today’s lofty pinnacle without a certain amount of good luck.

Marc J. Dunkelma explores the architecture of power, the forces that stifle us from getting things done, and how we can restore confidence in democratically elected government.

The previous edition of this now-classic book revealed the existence and subversive manipulations of "economic hit men"....

Originally publishing in 1944, The Road to Serfdom was seen as heretical for its passionate warning against the dangers of state control over the means of production....

Some have claimed that the neoliberal era is behind us. Baradaran shows that such thinking is misguided. Neoliberalism is a failed economic idea—it doesn't, in fact, create more wealth or more freedom.

Stephanie Kelton's brilliant exploration of modern monetary theory (MMT) dramatically changes our understanding of how we can best deal with crucial issues ranging from poverty and inequality to creating jobs....

What happens when a society is run by people who are antisocial? Welcome to baby boomer America.....

The Privatization of Everything, by the founder of In the Public Interest, chronicles the efforts to turn our public goods into private profit centers. Ever since Ronald Reagan labeled government a dangerous threat, privatization has touched every aspect of our lives....

From the best-selling author of Saving Capitalism and The Common Good, an urgent analysis of how the "rigged" systems of American politics and power operate, how this status quo came to be, and how average citizens can enact change....

In This Changes Everything Naomi Klein argues that climate change isn’t just another issue to be neatly filed between taxes and health care....

In Profit Over People, Chomsky reveals the roots of the present crisis, tracing the history of neoliberalism....

Neoliberalism - the doctrine that market exchange is an ethic in itself, has become dominant in both thought and practice throughout much of the world since 1970 or so....

The winners of the Nobel Prize show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our day....

Thomas Sowell challenges all the assumptions of contemporary liberalism on issues ranging from the economy to race to education in this collection of controversial essays, and captures his thoughts on politics, race, and common sense with a section at the end for thought-provoking quotes....

America is the first country in history to fund the rise of its rivals. We need to stop now, before it’s too late....

Political economist, cabinet member, beloved professor, media presence, and bestselling author Robert B. Reich shares a deeply felt, compelling memoir of growing up in a baby-boom America that made progress in certain areas, fell short in so many important ways, and still has lots of work to do.

The epic successor to one of the most important books of the century: at once a retelling of global history, a scathing critique of contemporary politics, and a bold proposal for a new and fairer economic system....

In this classic work of economic history and social theory, Karl Polanyi analyzes the economic and social changes brought about by the great transformation of the Industrial Revolution.

A groundbreaking exposé of racism in the American taxation system from a law professor and expert on tax policy....

Economics is the mother tongue of public policy. It dominates our decision-making for the future, guides multi-billion-dollar investments, and shapes our responses to climate change, inequality,....

Borders draw one map of the world; money draws another. A journalist’s riveting account exposes a parallel universe that has become a haven for the rich and powerful.

Most people don't give a second thought to the Federal Reserve, but they should. In End the Fed, Ron Paul argues that the Fed is both corrupt and dangerously autonomous....