Capital and Ideology by Thomas Piketty
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Is famous economist Thomas Piketty right about inequality? David Murphy dissects.
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Deaths of Despair by Anne Case & Angus Deaton
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The authors of this important new book argue that the main problem with capitalism isn’t that we live in an unequal society but that we live in an unfair one … but how sound are their points?
Read MoreBillionaire Wilderness by Justin Farrell
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A sociology professor investigates whether the spending habits of the super-wealthy in one Wyoming county can tell the rest of us anything important about American life.
Read MoreA World Without Work by Daniel Susskind
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Daniel Susskind’s new book looks at how advances in automation will change the human work-force.
Read MoreThe Passion Economy by Adam Davidson
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Once upon a time, you got a job with a company and simply stayed there until you retired. A new century’s rules sometimes seem radically different. A book by Adam Davidson explores the altered terrain.
Read MoreThe Free-Market Family by Maxine Eichner
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Maxine Eichner’s new jeremiad against the brutalities of free market capitalism is pointed and angry - but is it true?
Read MoreFully Grown by Dietrich Vollrath
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A new book carefully explains the structure and nature of the US economy’s penchant for booms and busts … but is it gripping reading?
Read MoreUnbound by Heather Boushey
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The author assumes a degree of ignorance on the part of the reader, taking them on a journey that was only ever going to go in one direction.
Narrative Economics by Robert Shiller
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The author describes a new theory of economic change driven by contagious narratives.
Read MoreCapitalism, Alone by Branko Milanovic
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Milanovic attempts to identify the key systemic, as opposed to incidental, social and economic features of two main variants of capitalism.
Read MoreThe Economists’ Hour by Binyamin Appelbaum
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His primary concern doesn’t appear to be that the government is staffed with economists, but that it isn’t pursuing the policies and ends he would prefer.
Read MoreThe Code of Capital by Katharina Pistor
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Smart and interesting arguments as to why law can create inequality.
Read MoreMoneyland by Oliver Bullough
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Moneyland is muddled by an unnecessary political context that misplaces criticism and neglects moral ambiguities.
Read MoreDarkness By Design by Walter Mattli
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Concepts are clearly and succinctly explained along the way which makes it inviting to new readers.
Read MoreCapitalism in America by Alan Greenspan and Adrian Wooldridge
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A decent summary of capitalism in America with brief but useful biographies of major figures.
Read MoreCrashed by Adam Tooze
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The details of the financial meltdown are pursued in these pages with amazing energy and rigor.
Read MoreTop Incomes in France in the Twentieth Century by Thomas Piketty
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A study of the ways incomes fluctuate and the factors that determine what widens and narrows income inequality.
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