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Princeton University Press publishes the most influential and groundbreaking books in economics and finance, books that actively influence how the field defines and redefines itself through a broad range of new and challenging ideas and an increasingly diverse group of authors and perspectives.
Our economics list is extraordinary, and we aim to elevate this tradition to new heights to help the field of economics do the same. We publish textbooks that anticipate new courses, monographs that bring together monumental work in new ways, and bestsellers that directly influence policy and inform the daily lives of all readers.
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Ideas
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Lessons from the past about the future of capitalism
The capitalist economic system has delivered wealth to the world population on an unprecedented scale. At the same time, many people feel unhappy about how little the economy does for them.
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A time for utopias
“Generation Dread,” “The World as We Knew It,” or “Global Burning.” This is just a small sample of book titles from this year that deal with global warming and its environmental, socio-economic, political, and cultural consequences.
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Complicit
It is easy to condemn obvious wrongdoers such as Elizabeth Holmes, Adam Neumann, Harvey Weinstein, and the Sackler family. But we rarely think about the many people who supported their unethical or criminal behavior.
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Spiderweb Capitalism
In 2015, the anonymous leak of the Panama Papers brought to light millions of financial and legal documents exposing how the superrich hide their money using complex webs of offshore vehicles.
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Playing in the gray
How do global elites capitalize on risky frontier markets? They master the art of playing in the gray.
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Capitalism: The word and the thing
Capitalism is a word used variously to describe an economic and social system, a modern form of political power, a dynamic mode of production, a stage in a world-historical process running from feudalism to communism, a western object of ideological allegiance, a durable form of inequality or, more simply, a thing.
