Economics

“a clever, deeply informative, and often brilliant analysis of key historical forces that have pushed U.S. politics and policy dangerously starboard . . .”

We tend to measure the success of a modern civilization by the products it produces and that its people use. Tangible things are easier to count than the quality of ideas.

New York is a different city in 2017 than it was in 1975.

Human civilization is constantly changing, argues David Smick in The Great Equalizer: How Main Street Capitalism Can Create an Economy for Everyone, a manifesto for a new set of policies d

Donald Trump must be punching himself for not locking up the rights to the title of Parag Khanna’s second book in the trilogy that Connectography now completes.

Without the Federal Reserve Bank, there might not be ecommerce or even an Internet, which both depend on money.  A century ago the country lacked the financial institutions to be globally competiti

“When an economist argues that money is inherently a social phenomenon, that is reason enough to read the book.

“In order for ‘equal justice under the law’ to be a reality, that justice must be affordable for and accessible to everyone.”

"Perhaps Mr. Klein can get paid for this book in goods with an excellent reputation for traditional value . . . like goats."

There are many authorities who take issue with and raise concerns about the current state of our societal institutions.

“After the Music Stopped is better read for background context than for strategy, programs, or initiatives that might make a real difference.”