Richard N. Cooper

Economics   September/October 2018 Capsule Review

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Social Value Investing: A Management Framework for Effective Partnerships

Buffett and Eimicke draw on examples of successful public-private partnerships (as well as some not-so-successful ones) to explain how policymakers should go about...

Richard N. Cooper

Economics   September/October 2018 Capsule Review

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The New Global Road Map: Enduring Strategies for Turbulent Times

Ghemawat aims his advice at businesspeople (and business students), but his work will also enlighten readers outside the business world who want to understand...

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Law & Institutions   September/October 2018 Capsule Review

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Unelected Power: The Quest for Legitimacy in Central Banking and the Regulatory State

Tucker’s thoughtful disquisition on democracy in modern societies focuses on the relationships between citizens and various branches of the state.

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Environment   September/October 2018 Capsule Review

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Brave New Arctic: The Untold Story of the Melting North

Serreze has written a highly personal account of his experience as an environmental scientist researching the high Arctic, in particular the shrinkage of Arctic ice...

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Economics   September/October 2018 Capsule Review

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The Infinite Desire for Growth

Cohen has produced a breathtaking overview of the history and evolution of humanity and human society—and a sobering essay on the future of civilization.

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Environment   May/June 2018 Capsule Review

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Winning Together: The Natural Resource Negotiation Playbook

For decades, a history of mutual suspicion and recrimination between Mexico and the United States stymied cooperation on three resources that cross national land and...

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Politics & Society   May/June 2018 Capsule Review

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Bioinformation

Who owns an individual’s personal medical information?

Richard N. Cooper

Economics   May/June 2018 Capsule Review

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The Growth Delusion: Wealth, Poverty, and the Well-Being of Nations

Pilling charts an unpleasant voyage of discovery. After spending years writing about trends in countries’ GDP growth as a journalist, the author has discovered what...

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Environment   May/June 2018 Capsule Review

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Taming the Sun: Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet

Ultimately, human civilization will have to be powered mainly by solar energy. 

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Economics   May/June 2018 Capsule Review

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Clashing over Commerce: A History of US Trade Policy

At a time when Washington’s approach to trade seems poised to undergo a significant shift, this magisterial book surveys the entire history of U.S. trade policy since...

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Economics   March/April 2018 Capsule Review

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Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World

This fascinating book is a history of the large factory’s importance as a symbol of modernity from early-eighteenth-century Europe to early-twenty-first-century Asia.

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Politics & Society   March/April 2018 Capsule Review

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Vaccines: What Everyone Needs to Know

Life has been made immeasurably better by the sharp decline in the incidence of infectious diseases, an improvement made possible through inoculations.

Richard N. Cooper

Economics   March/April 2018 Capsule Review

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The Paradox of Risk: Leaving the Monetary Policy Comfort Zone

Ubide, an economist with extensive practical experience in wealth management, discusses misconceptions about the role of monetary and fiscal policies in contributing...

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Economics   March/April 2018 Capsule Review

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Capitalism Without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy

Haskel and Westlake note that in all rich countries, “intangible investment”—spending on things such as research and development and branding—has been growing relative...

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Economics   March/April 2018 Capsule Review

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Is Capitalism Obsolete?: A Journey through Alternative Economic Systems

Capitalism is increasingly unpopular, especially in Europe.

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Politics & Society   January/February 2018 Capsule Review

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Unhealthy Politics: The Battle Over Evidence-Based Medicine

The United States stands out among rich countries in resisting evidence-based medicine—not in theory, perhaps, but in practice.

Richard N. Cooper

Economics   January/February 2018 Capsule Review

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Straight Talk on Trade: Ideas for a Sane World Economy

Rodrik explores what he considers the valid reasons behind today’s populist backlash against globalization in the United States, European countries, and elsewhere.

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Environment   January/February 2018 Capsule Review

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Windfall: How the New Energy Abundance Upends Global Politics and Strengthens America’s Power

O’Sullivan describes and analyzes the economic and political impact of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

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Economics   January/February 2018 Capsule Review

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Unfinished Business: The Unexplored Causes of the Financial Crisis and the Lessons Yet to Be Learned

Bayoumi argues that the U.S. financial crisis of 2007–8 and the eurozone crisis of 2010–12 share a common origin.

Richard N. Cooper

Economics   January/February 2018 Capsule Review

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Economics for the Common Good

Tirole, a Nobel Prize–winning French economist, explains in straightforward language what academic economists do.

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