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  • 11 Aug 2025
    Illustrated cover of Building Social Mobility featuring different people living in an apartment building
    Tanu Kumar

    Building Social Mobility Through Housing

    Making housing affordable is now a top priority for countries and subnational governments around the world. While much of the debate appears to be happening in countries like the United States and United Kingdom, low- and middle-income countries have been pursuing policies to make housing accessible for decades. What do these policies look like, what […]

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  • 5 Aug 2025
    Photo of a cargo ship carrying freight containers for international trade
    Frank J. Garcia

    Coercion will Fail, but Trade will Endure

    The first year of Trump’s second term has been a chaotic one for trade, as for so much else. Before inauguration, the President had already threatened tariffs against Denmark to force a “sale” of Greenland. Within days of taking office, he began threatening or imposing illegal tariffs against Colombia, China, Mexico, Canada, all steel and […]

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  • 30 Jun 2025
    Keisha Bentley-Edwards, Adam Hollowell

    What Economists Can (and Should) Learn from Disability Justice Activists

    In 2016, the Harriet Tubman Collective—a group of Black disabled activists and community organizers—released a statement titled “Disability Solidarity: Completing the Vision for Black Lives.” The statement was a clear and uncompromising demand for inclusion: “We are not an afterthought. We are here. We are fighting for all of our lives. We are Black. We […]

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  • 4 Apr 2025
    Robert C. Bird

    Legal Knowledge: The Last Great Untapped Source of Business Competitive Advantage

    The modern business environment is more heavily regulated than ever before. What if managers could turn their legal obligations into value-generating opportunities? Organizations are on a near-perpetual search for competitive advantage over their rivals. Called the ‘holy grail’ for corporate strategy, a competitive advantage can enable a company to outflank rivals, maintain industry leadership, and […]

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  • 28 Mar 2025
    Simon Amrein

    Why Bank Capital Matters: A Look at Its Evolution Through History

    Banks rely on two main sources to fund their lending and investment activities: debt and equity capital. Over the past two centuries, banks have increasingly operated with less equity capital, yet maintaining sufficient capital remains essential for financial stability. The new book Capital in Banking explores a fundamental question: why are modern banks more leveraged […]

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  • 18 Feb 2025
    Maarten Pieter Schinkel, Joseph E. Harrington Jr.

    Cartels Diagnosed: New Insights on Collusion

    Cartels Diagnosed contains twelve gripping and insightful case studies of collusion from key business sectors – such as airlines, gasoline industry, and big pharma – which span from North America to Europe to beyond. They are written by expert and experienced scholars and practitioners with intimate knowledge of the case. The cases advance our understanding […]

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  • 13 Feb 2025
    Belén Fernández Milmanda

    Agrarian Elites’ Representation, Democracy and Inequality in Latin America

    How do landowners protect their interests in contemporary democracies? Classic social science studies have argued that landowners’ economic interests are incompatible with democracy, as democratization should lead to the increasing taxation or even expropriation of their assets in response to redistributive demands from the poor. However, agrarian elites and democracy have coexisted in Latin America […]

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  • 6 Jan 2025
    The words Principles of in bright yellow followed by the word Finance in white and a city skyline in the background
    Robert C. Merton, Richard T. Thakor, Zvi Bodie

    Principles of Finance

    Zvi Bodie, Robert C. Merton, & Richard T. Thakor Publishing 12 February 2025 | Paperback / $74.99 / £54.99 / 9781108987165 Order an examination copy About the Book Written for the MBA or undergraduate first course in finance, as well as follow-on courses, Principles of Finance provides a clear, accessible, and thorough explanation of the […]

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