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Combating Inequality

Rethinking Government's Role

Edited by Olivier Blanchard and Dani Rodrik

ISBN: 9780262547253

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 15, 2023

Leading economists and policymakers consider what economic tools are most effective in reversing the rise in inequality.

The Unequal Effects of Globalization

by Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg

With Greg Larson

ISBN: 9780262048255

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 15, 2023

From a former Chief Economist of the World Bank, a brief, balanced, and sobering discussion of globalization trends, their drivers, and effects on inequality.

The Promise and Peril of Entrepreneurship

Job Creation and Survival among US Startups

by Robert W. Fairlie, Zachary Kroff, Javier Miranda and Nikolas Zolas

ISBN: 9780262545358

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 1, 2023

A clearer view of entrepreneurship, based on new comprehensive data, that upends what we know about job creation and survival among US startups.

Pioneers, Hidden Champions, Changemakers, and Underdogs

Lessons from China's Innovators

by Mark J. Greeven, George S. Yip and Wei Wei

ISBN: 9780262547895

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: May 9, 2023

An insider's view of China's under-the-radar, globally competitive innovators.

When the President Calls

Conversations with Economic Policymakers

by Simon W. Bowmaker

Foreword by Minouche Shafik

ISBN: 9780262547727

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 4, 2023

Interviews with thirty-five economic policymakers who advised presidents from Nixon to Trump.

The Parent Trap

How to Stop Overloading Parents and Fix Our Inequality Crisis

by Nate G. Hilger

ISBN: 9780262545945

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 4, 2023

On how parents have been set up to fail, and why helping them succeed is the key to achieving a fair and prosperous society. A Next Big Idea Club nominee.

Fiscal Policy under Low Interest Rates

by Olivier Blanchard

ISBN: 9780262544870

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: January 10, 2023

Rethinking fiscal and monetary policy in an economic environment of high debt and low interest rates.

Connectedness and Contagion

Protecting the Financial System from Panics

by Hal S. Scott

ISBN: 9780262546751

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: November 1, 2022

An argument that contagion is the most significant risk facing the financial system and that Dodd¬Frank has reduced the government's ability to respond effectively.