From the bestselling author of Lo"sing Ground" and "The Bell Curve," this startling long-lens view shows how America is coming apart at the seams that historically have joined our classes. In "Coming Apart," Charles Murray explores the formation of American classes that are diff…
The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Individual Differences provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of recent research, current perspectives, practical applications, and likely future developments in individual differences. Brings together the work of the top global researchers…
The global financial system has enormous influence on the day-to-day lives of billions, yet is shrouded in mystery and poorly understood. Through narrative-driven reporting, vivid storytelling, and perceptive analysis Michael Casey brings to light the distorted, dysfunctional gl…
Richer nations are happier, yet economic growth doesn't increase happiness. This paradox is explained by the "Hidden Wealth of Nations"--The extent to which citizens get along with other independently drives both economic growth and well-being. Much of this hidden wealth is expr…
Zygmunt Bauman is one of the most original and influential social thinkers of our time. This new book focuses on social inequality.
Trade disputes are usually understood as conflicts between countries with competing national interests, but as Matthew C. Klein and Michael Pettis show in this book, they are often the unexpected result of domestic political choices to serve the interests of the rich at the expe…
Explores how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings. Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people's lives and behavior and the nation's fate. Linking …
From one of Washington's most influential voices on economic policy, a lively and original argument that reducing inequality is not just fair but also key to delivering broadly shared economic growth and stability. Do we have to choose between equality and prosperity? Many think…
For most of Western history, Sitaraman argues, constitutional thinkers assumed economic inequality was inevitable and inescapable-and they designed governments to prevent class divisions from spilling over into class warfare. The American Constitution is different. Compared to E…
A close examination of the political consequences of the climate crisis and how political groups can amend their thinking according to it The present ecological mutation has organized the whole political landscape for the last thirty years. This could explain the deadly cocktai…
