Economics & Finance

From the New York Times bestselling author, the fascinating story of U.S. economic policy from Kennedy to Biden—filled with lessons for today

The unlikely story of how Americans canonized Adam Smith as the patron saint of free markets

What all of us can do to fight the pervasive human tendency to enable wrongdoing in the workplace, politics, and beyond

How to sustain an international system of cooperation in the midst of geopolitical struggle

How Chile became home to the world’s most radical free-market experiment—and what its downfall suggests about the fate of neoliberalism around the globe

Why most Americans’ finances improved during the worst economic contraction since the Great Depression—and the policy choices that made this possible

A masterful history of the LGBT workforce in America

A behind-the-scenes look at how digital surveillance is affecting the trucking way of life

Why hope matters as a metric of economic and social well-being

A definitive reframing of the economic, institutional, and intellectual history of the managerial era

From the acclaimed authors of Capitalism without Capital, radical ideas for restoring prosperity in today’s intangible economy

How the “First State” has enabled international crime, sheltered tax dodgers, and diverted hard-earned dollars from the rest of us

How new parents in low-wage jobs juggle the demands of work and childcare, and the easy ways employers can help

How tech giants are reshaping spirituality to serve their religion of peak productivity

A practical guide to effective grant writing for researchers at all stages of their academic careers

An essential guide to cultivating joy in your professional and personal writing

A renowned economic historian traces women’s journey to close the gender wage gap and sheds new light on the continued struggle to achieve equity between couples at home

From a Nobel Prize–winning pioneer in environmental economics, an innovative account of how and why “green thinking” could cure many of the world’s most serious problems—from global warming to pandemics

The most authoritative and up-to-date core econometrics textbook available

A comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the mathematics that all economics students need to know

An essential introduction to one of the most timely and important subjects in economics

An authoritative and comprehensive graduate textbook on the modern insurance sector

An introductory finance textbook for the healthcare industry

A tidyverse edition of the acclaimed textbook on data analysis and statistics for the social sciences and allied fields

An ideal textbook for an introductory course on quantitative methods for social scientists—assumes no prior knowledge of statistics or coding

An engaging introduction to data science that emphasizes critical thinking over statistical techniques

An updated and expanded edition of the classic introduction to PPE—philosophy, politics, and economics—coauthored by one of the field’s pioneers

How to study the past using data

An innovative advanced-undergraduate and graduate-level textbook in urban economics

The leading textbook on imperfect labor markets and the institutions that affect them—now completely updated and expanded

An authoritative textbook based on the legendary economics course taught at the University of Chicago

Why “aporophobia”—rejection of the poor—is one of the most serious problems facing the world today, and how we can fight it

Why some of Asia’s authoritarian regimes have democratized as they have grown richer—and why others haven’t

How Social Security has shaped American politics—and why it faces insolvency

A comprehensive and illuminating account of the history of credit in America—and how it continues to divide the haves from the have-nots

A radical reinterpretation of Adam Smith that challenges economists, moral philosophers, political theorists, and intellectual historians to rethink him—and why he matters

A comprehensive account of how government deficits and debt drive inflation

How poor migrants shape city politics during urbanization

A systemic account of how institutions shape economic development

An up-close account of how Nigerians’ self-reliance in the absence of reliable government services enables official dysfunction to strengthen state power

An integrated approach to the economics of sovereign default

The story of how economic reasoning came to dominate Washington between the 1960s and 1980s—and why it continues to constrain progressive ambitions today

An authoritative guide to federal democracy from two respected experts in the field

From acclaimed political scientist Diana Mutz, a revealing look at why people's attitudes on trade differ from their own self-interest

How populism is fueled by the demise of the industrial order and the emergence of a new digital society ruled by algorithms

An examination of China’s participation in the World Trade Organization, the conflicts it has caused, and how WTO reforms could ease them

An intimate account of the eighteenth-century Bank of England that shows how a private institution became “a great engine of state”

How medieval Dutch society laid the foundations for modern capitalism

How the history of a word sheds new light on capitalism and modern politics

A sweeping account of how the sea routes of Asia have transformed a vast expanse of the globe over the past five hundred years, powerfully shaping the modern world

How foreign lending weakens emerging nations

The unknown history of economic conservatism in India after independence

An examination of coined money and its significance to rulers, aristocrats and peasants in early medieval Europe

Money in the history of political thought, from ancient Greece to the Great Inflation of the 1970s

The first comprehensive study of Pliny the Elder’s economic thought—and its implications for understanding the Roman Empire’s constrained innovation and economic growth

How technological advances and colonial fears inspired utopian geoengineering projects during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

An authoritative economic history of Israel from its founding to the present

From award-winning economic historian Sanford M. Jacoby, a fascinating and important study of the labor movement and shareholder capitalism

How American colonists laid the foundations of American capitalism with an economy built on credit

A pathbreaking history of art that uses digital research and economic tools to reveal enduring inequities in the formation of the art historical canon

A pioneering history that transforms our understanding of the colonial era and China's place in it

The gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern world

How France's elites used soft power to pursue their imperial ambitions in the nineteenth century

An incisive overview of the macroeconomics of financial crises—essential reading for students and policy experts alike

A groundbreaking, authoritative introduction to how machine learning can be applied to asset pricing

How the greatest thinkers in finance changed the field and how their wisdom can help investors today

A comprehensive, in-depth, and authoritative guide to China's financial system

How financial crises are inherent features of macroeconomic dynamics

A deep investigation of neoliberalism's proselytizers in Eastern Europe and the Global South

A behind-the-scenes look at how the rich and powerful use offshore shell corporations to conceal their wealth and make themselves richer

How organizations developed in history, how they operate, and how research on them has evolved

Slicing through blunt theories of supply and demand, Callon presents a rigorously researched but counterintuitive model of how everyday market activity gets produced.

How states deny the full potential of refugees as people and perpetuate social inequality

An indispensable investigation into the American unemployment system and the ways gender and class affect the lives of those looking for work

A practical and compact guide to writing for professionals

The unwritten rules of success that every student must follow to thrive in college

An incisive guide that helps up-and-coming economists become successful scholars

From the bestselling author of What the Best College Teachers Do, the story of a new breed of amazingly innovative courses that inspire students and improve learning

A timely exploration of intellectual dogmatism in politics, economics, religion, and literature—and what can be done to fight it

A pioneering account of the surging global tide of market power—and how it stifles workers around the world

From one of the leading policy experts of our time, an urgent rethinking of how we can better support each other to thrive

An innovative history of deep social and economic changes in France, told through the story of a single extended family across five generations

A remarkable look at how the growth, technology, and politics of high-frequency trading have altered global financial markets

A timely exploration of intellectual dogmatism in politics, economics, religion, and literature—and what can be done to fight it

How American colonists laid the foundations of American capitalism with an economy built on credit

How redesigning your syllabus can transform your teaching, your classroom, and the way your students learn

"This is the book on porcelain we have been waiting for. . . . A remarkable achievement."—Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes
A sweeping cultural and economic history of porcelain, from the eighteenth century to the present

An engaging and enlightening account of taxation told through lively, dramatic, and sometimes ludicrous stories drawn from around the world and across the ages

How the greatest thinkers in finance changed the field and how their wisdom can help investors today

A radical new approach to economic policy that addresses the symptoms and causes of inequality in Western society today

A groundbreaking new synthesis and theory of social institutions

Financial econometrics is a great success story in economics. Econometrics uses data and statistical inference methods, together with structural and descriptive modeling, to address rigorous economic problems. Its development within the...

How the U.S. Federal Reserve began actively intervening in markets

In War, Wine, and Taxes, John Nye debunks the myth that Britain was a free-trade nation during and after the industrial revolution, by revealing how the British used tariffs—notably on French wine—as a mercantilist tool to...

How populism is fueled by the demise of the industrial order and the emergence of a new digital society ruled by algorithms

A detailed historical look at how copyright was negotiated and protected by authors, publishers, and the state in late imperial and modern China

How chartered company-states spearheaded European expansion and helped create the world’s first genuinely global order

A groundbreaking study that shows how countries can create innovative, production-based economies for the twenty-first century

A history of the extraordinary society that has touched all aspects of British life

How economics needs to change to keep pace with the twenty-first century and the digital economy

A renowned economic historian traces women’s journey to close the gender wage gap and sheds new light on the continued struggle to achieve equity between couples at home

From a Nobel Prize–winning pioneer in environmental economics, an innovative account of how and why “green thinking” could cure many of the world’s most serious problems—from global warming to pandemics

An indispensable investigation into the American unemployment system and the ways gender and class affect the lives of those looking for work