2019 Princeton University Press

A groundbreaking new historical analysis of how global capitalism and advanced democracies mutually support each other It is a widespread view that democracy and the advanced nation-state are in crisis, weakened by globalization and undermined ...

2019 Princeton University Press

How silver influenced two hundred years of world history, and why it matters today This is the story of silvers transformation from soft money during the nineteenth century to hard asset today, and how manipulations ...

2019 Princeton University Press

A comprehensive analysis of European craft guilds through eight centuries of economic history Guilds ruled many crafts and trades from the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution, and have always attracted debate and controversy. They ...

2019 Princeton University Press

How creditors came to wield unprecedented power over heavily indebted countries'and the dangers this poses to democracy The European debt crisis has rekindled long-standing debates about the power of finance and the fraught relationship between ...

2019 Princeton University Press

An international and historical look at how parenting choices change in the face of economic inequality Parents everywhere want their children to be happy and do well. Yet how parents seek to achieve this ambition ...

2019 Princeton University Press

The genesis of the digital idea and why it transformed civilization A few short decades ago, we were informed by the smooth signals of analog television and radio; we communicated using our analog telephones; and ...

2019 Princeton University Press

In America, fraud has always been a key feature of business, and the national worship of entrepreneurial freedom complicates the task of distinguishing salesmanship from deceit. In this sweeping narrative, Edward Balleisen traces the history ...

2019 Princeton University Press

What makes WiFi faster at home than at a coffee shop? How does Google order search results? Why do Amazon, Netflix, and YouTube use fundamentally different rating and recommendation methods'and why does it matter? Is ...

2019 Princeton University Press

How educated and culturally savvy young people are transforming traditionally low-status manual labor jobs into elite taste-making occupations In todays new economy'in which 'good' jobs are typically knowledge or technology based'many well-educated and culturally savvy ...

2019 Princeton University Press

The troubling ethics and politics of philanthropy Is philanthropy, by its very nature, a threat to todays democracy? Though we may laud wealthy individuals who give away their money for societys benefit, Just Giving shows ...

2019 Princeton University Press

From New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein, a brisk, provocative book that shows what freedom really means'and requires'today In this pathbreaking book, New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein asks us to rethink freedom. ...

2019 Princeton University Press

An exploration of mathematical style through 99 different proofs of the same theorem This book offers a multifaceted perspective on mathematics by demonstrating 99 different proofs of the same theorem. Each chapter solves an otherwise ...

2019 Princeton University Press

A thoroughly revised new edition of a leading textbook that equips MBA students with the powerful tools of economics This is a thoroughly revised and substantially streamlined new edition of a leading textbook that shows ...

2019 Princeton University Press

Why nationalism is a permanent political force'and how it can be harnessed once again for liberal ends Around the world today, nationalism is back'and its often deeply troubling. Populist politicians exploit nationalism for authoritarian, chauvinistic, ...

2019 Princeton University Press

How a vast network of shadow credit financed European growth long before the advent of banking Prevailing wisdom dictates that, without banks, countries would be mired in poverty. Yet somehow much of Europe managed to ...

2019 Princeton University Press

An accessible primer on how to create effective graphics from data This book provides students and researchers a hands-on introduction to the principles and practice of data visualization. It explains what makes some graphs succeed ...

2018 Princeton University Press

More than three centuries after its creation, calculus remains a dazzling intellectual achievement and the gateway to higher mathematics. This book charts its growth and development by sampling from the work of some of its ...

2018 Princeton University Press

Early in the twenty-first century, a quiet revolution occurred. For the first time, the major developed economies began to invest more in intangible assets, like design, branding, R&D, and software, than in tangible assets, like ...

2018 Princeton University Press

In Cents and Sensibility, an eminent literary critic and a leading economist make the case that the humanities'especially the study of literature'offer economists ways to make their models more realistic, their predictions more accurate, and ...

2018 Princeton University Press

In todays world, the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite. Highly educated and defined by cultural capital rather than income bracket, these individuals earnestly buy organic, carry NPR tote bags, and breast-feed ...