Nationalekonomi

A lively, inviting account of the history of economics, told through events from ancient to modern times and through the ideas of great thinkers in the field“A whistle-stop …

An updated and refreshed edition of the groundbreaking book that shows how people can be nudged toward decisions that will improve their lives  “If you’ve read Nudge and think you …

An accessible, contemporary introduction to the methods for determining cause and effect in the social sciences  “Causation versus correlation has been the basis of …

An “enlightening and persuasive” (Jonathan Mirsky, New York Review of Books) survey of Vietnam as an emerging Asian power The eyes of the West have recently been trained on China …

A history of capitalism in nineteenth- and twentieth-century China and India that explores the competition between their tea industries  “Tea War is not only a detailed comparative …

When a new technology makes people ill, how high does the body count have to be before protectives steps are taken? This disturbing book tells a dark story of hazardous …

Winner of the 2021 Lionel Gelber Prize: A provocative look at how today’s trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interests of elites at the expense of workers“The …

A passionate and informed critique of mainstream economics from one of the leading economic thinkers of our time This insightful book looks at how mainstream economics’ quest for …

A powerful and counterintuitive argument that we should welcome the current slowdown—of population growth, economies, and technological innovation? The end of our high-growth world …

A sailing ship that becomes stalled with its bow to the wind is said to be "in irons." In this groundbreaking examination of America`s Revolutionary War economy, the phrase is an …