2023 Princeton University Press

An ideal textbook for an introductory course on quantitative methods for social scientists-assumes no prior knowledge of statistics or coding Data Analysis for Social Science provides a friendly introduction to the statistical concepts and programming ...

2022 Princeton University Press

How medieval Dutch society laid the foundations for modern capitalism The Netherlands was one of the pioneers of capitalism in the Middle Ages, giving rise to the spectacular Dutch Golden Age while ushering in an ...

2022 Princeton University Press

How the history of a word sheds new light on capitalism and modern politics What exactly is capitalism? How has the meaning of capitalism changed over time? And what's at stake in our understanding or ...

2022 Princeton University Press

How to sustain an international system of cooperation in the midst of geopolitical struggle Can the international economic and legal system survive today's fractured geopolitics? Democracies are facing a drawn-out contest with authoritarian states that ...

2022 Princeton University Press

A pioneering account of the surging global tide of market power-and how it stifles workers around the world In an era of technological progress and easy communication, it might seem reasonable to assume that the ...

2022 Princeton University Press

Econometrics is the quantitative language of economic theory, analysis, and empirical work, and it has become a cornerstone of graduate economics programs. Econometrics provides graduate and PhD students with an essential introduction to this foundational ...

2022 Princeton University Press

Probability theory is the quantitative language used to handle uncertainty and is the foundation of modern statistics. Probability and Statistics for Economists provides graduate and PhD students with an essential introduction to mathematical probability and ...

2022 Princeton University Press

From the New York Times bestselling author, the fascinating story of U.S. economic policy from Kennedy to Biden-filled with lessons for today In this book, Alan Blinder, one of the world's most influential economists and ...

2022 Princeton University Press

How foreign lending weakens emerging nations In the nineteenth century, many developing countries turned to the credit houses of Europe for sovereign loans to balance their books and weather major fiscal shocks such as war. ...

2022 Princeton University Press

A lively and engaging look at logic puzzles and their role in mathematics, philosophy, and recreation Logic puzzles were first introduced to the public by Lewis Carroll in the late nineteenth century and have been ...

2022 Princeton University Press

Quantitative analysis is an essential skill for social science research, yet students in the social sciences and related areas typically receive little training in it. Quantitative Social Science is a practical introduction to data analysis ...

2022 Princeton University Press

In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, critical attention has shifted from the economy to the most fundamental feature of all market economies'money. Yet despite the centrality of political struggles over money, it remains ...

2022 Princeton University Press

Fueled by populism and the frustrations of the disenfranchised, the past few years have witnessed the widespread rejection of the economic and political order that Western countries built up after 1945. Political debates have turned ...

2022 Princeton University Press

The elder Plinys Natural History (77 CE), an astonishing compilation of 20,000 'things worth knowing,' was avowedly intended to be a repository of ancient Mediterranean knowledge for the use of craftsmen and farmers, but this ...

2022 Princeton University Press

From the acclaimed authors of Capitalism without Capital, radical ideas for restoring prosperity in today's intangible economy The past two decades have witnessed sluggish economic growth, mounting inequality, dysfunctional competition, and a host of other ...

2022 Princeton University Press

To the ancient Greeks, democracy meant gathering in public and debating laws set by a randomly selected assembly of several hundred citizens. To the Icelandic Vikings, democracy meant meeting every summer in a field to ...

2022 Princeton University Press

With nationalism on the rise around the world, many worry that nationalistic attitudes could lead to a surge in deadly conflict. To combat this trend, federations like the European Union have tried to build inclusive ...

2022 Princeton University Press

Fiscal crises and sovereign default repeatedly threaten the stability and growth of economies around the world. Mark Aguiar and Manuel Amador provide a unified and tractable theoretical framework that elucidates the key economics behind sovereign ...

2022 Princeton University Press

A riveting account of espionage for the digital age, from one of America's leading intelligence experts Spying has never been more ubiquitous-or less understood. The world is drowning in spy movies, TV shows, and novels, ...

2022 Princeton University Press

In 1814, after decades of continental conflict, an alliance of European empires captured Paris and exiled Napoleon Bonaparte, defeating French military expansionism and establishing the Concert of Europe. This new coalition planted the seeds for ...