Richard N. Cooper

Energy   January/February 2020 Capsule Review

Empowering the Great Energy Transition: Policy for a Low-Carbon Future

Valentine, Brown, and Sovacool sketch the ways that people can conserve energy with only modest changes in their behavior.

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Crime & Drugs   January/February 2020 Capsule Review

Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom

In this sometimes frightening book, Eban delves into the dangerous market of generic pharmaceutical drugs.

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Globalization   January/February 2020 Capsule Review

Globalization and Health

Youde surveys how globalization has enabled the spread of disease and the development of global public health practices.

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Economics   January/February 2020 Capsule Review

The Great Reversal: How America Gave Up on Free Markets

Philippon provides a useful primer on the recent woes of the U.S. economy.

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Economics   January/February 2020 Capsule Review

The Finance Curse: How Global Finance Is Making Us All Poorer

Shaxson argues that the financial sector in all modern economies is much too large. 

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Energy   November/December 2019 Capsule Review

American and Chinese Energy Security: A Grand Strategic Approach

Opsal claims that the United States is well ahead of China in oil security, but China is rapidly catching up.

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Economics   November/December 2019 Capsule Review

Digital Transformation: Survive and Thrive in an Era of Mass Extinction

Siebel discusses the importance of digitzation in business. 

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Economics   November/December 2019 Capsule Review

More From Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources—and What Happens Next

McAfee offers an optimistic outlook for the future of mankind.

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Economics   November/December 2019 Capsule Review

The Sex Factor: How Women Made the West Rich

Bateman mounts a feminist critique of much modern economic theory and policy.

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Economics   November/December 2019 Capsule Review

The Antitrust Paradigm: Restoring a Competitive Economy

Baker contends that the U.S. government has gone too far in relaxing the enforcement of its century-old antitrust laws.

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Trade   September/October 2019 Capsule Review

Free Trade and Prosperity: How Openness Helps the Developing Countries Grow Richer and Combat Poverty

Panagariya puts forth a trenchant case against import tariffs and other forms of trade protectionism in developing countries.

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Climate Change   September/October 2019 Capsule Review

Titans of the Climate: Explaining Policy Process in the United States and China

Titans of Climate seeks to demystify how their respective governments make and execute policy and explores the two countries’ differing motivations,...

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Economics   September/October 2019 Capsule Review

Evolution or Revolution: Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy After the Great Recession

This collection of reflections by economists, central bankers, and government officials explores how the unusual circumstances that have characterized the global...

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Trade   September/October 2019 Capsule Review

Open: The Progressive Case for Free Trade, Immigration, and Global Capital

Clausing makes a strong case in favor of foreign trade in goods and services, the cross-border movement of capital, and immigration.

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Economics   September/October 2019 Capsule Review

Firefighting: The Financial Crisis and Its Lessons

This collaboration by the three U.S. government officials presents a mature and revealing assessment of the genesis and dynamics of the 2008 financial meltdown—and of...

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Economic Development   May/June 2019 Capsule Review

Industrial Policy and the World Trade Organization: Between Legal Constraints and Flexibilities

Shadikhodjaev's informative book describes what forms of industrial policy are consistent with the rules of the World Trade Organization.

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Political Economy   May/June 2019 Capsule Review

The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties

Widening social divisions, Paul Collier suggests, have made individualism unsustainable.

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Trade   May/June 2019 Capsule Review

Dark Commerce: How a New Illicit Economy Is Threatening Our Future

Louise Shelley comprehensively documents the growth and evolution of illicit commerce and the history of efforts to fight it.

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Public Opinion   May/June 2019 Capsule Review

Blaming Immigrants: Nationalism and the Economics of Global Movement

Neeraj Kaushal lays out discrepancies between public beliefs about immigrants and the facts and discusses why these gaps persist.

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U.S. Foreign Policy   May/June 2019 Capsule Review

Keeping At It: The Quest for Sound Money and Good Government

A frugal and charming autobiography filled with illuminating stories from Volcker’s seven decades of public service.

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