Hard Times: Martin Hägglund’s “This Life” and the Pomodoro Technique
What makes the Pomodoro Technique difficult to criticize is not simply that we need PT-like scaffolds in the realm of freedom.
Economics and Finance
For How Long Must the Economy Grow?
An economic anthropologist calls for prosperity without growth.
More of the Same: On Roger L. Martin’s “When More Is Not Better”
A new book promising to bring more humanity to capitalism is itself inhumane.
Reclaiming the State in Economics: “Radical Hamilton” and the Means of Statecraft
A new book examines the influence of the first US Treasury Secretary, arguing Hamilton’s “developmental state” is a weapon against free-market ideology.
Financial Bubbles, Crashes, and Reform: What Works?
John C. Coffee Jr. reviews Joel Seligman's recently published book, "Misalignment: The New Financial Order and the Failure of Financial Regulation."
What Caused the “Flash Crash”?
Did the hammer come down too hard on Navinder Sarao? Ankush Khardori reviews Liam Vaughan's "Flash Crash."
German Pigs and the Autocrats Who Loved Them
“Communist Pigs” advances the swine history of Germany, taking readers to the era of authoritarian rule in the GDR.
The Great Unread: On William Deresiewicz’s “The Death of the Artist”
Robert Diab on William Deresiewicz’s new book, “The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech.”
Mainstreaming MMT
Stephanie Kelton says we can afford Medicare for All, and the Green New Deal, and a guaranteed wage.
Cousins Like Us: Black Lives and John Maynard Keynes
Taylor Beck, a white writer, is discovered by his black cousin; they are both descended from the same slave owner.
Commerce and Politics at Sea
An accessible yet sophisticated introduction to the history of maritime trade in the Arabian Peninsula.
The Asset Economy
An excerpt from “The Asset Economy,” a forthcoming book from Lisa Adkins, Melinda Cooper, and Martijn Konings.
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