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The University of Chicago Press Property Rules Political Economy in Chicago
Book SynopsisIn this text, Robin L. Einhorn uses City Council records and census data to track the course of city government in Chicago, providing an important reinterpretation of the relationship between political and social structures.
£34.20
The University of Chicago Press Feminist Economics Today Beyond Economic Man
Book SynopsisIn this work, Ferber and Nelson look back at the progress of feminist economics and forward to its future, offering a thorough summary of feminist economic thought followed by original essays from the field's leading scholars.
£26.00
The University of Chicago Press Issues in Law and Economics
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£24.00
The University of Chicago Press Government and the American Economy A New History
Book SynopsisThe American economy has provided a level of well-being that has consistently ranked at or near the top of the international ladder. A key source of this success has been widespread participation in political and economic processes. In The Government and the American Economy, leading economic historians chronicle the significance of America's open-access society and the roles played by government in its unrivaled success story. America's democratic experiment, the authors show, allowed individuals and interest groups to shape the structure and policies of government, which, in turn, have fostered economic success and innovation by emphasizing private property rights, the rule of law, and protections of individual freedom. In response to new demands for infrastructure, America's federal structure hastened development by promoting the primacy of states, cities, and national governments. More recently, the economic reach of American government expanded dramatically as the populace accepte
£35.15
The University of Chicago Press Rational Expectations Economic Policy NBER
Book SynopsisSeveral areas in economics today have unprecedented significance and vitality. Most people would agree that stabilization policy ranks with the highest of these. Continuing inflation and periodic serious acceleration of inflation combined with high and secularly rising unemployment combine to give the area high priority. This book brings us up to date on an extremely lively discussion involving the role of expectations, and more particularly rational expectations, in the conduct of stabilization policy. . . . Anyone interested in the role of government in economics should read this important book.C. Glyn Williams, The Wall Street Review of Books This is a most timely and valuable contribution. . . . The contributors and commentators are highly distinguished and the editor has usefully collated comments and the ensuing discussion. Unusually for a conference proceedings the book is well indexed and it is also replete with numerous and up-to-date references. . . . This is the first seriou
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press Enterprising America Businesses Banks and Credit
Book SynopsisThe rise of America from a colonial outpost to one of the world's most sophisticated and productive economies was facilitated by the establishment of a variety of economic enterprises pursued within the framework of laws and institutions that set the rules for their organization and operation. To better understand the historical processes central to American economic development, Enterprising America brings together contributors who address the economic behavior of American firms and financial institutions-and the associated legal institutions that shaped their behavior-throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Collectively, the contributions provide an account of the ways in which businesses, banks, and credit markets promoted America's extraordinary economic growth. Among the topics that emerge are the rise of incorporation and its connection to factory production in manufacturing, the organization and operation of large cotton plantations in comparison with factorie
£90.25
The University of Chicago Press Strategic Giving The Art and Science of
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£53.20
The University of Chicago Press Peddlers and Princes Social Development and
Book SynopsisIn a closely observed study of two Indonesian towns, Clifford Geertz analyzes the process of economic change in terms of people and behavior patterns rather than income and production. One of the rare empirical studies of the earliest stages of the transition to modern economic growth, Peddlers and Princes offers important facts and generalizations for the economist, the sociologist, and the South East Asia specialist. Peddlers and Princes is, like much of Geertz's other writing, eminently rewarding . . . Case study and broader theory are brought together in an illuminating marriage.Donald Hindley, Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science What makes the book fascinating is the author's capacity to relate his anthropological findings to questions of central concern to the economist . . . H. G. Johnson, Journal of Political Economy
£23.00
The University of Chicago Press Agglomeration Economics
Book SynopsisWhen firms and people are located near each other in cities and in industrial clusters, they benefit in various ways, including by reducing the costs of exchanging goods and ideas. This title includes essays that examine the reasons why economic activity continues to cluster together despite the falling costs of moving goods and information.
£81.22
The University of Chicago Press Producing India
Book SynopsisWhen did categories such as a national space and economy acquire self-evident meaning and a global reach? Why do nationalist movements demand a territorial fix between a particular space, economy, culture, and people? Producing India mounts a formidable challenge to the entrenched practice of methodological nationalism that has.
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press RD Patents and Productivity National Bureau of
Book SynopsisAn essential reference for specialists in the economics of technological change.--D. G. McFertridge, Canadian Journal of Economics
£47.50
The University of Chicago Press The Pure Theory of Capital
Book Synopsis"The Pure Theory of Capital", was F A Hayek's most detailed work in economic theory. This work situates the book not only in historical and theoretical context but within Hayek's own life and his struggle to complete the manuscript.
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Legacies Logics Logistics Essays in the
Book SynopsisLegacies, Logics, Logistics brings together a set of essays, written both before and after the financial crisis of 200708, by eminent Africanist and economic anthropologist Jane I. Guyer. Each was written initially for a conference on a defined theme. When they are brought together and interpreted as a whole by Guyer, these varied essays show how an anthropological and socio-historical approach to economic practicesboth in the West and elsewherecan illuminate deep facets of economic life that the big theories and models may fail to capture. Focusing on economic actorswhether ordinary consumers or financial expertsGuyer traces how people and institutions hold together past experiences (legacies), imagined scenarios and models (logics), and situational challenges (logistics) in a way that makes the performance of economic life (on platforms made of these legacies, logics, and logistics) work in practice. Individual essays explore a number of topicsincluding time frames and the future, the use of percentages in observations and judgments, the explanation of prices, the coexistence of different world currencies, the reapplication of longtime economic theories in new settings, and, crucially, how we talk about the economy, how we use stable terms to describe a turbulent system. Valuable as standalone pieces, the essays build into a cogent method of economic anthropology.
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Legacies Logics Logistics Essays in the
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£26.00
The University of Chicago Press The Five Life Decisions How Economic Principles
Book SynopsisChoices matter. And in your teens and twenties, some of the biggest life decisions come about when you feel the least prepared to tackle them. Economist Robert T. Michael won't tell you what to choose. Instead, he'll show you how to make smarter choices. Michael focuses on five critical decisions we all face about college, career, partners, health, and parenting. He uses these to demonstrate how the science of scarcity and choice concepts used to guide major business decisions and shape national legislation can offer a solid foundation for our own lives. Employing comparative advantage can have a big payoff when picking a job. Knowing how to work the marketplace can minimize uncertainty when choosing a partner. And understanding externalities the ripple of results from our actions can clarify the if and when of having children. Michael also brings in data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, a scientific sample of 18 million millennials in the United States that tracks more
£19.00
The University of Chicago Press Conceptualizing Capitalism Institutions
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£17.00
The University of Chicago Press Humanism Challenges Materialism in Economics and
Book SynopsisMost of the existing research on economic history relies either solely or ultimately on calculations of material interest to explain the major events of the modern world. However, care must be taken not to rely too heavily on materialism, with its associated confidence in perfectly rational actors that simply do not exist. What is needed for a more cogent understanding of the long history of capitalist growth is a more realistic, human-centered approach that can take account of the role of nonmaterial values and beliefs, an approach convincingly articulated by Deirdre McCloskey in her landmark trilogy of books on the moral and ethical basis of modern economic life. With Humanism Challenges Materialism in Economics and Economic History, Roderick Floud, Santhi Hejeebu, and David Mitch have brought together a distinguished group of scholars in economics, economic history, political science, philosophy, gender studies, and communications who synthesize and build on McCloskey's work. The
£53.20
The University of Chicago Press Competition and Entrepreneurship
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£27.00
The University of Chicago Press Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses Current
Book SynopsisStart-ups and other entrepreneurial ventures make a significant contribution to the US economy, particularly in the tech sector, where they comprise some of the largest and most influential companies. Yet for every high-profile, high-growth company like Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and Google, many more fail. This enormous heterogeneity poses conceptual and measurement challenges for economists concerned with understanding their precise impact on economic growth. Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses brings together economists and data analysts to discuss the most recent research covering three broad themes. The first chapters isolate high- and low-performing entrepreneurial ventures and analyze their roles in creating jobs and driving innovation and productivity. The next chapters turn the focus on specific challenges entrepreneurs face and how they have varied over time, including over business cycles. The final chapters explore core measurement issues, with a focus on new data projects under development that may improve our understanding of this dynamic part of the economy.
£106.40
The University of Chicago Press Readings in Managerial Psychology
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£35.00
The University of Chicago Press Overcoming the Saving Slump How to Increase the
Book SynopsisExplores the many challenges facing workers in the transition from a traditional defined benefit pension system to one that requires more individual responsibility, analyzing the considerable impediments to saving and evaluating financial literacy programs devised by employers and the government.Trade Review"Financial literacy is increasingly important in a world where individuals from all economic strata, rather than institutions, are being given a significantly greater role in financial decision making over the life course. Lusardi's approach is balanced, innovative, and insightful, drawing perspectives from law, economics, marketing, and sociology, as well as American and international experiences in these domains. This book is well written and will be of interest to a wide variety of readers." - Gary Engelhardt, Syracuse University"
£46.55
The University of Chicago Press Law Capitalism
Book SynopsisHigh-profile corporate scandals - such as those involving Enron in the United States, Yukos in Russia, and Liverdoor in Japan - demonstrate challenges to the legal regulation of business practices in capitalist economies. This book examines contemporary corporate governance crises in six countries.Trade Review"Two of the world's best scholars in law and economic development have teamed up to explain how different governments try to promote economic growth.... The 'institutional autopsies' - case studies of firm-level scandals around the world like Enron - engage the reader and draw the general out of the particular. You enjoy this book as you learn from it." - Robert Cooter, University of California, Berkeley.
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press Measuring and Modeling Health Care Costs Care
Book SynopsisHealth care costs represent a nearly 18% of U.S. gross domestic product and 20% of government spending. While there is detailed information on where these health care dollars are spent, there is much less evidence on how this spending affects health. The research in Measuring and Modeling Health Care Costs seeks to connect our knowledge of expenditures with what we are able to measure of results, probing questions of methodology, changes in the pharmaceutical industry, and the shifting landscape of physician practice. The research in this volume investigates, for example, obesity's effect on health care spending, the effect of generic pharmaceutical releases on the market, and the disparity between disease-based and population-based spending measures. This vast and varied volume applies a range of economic tools to the analysis of health care and health outcomes. Practical and descriptive, this new volume in the Studies inIncome and Wealth series is full of insights relevant to hea
£106.40
The University of Chicago Press The Power Structure of American Business Emersion
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£34.20
The University of Chicago Press A History of Corporate Governance around the
Book SynopsisPresents an argument that free enterprise and well-developed financial systems are proven to produce growth in those countries that have them. It also suggests that in some other capitalist countries, arrangements truly do concentrate corporate ownership in the hands of a few wealthy families.
£57.00
The University of Chicago Press Science Bought and Sold Essays in the Economics
Book SynopsisAlthough it has long been accepted that economics can provide tools with which to understand science, economics has shifted its focus to the economic agent as information processor. This collection of essays presents an overview of this area.
£42.75
The University of Chicago Press Lawsuits in a Market Economy The Evolution of
Book SynopsisAn account of the current state of civil litigation in the United States, one that makes a case that, contrary to popular opinion, it's actually a fairly effective tool for leveling the playing field between rich and poor, powerful and not.Trade Review"Well-researched and well-informed, this book is a must-read for law students and anyone who complains about the impact of civil litigation on the US economy." --Tom Baker, University of Pennsylvania Law School "Lawsuits in a Market Economy aims to understand civil litigation in the United States from a '10,000 foot view, ' comparing it to the past and thinking about what it will look like in the future. Unlike many '10,000-foot view' books, however, it is extraordinarily well-grounded: Yeazell has an unparalleled knowledge of civil litigation and a true commitment to providing empirical support for arguments, including historic trends. The book is a beautifully written, eminently readable, and important contribution to the literature on civil litigation."--William B. Rubenstein, Harvard Law School
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press If Youre so Smart The Narrative of Economic
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£41.80
The University of Chicago Press If Youre So Smart The Narrative of Economic
Book SynopsisIn this witty, accessible, and revealing book, Deirdre McCloskey demystifies economic theory and practice to show that behind the economists claim to certainty is the ancient art of storytelling. If You're So Smart will engage, enlighten, and empower anyone trying to evaluate the experts who stand ready to engineer our lives. Writing with delicious wit and great seriousness.Publishers Weekly. McCloskey is more interesting on an uninspired day than most of her peers can manage at their very best.Peter Passell, New York Times
£23.00
The University of Chicago Press Economic Dimensions of Personalized and Precision
Book SynopsisThis volume explores the intersection of the scientific, clinical, and economic factors affecting the development of PPM, including its effects on the drug pipeline, on reimbursement of PPM diagnostics and treatments, and on funding of the requisite underlying research; and it examines recent empirical applications of PPM.
£106.40
The University of Chicago Press Agricultural Productivity and Producer Behavior
Book SynopsisAgricultural yields have increased steadily in the last half century, particularly since the Green Revolution. At the same time, inflation-adjusted agricultural commodity prices have been trending downward as increases in supply outpace the growth of demand. Recent severe weather events, biofuel mandates, and a switch toward a more meat-heavy diet in emerging economies have nevertheless boosted commodity prices. Whether this is a temporary jump or the beginning of a longer-term trend is an open question. Agricultural Productivity and Producer Behavior examines the factors contributing to the remarkably steady increase in global yields and assesses whether yield growth can continue. This research also considers whether agricultural productivity growth has been, and will be, associated withsignificant environmental externalities. Among the topics studied are genetically modified crops; changing climatic factors; farm production responses to government regulations including crop insurance
£106.40
The University of Chicago Press The Wealth and Poverty of Regions Why Cities
Book SynopsisSurveys the globe, from London and Cape Town to New York and Beijing, contending that regions rise - or fall - due to their location, not only within nations but also on the world map.Trade Review"In his wonderful new book... Mario Polese synthesizes a wide range of ideas and research into a very interesting and highly readable account of the forces behind the uneven landscape of regional growth and change." (Economic Development Quarterly) "This clearly argued and amply illustrated work is a useful introduction to the forces causing some cities/regions to grow and others to stagnate." (Choice)"
£42.75
The University of Chicago Press The Economic Other
Book SynopsisTrade Review"While, as the authors argue, to compare is human, a lot goes into which comparisons we make. Whether individuals engage in upward or downward comparison makes a huge difference in how they construct inequality in their minds and their political responses to this inequality. Condon and Wichowsky argue that which comparisons individuals choose to engage in, and which ones they are encouraged to make by the media and the political machinery determines how they react. Their ability to connect the dots between economic trends, social psychology, and politics of identity construction create an engaging book with tremendous salience for the present political moment." * Population and Development Review *"[The Economic Other] explores the central role of social comparison in the politics of inequality, focusing on ways that race and gender determine the nature and impact of cross-class comparisons. . . . [The book] investigates why Americans have not demanded more economic redistribution despite the substantial increases in income inequality. . . . [and] evaluates whether these reinforcing patterns regarding social comparison can be interrupted." * Journal of Economic Literature *“This book offers a wide range of insights and valuable causal inferences, serves as a methodological model that will likely be referenced in the future, and is sufficiently theoretically overabundant that scholars and students will likely be reading and building on it for many years to come.” * Perspectives on Politics *"Why are ordinary citizens so indifferent to socioeconomic inequality? Condon and Wichowsky offer a fresh, brilliant explanation to this central question of our time: the psychology of social comparison. Looking up at the privileged fosters awareness of inequality and support for ameliorating measures, but it is also uncomfortable and, therefore, rare. For emotional self-preservation, people would rather look down at the less fortunate, which undercuts mobilization around inequality. Engagingly written, theoretically sophisticated, and full of fascinating new data, this volume is a stand-out among the many books now examining inequality." -- Andrea Campbell, MIT"It is no longer deniable that social class matters in United States politics. Condon and Wichowsky lay open how it works for the thoughts and behaviors of members of the public. Their careful and lucid analyses show us that in this context of economic inequality, people are often comparing themselves to others whom they perceive to be faring better or worse and that these comparisons matter for our contemporary politics. This is a sophisticated take that maintains a focus on gender and race and treats economic distinctions as the social and political phenomena that they are." -- Katherine J. Cramer, University of Wisconsin–Madison"Rooted in social-psychological theory and a wealth of data from survey experiments, The Economic Other shines a bright light on a puzzling feature of our times: why soaring economic inequality has not produced a correspondingly strong demand for redistributive action. It shows that cross-class social comparisons importantly shape opinions about redistributive programs. Looking upward at high-income people encourages support for redistribution. But looking upward is uncomfortable and is discouraged by residential segregation, economic anxiety, and misleading media. Most Americans either avoid comparisons or look downward, reassuring themselves but blunting egalitarian impulses. Still, the authors offer some possible cures for this self-reinforcing dynamic of inequality." -- Benjamin I. Page, Northwestern University"This is an important book, addressing an important set of questions, using innovative techniques to get answers. Condon and Wichowsky provide social scientists with a framework to understand the disconnect between rising inequality and support for redistribution. They provide progressive activists with a foundation to build more convincing messages. And on top of that, it is written in an engaging and accessible style." -- Nathan J. Kelly, University of Tennessee, Knoxville"In the last day, how many times have you compared yourself to someone else? If you’re not sure, you’re not alone: people compare themselves to others all the time, sometimes almost unconsciously. What’s remarkable is that these social comparisons are often the hidden drivers of how Americans form political attitudes about some of the paramount political issues of our time—issues like inequality, redistribution, and social policy. In this engaging and carefully-researched book, Condon and Wichowsky shine an overdue light on comparisons across social classes—that is, how Americans think about people richer and poorer than themselves—and the surprisingly powerful ways that these views structure our attitudes about inequality and economic policy. If you want to understand why Americans react to inequality in the (sometimes surprising) ways that they do, you need to read this book." -- Nicholas Carnes, Duke University“This book is like no other. It uses cutting-edge social science methods to explain how citizens think about themselves, others, and public policy. In so doing, it provides invaluable insight into the pressing contemporary issues of inequality and redistribution. Condon and Wichowsky will change the way scholars study public opinion formation and how we all think and talk about inequality.” -- James N. Druckman, Northwestern University"Some research in political psychology can seem like angels dancing on the head of a pin from the perspective of scholars focused on large political movements and big policy dilemmas—but not this book. The Economic Other uses elegant experimental and other techniques to explore two findings: how Americans compare themselves to others can increase their desire for greater social and economic equality, but how much they compare themselves to others can dampen that desire. Those are collective phenomena, not merely individual perversity. The combination is intellectually fascinating, politically infuriating, and morally disturbing—Condon and Wichowsky focus our attention on a dynamic that explains a lot of what is most troubling about American politics today." -- Jennifer L. Hochschild, Harvard University"Scholars of race, ethnicity, and politics will value the book’s detailed examination of heterogeneity across races and genders." * Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics *"A timely and necessary piece of scholarship, this book contributes to a rich literature about inequality and the hesitancy to redistribute, opening up many possibilities for future research... This book should be required reading for not only academics, but anyone who wishes to better understand inequality in the United States." * Political Science Quarterly *"Condon and Wichowsky add a crucial social-psychological dimension to existing understandings of the roots of American attitudes about economic inequality, and contribute fresh insights on the obstacles that confront political efforts to mitigate inequality. This is a book I recommend highly to public opinion scholars for its theoretical insight and astute methodological blend. But it also deserves to be read widely by scholars interested in how political messages, policy proposals, and institutional reforms can undermine or encourage constructive responses to our economic divide." * Public Opinion Quarterly *Table of Contents1: The Politics of Social ComparisonPart I: Imagining the Economic Other 2: Inequality in the Social Mind 3: Revealing the Social Mind 4: The Disadvantaged Other 5: The Advantaged OtherPart II: Responding to the Economic Other 6: Social Comparison and Status Perceptions 7: Social Comparison and Support for RedistributionPart III: Insulated from Inequality 8: Why Americans Don’t Look Up 9: Why Americans Would Rather Look Down 10: How Looking Up Keeps Us Down 11: The Power of Social Comparison Acknowledgments Appendix Notes References Index
£87.40
The University of Chicago Press The Economic Other
Book SynopsisTrade Review"While, as the authors argue, to compare is human, a lot goes into which comparisons we make. Whether individuals engage in upward or downward comparison makes a huge difference in how they construct inequality in their minds and their political responses to this inequality. Condon and Wichowsky argue that which comparisons individuals choose to engage in, and which ones they are encouraged to make by the media and the political machinery determines how they react. Their ability to connect the dots between economic trends, social psychology, and politics of identity construction create an engaging book with tremendous salience for the present political moment." * Population and Development Review *"[The Economic Other] explores the central role of social comparison in the politics of inequality, focusing on ways that race and gender determine the nature and impact of cross-class comparisons. . . . [The book] investigates why Americans have not demanded more economic redistribution despite the substantial increases in income inequality. . . . [and] evaluates whether these reinforcing patterns regarding social comparison can be interrupted." * Journal of Economic Literature *“This book offers a wide range of insights and valuable causal inferences, serves as a methodological model that will likely be referenced in the future, and is sufficiently theoretically overabundant that scholars and students will likely be reading and building on it for many years to come.” * Perspectives on Politics *"Why are ordinary citizens so indifferent to socioeconomic inequality? Condon and Wichowsky offer a fresh, brilliant explanation to this central question of our time: the psychology of social comparison. Looking up at the privileged fosters awareness of inequality and support for ameliorating measures, but it is also uncomfortable and, therefore, rare. For emotional self-preservation, people would rather look down at the less fortunate, which undercuts mobilization around inequality. Engagingly written, theoretically sophisticated, and full of fascinating new data, this volume is a stand-out among the many books now examining inequality." -- Andrea Campbell, MIT"It is no longer deniable that social class matters in United States politics. Condon and Wichowsky lay open how it works for the thoughts and behaviors of members of the public. Their careful and lucid analyses show us that in this context of economic inequality, people are often comparing themselves to others whom they perceive to be faring better or worse and that these comparisons matter for our contemporary politics. This is a sophisticated take that maintains a focus on gender and race and treats economic distinctions as the social and political phenomena that they are." -- Katherine J. Cramer, University of Wisconsin–Madison"Rooted in social-psychological theory and a wealth of data from survey experiments, The Economic Other shines a bright light on a puzzling feature of our times: why soaring economic inequality has not produced a correspondingly strong demand for redistributive action. It shows that cross-class social comparisons importantly shape opinions about redistributive programs. Looking upward at high-income people encourages support for redistribution. But looking upward is uncomfortable and is discouraged by residential segregation, economic anxiety, and misleading media. Most Americans either avoid comparisons or look downward, reassuring themselves but blunting egalitarian impulses. Still, the authors offer some possible cures for this self-reinforcing dynamic of inequality." -- Benjamin I. Page, Northwestern University"This is an important book, addressing an important set of questions, using innovative techniques to get answers. Condon and Wichowsky provide social scientists with a framework to understand the disconnect between rising inequality and support for redistribution. They provide progressive activists with a foundation to build more convincing messages. And on top of that, it is written in an engaging and accessible style." -- Nathan J. Kelly, University of Tennessee, Knoxville"In the last day, how many times have you compared yourself to someone else? If you’re not sure, you’re not alone: people compare themselves to others all the time, sometimes almost unconsciously. What’s remarkable is that these social comparisons are often the hidden drivers of how Americans form political attitudes about some of the paramount political issues of our time—issues like inequality, redistribution, and social policy. In this engaging and carefully-researched book, Condon and Wichowsky shine an overdue light on comparisons across social classes—that is, how Americans think about people richer and poorer than themselves—and the surprisingly powerful ways that these views structure our attitudes about inequality and economic policy. If you want to understand why Americans react to inequality in the (sometimes surprising) ways that they do, you need to read this book." -- Nicholas Carnes, Duke University“This book is like no other. It uses cutting-edge social science methods to explain how citizens think about themselves, others, and public policy. In so doing, it provides invaluable insight into the pressing contemporary issues of inequality and redistribution. Condon and Wichowsky will change the way scholars study public opinion formation and how we all think and talk about inequality.” -- James N. Druckman, Northwestern University"Some research in political psychology can seem like angels dancing on the head of a pin from the perspective of scholars focused on large political movements and big policy dilemmas—but not this book. The Economic Other uses elegant experimental and other techniques to explore two findings: how Americans compare themselves to others can increase their desire for greater social and economic equality, but how much they compare themselves to others can dampen that desire. Those are collective phenomena, not merely individual perversity. The combination is intellectually fascinating, politically infuriating, and morally disturbing—Condon and Wichowsky focus our attention on a dynamic that explains a lot of what is most troubling about American politics today." -- Jennifer L. Hochschild, Harvard University"Scholars of race, ethnicity, and politics will value the book’s detailed examination of heterogeneity across races and genders." * Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics *"A timely and necessary piece of scholarship, this book contributes to a rich literature about inequality and the hesitancy to redistribute, opening up many possibilities for future research... This book should be required reading for not only academics, but anyone who wishes to better understand inequality in the United States." * Political Science Quarterly *"Condon and Wichowsky add a crucial social-psychological dimension to existing understandings of the roots of American attitudes about economic inequality, and contribute fresh insights on the obstacles that confront political efforts to mitigate inequality. This is a book I recommend highly to public opinion scholars for its theoretical insight and astute methodological blend. But it also deserves to be read widely by scholars interested in how political messages, policy proposals, and institutional reforms can undermine or encourage constructive responses to our economic divide." * Public Opinion Quarterly *Table of Contents1: The Politics of Social ComparisonPart I: Imagining the Economic Other 2: Inequality in the Social Mind 3: Revealing the Social Mind 4: The Disadvantaged Other 5: The Advantaged OtherPart II: Responding to the Economic Other 6: Social Comparison and Status Perceptions 7: Social Comparison and Support for RedistributionPart III: Insulated from Inequality 8: Why Americans Don’t Look Up 9: Why Americans Would Rather Look Down 10: How Looking Up Keeps Us Down 11: The Power of Social Comparison Acknowledgments Appendix Notes References Index
£26.00
The University of Chicago Press The Roles of Immigrants and Foreign Students in
Book SynopsisPapers from a workshop organized by the National Bureau of Economic Research and held at Cambridge, MA, on 27 April 2018.
£106.40
University of Chicago Press NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics 2009
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£38.00
The University of Chicago Press Canine Confidential Why Dogs Do What They Do
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£28.00
The University of Chicago Press Foxconned
Book SynopsisPowerful and resonant, Foxconned is both the definitive autopsy of the Foxconn fiasco and a dire warning to communities and states nationwide.Trade Review"Tabak's new book Foxconned isn't just a detailed account of how Donald Trump, Scott Walker, and legislative Republicans snookered Wisconsin into a taxpayer-financed, now-in-shambles deal with corporate giant Foxconn, but an illuminating expose of all that's wrong with the way governments hand out incentives for private development." * Capital Times *"Tabak's [earlier] warnings about the project proved proved, with astonishing speed, to be well founded. . . . Broadly, and persuasively, Tabak makes the case that municipalities should not seek to spark economic development through large deals with individual companies, because they turn governments into venture capitalists, except governments don’t have the necessary expertise, tend not to hedge their bets, and gamble with taxpayer money." * Times Literary Supplement *"The new book Foxconned, by Madison’s own Lawrence Tabak, confirms that the factory was a sordid political charade from its inception. In a fit of negligence and malfeasance, political leaders abused the citizens of Wisconsin on behalf of a foreign corporation. The Foxconn affair was a scandal, and Wisconsinites should treat those responsible as political pariahs." * Isthmus *"Tabak’s engaging study of efforts in Wisconsin to attract the Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn provides a cautionary tale." * Foreign Affairs *"Journalist Tabak offers a stark cautionary tale of the murky practices, questionable economics, and political wheeling and dealing done in the name of economic development and job creation by manufacturing giant Foxconn. . . . Economic concepts are accessible and eye-opening in Tabak’s hands, while the events of small-town board meetings are simultaneously infuriating and page-turning. Tabak’s impressively researched and investigated narrative is as timely as it is gripping." * Publishers Weekly *"The book does such a good job of weaving together economics, history, and politics. . . It effectively illustrates what can go wrong when government officials try to orchestrate economic development." * Cato Institute *"A valuable forensic analysis of a disastrous, politically motivated scam. . . . Foxconned delivers a multi-dimensional analysis of the plant’s inception, funding, construction—or rather lack of construction—and eventual abandonment." * World Socialist Web Site *“A gripping and necessary postmortem on one of the biggest economic development fiascos of our time. Tabak applies a critical lens on the enormous quasi-public industry of business recruitment and how it can be exploitative—shockingly so—especially in job-starved postindustrial regions.” * Angie Schmitt, author of 'Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America' *“Foxconned shines a much-needed light on two unfortunate practices that undermine our nation’s economy yet receive far too little attention. One is the out-of-control competition in which governors and mayors throw piles of money at multibillion-dollar corporations to beg them to locate some jobs in their states and cities. Second, Tabak highlights how self-serving politicians often use tens of millions of taxpayers’ dollars to lure corporations so that they can boast about it to boost their reelection efforts. This is an important, well-researched, and highly readable book.” * Steven Greenhouse, author of 'Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor' *“Not only does Tabak do a masterful and nuanced job of uncovering and detailing the behind-the-scenes politics that played out in this ill-fated economic development project, but he also tells the human stories of those Wisconsinites whose lives were most upended as a result.” * Paul Fanlund, publisher and editor in chief, Capital Times of Madison, Wisconsin *"The reporting that went into this book—into tracing the incredibly complex and deliberately hidden story of the damages wrought by Foxconn—is quite simply, breathtaking. This devilishly convoluted story is then told in clear, straightforward prose that makes this a narrative of our time, and one we should all read." * Harriet Brown, Wisconsin Writers Award judge *"Economists are often portrayed as being in constant disagreement, but one thing that we mostly agree about is that governments are really bad at picking winners... For those of you who do not believe the theory or who want to see how it plays out in practice, this is a good book. It gives numerous examples beyond the main story around Foxconn of why government should not pick winners. It makes a very strong case against corporate welfare in all forms and discusses the pernicious effects of competition between US states to attract investment." * Economic Record *Table of ContentsIntroduction Foxconn Timeline Chapter 1 Your Dream House Is Blighted Chapter 2 Foxconn Comes to America Chapter 3 What Does the Foxconn Say? Chapter 4 Who Made That TV? Chapter 5 The Land Grab Chapter 6 Racine, Poster Child of the Rust Belt Chapter 7 Sherrard, Illinois Chapter 8 Monkey Business in the Middle Chapter 9 Wassily Leontief and Input-Output Economic Impact Chapter 10 Flying Eagle Economic Impact Chapter 11 A Tea Party for Foxconn Chapter 12 A Bright, Shining Object Chapter 13 The Problem with Picking Winners Chapter 14 An Ill Wind Blows Chapter 15 All Politics Are Local Chapter 16 The Trouble with TIF Chapter 17 Following the Money Chapter 18 Foxconn on the Ground Chapter 19 Breaking the Cycle Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
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The University of Chicago Press The Organization of Industry
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The University of Chicago Press Asset Accumulation and Economic Activity
Book SynopsisIn this work James Tobin discusses two major issues of macroeconomics: the strength of automatic market forces in maintaining full employment equilibrium and the efficacy of government fiscal and monetary policies in stabilizing the economy.
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The University of Chicago Press Leveraged
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[Leveraged] is well worth reading." * Society of Professional Economists *"[Leveraged] explore[s] the causes and costs of financial instability, explaining why this fragility is endemic to modern economies." * Journal of Economic Literature *“Leveraged brings together the leading scholars working on the stunning rise in debt over the last forty years. The chapters offer compelling insight into the challenges to the world economy from a growing dependence on debt financing, and they also provide guidelines on what we are to do about it. The growth in debt requires that we revisit fundamental questions about the role of the financial sector, and this book makes great progress on these questions.” -- Amir Sufi | author of "House of Debt" | University of ChicagoTable of ContentsIntroduction: The New Economics of Debt and Financial Fragility Moritz Schularick Part 1 Finance Unbound: The Rise of Finance and the Economy 1 How to Think about Finance Atif Mian Comment by Karen Dynan 2 Reconsidering the Costs and Benefits of Debt Booms for the Economy Emil Verner Comment by Holger Mueller Part 2 Risk-Taking: Incentives, Investors, Institutions 3 Are Bank CEOs to Blame? Rüdiger Fahlenbrach Comment by Samuel G. Hanson 4 A New Narrative of Investors, Subprime Lending, and the 2008 Crisis Stefania Albanesi Comment by Fernando Ferreira 5 Bank Capital before and after Financial Crises Òscar Jordà, Björn Richter, Moritz Schularick, and Alan M. Taylor Comment by Anna Kovner Part 3 Mispricing Risks: Credit Booms and Risk Premia 6 Beliefs and Risk-Taking Alessia De Stefani and Kaspar Zimmermann Comment by Yueran Ma 7 A New Approach to Measuring Banks’ Risk Exposure Juliane Begenau Comment by Nina Boyarchenko 8 Is Risk Mispriced in Credit Booms? Tyler Muir Part 4 Financial Crises: Reconsidering the Origins and Consequences 9 Historical Banking Crises: A New Database and a Reassessment of Their Incidence and Severity Matthew Baron and Daniel Dieckelmann Comment by Mark Carlson 10 Was the U.S. Great Depression a Credit Boom Gone Wrong? Natacha Postel-Vinay Comment by Eugene N. White 11 Sectoral Credit Booms and Financial Stability Karsten Müller Comment by Orsola Costantini Index
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The University of Chicago Press A Political Economy of Justice
Book SynopsisDefining a just economy in a tenuous social-political time. If we can agree that our current social-political moment is tenuous and unsustainableand indeed, that may be the only thing we can agree on right nowthen how do markets, governments, and people interact in this next era of the world? A Political Economy of Justice considers the strained state of our political economy in terms of where it can go from here. The contributors to this timely and essential volume look squarely at how normative and positive questions about political economy interact with each otherand from that beginning, how to chart a way forward to a just economy. A Political Economy of Justice collects fourteen essays from prominent scholars across the social sciences, each writing in one of three lanes: the measures of a just political economy; the role of firms; and the roles of institutions and governments. The result is a wholly original and urgent new benchmark for the next stage of our democracy.Trade ReviewDespite polarized attitudes, Rebecca Henderson argues that it's the perfect time for companies to reset their moral compass. In an essay from the book A Political Economy of Justice, she explores the social efforts of Cadbury and Unilever. Henderson says companies and societies have long had qualms about the pursuit of profit only for profit’s sake. In early capitalist Renaissance Italy, for instance, lending money was considered a sin. Plus, she points to Walmart, founded in 1962 with a mission of making consumer goods more affordable for a broader swath of low-income Americans. Her chapter, “Reimagining Capitalism: Could Purpose-Driven Firms Help to Build a Just and Sustainable World?” also explores corporate partnerships that support social good, such as one that Unilever pioneered to unite a group of companies to sustainably produce palm oil. * Harvard Business School Working Knowledge *Table of ContentsIntroduction D. Allen, Y. Benkler, L. Downey, R. Henderson, and J. Simons Part 1. New Goals for a Just Economy 1 Power and Productivity: Institutions, Ideology, and Technology in Political Economy Yochai Benkler 2 Building a Good Jobs Economy Dani Rodrik and Charles Sabel 3 The Political Philosophy of RadicalxChange E. Glen Weyl 4 On Flourishing: Political Economy and the Pursuit of Well-Being in the Polity Deva Woodly 5 Beyond the Perpetual Pursuit of Economic Growth Julie L. Rose Part 2. New Aspirations for Firms and Other Organizations 6 What’s Wrong with the Prison Industrial Complex? Profit, Privatization, and the Circumstances of Injustice Tommie Shelby 7 Firms, Morality, and the Search for a Better World Rebecca Henderson 8 Corporate Purpose in a Post-Covid World Malcolm S. Salter 9 Corporate Engagement in the Political Process and Democratic Ideals F. Christopher Eaglin 10 The Just and Democratic Platform? Possibilities of Platform Cooperativism Juliet B. Schor and Samantha Eddy Part 3. The Role of Democratic Associations, Institutions, and Governance in a Just Economy 11 New Rules for Revolutionaries: Reflections on the Democratic Theory of Economic System Change Marc Stears 12 Structural Justice and the Infrastructure of Inclusion K. Sabeel Rahman 13 Governing Money Democratically: Rechartering the Federal Reserve Leah Downey 14 Polypolitanism: An Approach to Immigration Policy to Support a Just Political Economy Danielle Allen Acknowledgments List of Contributors Index
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The University of Chicago Press A Political Economy of Justice
Book SynopsisDefining a just economy in a tenuous social-political time. If we can agree that our current social-political moment is tenuous and unsustainableand indeed, that may be the only thing we can agree on right nowthen how do markets, governments, and people interact in this next era of the world? A Political Economy of Justice considers the strained state of our political economy in terms of where it can go from here. The contributors to this timely and essential volume look squarely at how normative and positive questions about political economy interact with each otherand from that beginning, how to chart a way forward to a just economy. A Political Economy of Justice collects fourteen essays from prominent scholars across the social sciences, each writing in one of three lanes: the measures of a just political economy; the role of firms; and the roles of institutions and governments. The result is a wholly original and urgent new benchmark for the next stage of our democracy.Trade ReviewDespite polarized attitudes, Rebecca Henderson argues that it's the perfect time for companies to reset their moral compass. In an essay from the book A Political Economy of Justice, she explores the social efforts of Cadbury and Unilever. Henderson says companies and societies have long had qualms about the pursuit of profit only for profit’s sake. In early capitalist Renaissance Italy, for instance, lending money was considered a sin. Plus, she points to Walmart, founded in 1962 with a mission of making consumer goods more affordable for a broader swath of low-income Americans. Her chapter, “Reimagining Capitalism: Could Purpose-Driven Firms Help to Build a Just and Sustainable World?” also explores corporate partnerships that support social good, such as one that Unilever pioneered to unite a group of companies to sustainably produce palm oil. * Harvard Business School Working Knowledge *Table of ContentsIntroduction D. Allen, Y. Benkler, L. Downey, R. Henderson, and J. Simons Part 1. New Goals for a Just Economy 1 Power and Productivity: Institutions, Ideology, and Technology in Political Economy Yochai Benkler 2 Building a Good Jobs Economy Dani Rodrik and Charles Sabel 3 The Political Philosophy of RadicalxChange E. Glen Weyl 4 On Flourishing: Political Economy and the Pursuit of Well-Being in the Polity Deva Woodly 5 Beyond the Perpetual Pursuit of Economic Growth Julie L. Rose Part 2. New Aspirations for Firms and Other Organizations 6 What’s Wrong with the Prison Industrial Complex? Profit, Privatization, and the Circumstances of Injustice Tommie Shelby 7 Firms, Morality, and the Search for a Better World Rebecca Henderson 8 Corporate Purpose in a Post-Covid World Malcolm S. Salter 9 Corporate Engagement in the Political Process and Democratic Ideals F. Christopher Eaglin 10 The Just and Democratic Platform? Possibilities of Platform Cooperativism Juliet B. Schor and Samantha Eddy Part 3. The Role of Democratic Associations, Institutions, and Governance in a Just Economy 11 New Rules for Revolutionaries: Reflections on the Democratic Theory of Economic System Change Marc Stears 12 Structural Justice and the Infrastructure of Inclusion K. Sabeel Rahman 13 Governing Money Democratically: Rechartering the Federal Reserve Leah Downey 14 Polypolitanism: An Approach to Immigration Policy to Support a Just Political Economy Danielle Allen Acknowledgments List of Contributors Index
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University of Chicago Press Borders of Care Immigrants Migrants and the
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The University of Chicago Press Madness and Enterprise
Book SynopsisTrade Review“In this smart and sophisticated book, Bassiri shows us how an economic style of reasoning came to permeate psychiatry at the turn of the century. Not only were economic and psychiatric metaphors constantly entangled with one another but madness itself became central to economic rationalization. This book offers us a radically new perspective on the history of psychiatry. It also puts forth a fascinating philosophy of psychiatry which places irrationalism at the heart of modern capitalism.” -- Camille Robcis, Columbia University“For too long, we have accepted a contrast between madness and reason and all the more so between madness and economics. But Bassiri brilliantly demonstrates how our conceptions of madness and moral value are shot through with economic ideas, that in modern societies madness has had a fully economic rationality, that this economic rationality matters for social thought as much as for psychiatric treatments. In a historical epistemology that forces us to reread classics of modern psychology as much as relearn its story through half-forgotten intellectuals, he offers something truly original: a theory of suffering amid capitalist enterprise, and of the ways in which we can imagine a form of care unbound by a century and a half of transactional thinking.” -- Stefanos Geroulanos, New York University
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The University of Chicago Press Madness and Enterprise
Book SynopsisUncovers a powerful relationship between pathology and money: beginning in the nineteenth century, the severity of mental illness was measured against a patient's economic productivity. Madness and Enterprise reveals the economic norms embedded within psychiatric thinking about mental illness in the North Atlantic world. Over the course of the nineteenth century, various forms of madness were subjected to a style of psychiatric reasoning that was preoccupied with money. Psychiatrists across Western Europe and the United States attributed financial and even moral value to an array of pathological conditions, such that some mental disorders were seen as financial assets and others as economic liabilities. By turning to economic conduct and asking whether potential patients appeared capable of managing their financial affairs or even generating wealth, psychiatrists could often bypass diagnostic uncertainties about a person's mental state. Through an exploration of the intertwined hTrade Review“In this smart and sophisticated book, Bassiri shows us how an economic style of reasoning came to permeate psychiatry at the turn of the century. Not only were economic and psychiatric metaphors constantly entangled with one another but madness itself became central to economic rationalization. This book offers us a radically new perspective on the history of psychiatry. It also puts forth a fascinating philosophy of psychiatry which places irrationalism at the heart of modern capitalism.” -- Camille Robcis, Columbia University“For too long, we have accepted a contrast between madness and reason and all the more so between madness and economics. But Bassiri brilliantly demonstrates how our conceptions of madness and moral value are shot through with economic ideas, that in modern societies madness has had a fully economic rationality, that this economic rationality matters for social thought as much as for psychiatric treatments. In a historical epistemology that forces us to reread classics of modern psychology as much as relearn its story through half-forgotten intellectuals, he offers something truly original: a theory of suffering amid capitalist enterprise, and of the ways in which we can imagine a form of care unbound by a century and a half of transactional thinking.” -- Stefanos Geroulanos, New York University
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University of Chicago Press The Political Development of American Debt Relief
Book SynopsisA political history of the rise and fall of American debt relief. Americans have a long history with debt. They also have a long history of mobilizing for debt relief. Throughout the nineteenth century, indebted citizens demanded government protection from their financial burdens, challenging readings of the Constitution that exalted property rights at the expense of the vulnerable. Their appeals shaped the country's periodic experiments with state debt relief and federal bankruptcy law, constituting a pre-industrial safety net. Yet, the twentieth century saw the erosion of debtor politics and the eventual retrenchment of bankruptcy protections. The Political Development of American Debt Relief traces how geographic, sectoral, and racial politics shaped debtor activism over time, enhancing our understanding of state-building, constitutionalism, and social policy.
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The University of Chicago Press Challenging Inequality
Book SynopsisA wide-ranging examination of how policies, parties, and labor strength affect inequality in post-industrial societies. Not all countries are unequal in the same ways or to the same degree. In Challenging Inequality, Evelyne Huber and John D. Stephens analyze different patterns of increasing income inequality in post-industrial societies since the 1980s, assessing the policies and social structures best able to mitigate against the worst effects of market inequality. Combining statistical data analysis from twenty-two countries with a comparative historical analysis of Germany, Spain, Sweden, and the United States, Huber and Stephens identify the factors that drive increases in inequality and shape persistent, marked differences between countries. Their statistical analysis confirms generalizable patterns and in-depth country studies help to further elucidate the processes at work. Challenging Inequality shows how the combination of globalization and skill-biased technological chang
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