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The world’s leading economist of inequality presents a short but sweeping and surprisingly optimistic history of human progress toward equality despite crises, disasters, and backsliding, a perfect introduction to the ideas developed in his monumental earlier books.

Marie Aymard was an illiterate widow who lived in the provincial town of Angoulême in southwestern France, a place where seemingly nothing ever happened. Yet, in 1764, she made her fleeting mark on the historical record through two documents: a power of attorney in connection with the property of her late husband, a carpenter on the island of Grenada, and a prenuptial contract for her daughter, signed by 83 people in Angoulême. Who was Marie Aymard? Who were all these people? And why were they together on a dark afternoon in December 1764?

In How Progress Ends, Carl Benedikt Frey challenges the conventional belief that economic and technological progress is inevitable. For most of human history, stagnation was the norm, and even today progress and prosperity in the world's largest, most advanced economies—the United States and China—have fallen short of expectations. To appreciate why we cannot depend on any AI-fueled great leap forward, Frey offers a remarkable and fascinating journey across the globe, spanning the past 1,000 years, to explain why some societies flourish and others fail in the wake of rapid technological change

Thomas Piketty’s best-selling Capital in the Twenty-First Century galvanized global debate about inequality. In this audacious follow-up, Piketty challenges us to revolutionize how we think about politics, ideology, and history. He exposes the ideas that have sustained inequality for the past millennium, reveals why the shallow politics of right and left are failing us today, and outlines the structure of a fairer economic system.

In this groundbreaking book, celebrated economic historian Joel Mokyr argues that a culture of growth specific to early modern Europe and the European Enlightenment laid the foundations for the scientific advances and pioneering inventions that would instigate explosive technological and economic development.

This book - the first comprehensive transatlantic history of the rise of neoliberal politics - presents a surprising answer. Based on archival research and interviews with leading participants in the movement, Masters of the Universe traces the ascendancy of neoliberalism from the academy of interwar Europe to supremacy under Reagan and Thatcher and in the decades since. Daniel Stedman Jones argues that there was nothing inevitable about the victory of free-market politics.

Analyzing the political and banking history of the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil through several centuries, Fragile by Design demonstrates that chronic banking crises and scarce credit are not accidents due to unforeseen circumstances. Rather, these fluctuations result from the complex bargains made between politicians, bankers, bank shareholders, depositors, debtors, and taxpayers.

When economist Angus Deaton immigrated to the United States from Britain in the early 1980s, he was awed by America’s strengths and shocked by the extraordinary gaps he witnessed between people. Economics in America explains in clear terms how the field of economics addresses the most pressing issues of our times—from poverty, retirement, and the minimum wage to the ravages of the nation’s uniquely disastrous health care system—and narrates Deaton’s own account of his experiences as a naturalized US citizen and academic economist.

The first major history of the Crash in over a decade, Rainbow's End tells the story of the stock market collapse in a colorful, swift-moving narrative that blends a vivid portrait of the 1920s with an intensely gripping account of Wall Street's greatest catastrophe. The book offers a vibrant picture of a world full of plungers, powerful bankers, corporate titans, millionaire brokers, and buoyantly optimistic stock market bulls.

The podcast where we share real stories, experiences, and insights from postgraduate students here at Durham University Business School.

This book explores the idea that table activities - the mealtime rituals of food preparation, serving, and dining - lay the foundation for a proper education on the value of civility, the importance of the common good, and what it means to be a good citizen. The arts of conversation and diplomatic speech are learned and practiced at tables, and a political history of food practices recasts thoughtfulness and generosity as virtues that enhance civil society and democracy.

The Centre for English Legal History (CELH) was formally established in 2016 to provide a hub for researchers working in legal history across the University of Cambridge. The Centre supports researchers in any discipline whose interests touch upon English legal history, whenever or whatever their focus might be. It runs a fortnightly seminar series during each term of the academic year, and an annual lecture in Michaelmas term. For more information see: https://www.celh.law.cam.ac.uk/

Everipedia Inc. is a cryptocurrency and Internet encyclopedia company rebranded IQ.wiki in 2022.Its official cryptocurrency IQ is on numerous cryptocurrency exchanges.It had a business office at 201 Wilshire Boulevard (suite 314) in Santa Monica,California for years.Matthew E. O'Neil wrote 1,000 articles which generated 2,000,000 views from 2019-2022.His articles can be found on the google and bing search engines and on Facebook Groups at Everipedia Archives.The following program covers the George Floyd and Derek Chauvin incident (episode one),the 2017 Las Vegas Mass Shooting (episode two),and...

In India’s vibrant and active social sector, many organizations imagine a different future, plan and implement social interventions at different scales. Many of these have a lasting impact on the lives of people and society. However, their efforts and, more importantly, the learning from these initiatives, remain largely unknown. The ​‘Stories of Change’ books, an initiative of Azim Premji University, documents these good practices of social change with a focus on reflection and learning, including capturing their limitations.Radio Azim Premji University takes you into this world of ...

What are Spiders like? Well, they’re curious, tenacious, passionate, adventurous and so much more. Of course, I’m talking about the University of Richmond Spiders! On this podcast, we'll be sharing stories with you about the amazing things that our Spider alumni do. You’ll hear directly from them about what drives them in their everyday lives and what it means to be a Richmond Spider. Remember, there are Spiders everywhere. And that’s a good thing!

This official Regent University podcast explores our motto: Christian Leadership to Change the World. You'll hear from politicians, lawyers, theologians, med students, and other Regent alumni who are changing the world. Listen now and follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn and Facebook!