Because Understanding Our Economy Is Easier Than You Think and More Important Than You Know
This essential primer on finance and economics provides readers with a practical understanding of our economy and the ability to identify, understand, and advocate for constructive solutions to the problems we face.
Everything you know about income inequality, poverty, and other measures of economic well-being in America is wrong. In this provocative book, a former United States senator, eminent economist, and a former senior leader at the Bureau of Labor Statistics challenge the prevailing consensus that income inequality is a growing threat to American ......
How the Search for the Good Life Can Change the World
Homi Kharas looks at how the powerful dream of middle class life captivated generations, from Victorian England to present day India, but its demands have led younger generations to ask if it is all worth it. Can the middle class continue to thrive, or will it falter under the stresses of automation, consumerism, pollution, and political strife?
In Money Shackles, Dutch Mendenhall takes readers on a transformative journey to address the financial vulnerabilities plaguing Americans. Drawing from his own poignant epiphany on a frosty New Years night, Mendenhall challenges the predefined societal notions of the American Dream. This book delves deep into the core of financial ......
The world faces a conflux of powerful forces of change. Digital technologies and advances in artificial intelligence are transforming markets, economies, and societies. Global geopolitics is shifting, and the rise of China is challenging the postwar international order led by the United States. Geopolitical tensions are elevated, and so are ......
The world faces a conflux of powerful forces of change. Digital technologies and advances in artificial intelligence are transforming markets, economies, and societies. Global geopolitics is shifting, and the rise of China is challenging the postwar international order led by the United States. Geopolitical tensions are elevated, and so are ......
Can entrepreneurship serve as a pathway out of poverty? Are the poor able to create ventures that can improve their economic circumstances and enhance their lives? Poverty, Disadvantage and the Promise of Enterprise: A Capabilities Perspective argue that "it depends". To understand the poverty and entrepreneurship interface, we must first ......
The debate over Universal Basic Income (UBI) has spanned political ideologies and policy issues. What arguments for and against UBI are important to different progressive political ideologies? This book answers this question from an interdisciplinary perspective, incorporating insights from policy analysis, political theory, and philosophy.
How Government Biases Policy Debate (With a New Preface)
A Powerful Corrective to the Debate on Inequalty in America
Hailed by the Wall Street Journal as one of the best books of 2022, The Myth of American Inequality demonstrates that the federal government egregiously overstates the degree of inequality and poverty in the world’s wealthiest nation. In doing so, the authors--a former United ......
