Economics

The question posed by the title is most often asked by people who have no idea what it's like to be poor and who…

We all know the book: it’s been hailed as one of the most important documents on how the world economy works, or…

Steven D. Levitt isn't your average economist. He studies everyday life and the conclusions to his findings will have…

Unemployed? Quit? Laid off? Downsized? Fired? Buyout? Golden handshake? Graduated? Jobless? Whatever the situation,…

Democracy is the most universal political ideal of our day. George Bush invoked it to justify invading Iraq; Obama…

This easy-to-read analysis of the First Amendment shows readers the ins and outs of the freedom of expression. From U.S.…

To survive in today's gig economy, you must be a mover, a shaker, a doer, and a maker. In The Hustle Economy, we give…

Do you appreciate your forty-hour, five-day workweek? Having a safe working environment? Unions made it possible. As the…

Key economics concepts, condensed but not watered down. Features fundamental ideas, such as the role of money and how…

Tracing the emergence of Ayn Rand’s philosophy of objectivism in the 1940s to her present-day influence, Darryl…

Alternatives to Capitalism: Proposals for a Democratic Economy presents a debate between two such possibilities: Robin…

This book covers the different aspects that go into management, such as advertising, conflict resolution, and business…

Record your spending dreams and dramas, from the minute to the monumental, in this week-by-week logbook of splurges and…

Schlosser explores America's underground market, looking at its intersections with America's sanctioned market and how…

This book chronicles the formation of the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement and the League of Revolutionary Black…

The drug war is less about cocaine or marijuana than it is about social, economic, and territorial control. In Drug War…

In Keywords (1976), Raymond Williams devised a "vocabulary" that reflected the vast social transformations of the…

The stunning results of a strange collaboration between iconic folk singing hero Woody Guthry and a US government…

Police murders of Black people no longer go unnoticed in the public eye and the violence of racism can no longer be…

In London and in cities around the globe, twelve thousand festive, masked people stormed the city’s financial district…

This updated study of the economics, politics, and ecology of water explores more than a century of both public and…

It's one of the biggest fights against injustice you've never even heard about. In 1891, coal companies in eastern…

Once, Tammy Strobel and her husband were living a normal middle-class lifestyle. They drove two cars, commuted long…