Evolution of capitalism, inequality, and unemployment -- Evolution of inequality and unemployment in America -- Storm over economics -- Inequality and the normal operation of American capitalism -- Unemployment and inequality -- Profit, investment, and inequality -- How boom and…
"This book is the first historically contextualised analysis of Yanaihara's commentary on Japanese colonial policy. It is both an intellectual biography and a wide-ranging analysis of his theories of colonisation and imperialism and his empirical studies of conditions in the Jap…
During the 2016 presidential election, both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders argued that elites were hurting the economy. But, drawing together evidence and theory from across economics, political science, and even finance, Garett Jones says otherwise. In 10% Less Democracy, he m…
Russia: a history
States are inherently and fundamentally geographical. Sovereignty is based on control of territory. This book uses Song China to explain how a pre-industrial regime organized itself spatially in order to exercise authority. On more than a thousand occasions, the Song court found…
States are inherently and fundamentally geographical. Sovereignty is based on control of territory. This book uses Song China to explain how a pre-industrial regime organized itself spatially in order to exercise authority. On more than a thousand occasions, the Song court found…
"Thirty years after the "Watergate Babies" promised to end corruption in Washington, Julian Zelizer offers the first major history of the demise of the committee-era Congress and the rise of the contemporary legislative branch. Based on research in more than a hundred archival c…
Setting the stage for reform -- Advancing macroeconomic reforms -- Promoting privatization, deregulation, and liberalization -- Launching other structural reforms -- Fighting corruption -- Obtaining debt relief -- Reflections on the reforms and lessons for reformers -- Conclusio…