Political & Social Science

Yes, we are in the midst of an American oil boom, one that helps explain the precipitous decline in gasoline prices over the second half of 2014, as well as an only modest rebound so far in 2015.

“Dreamland stands as a model of meticulous investigative reporting . . .”

“Poignant sometimes to point of inducing tears, Be Safe, Love Mom is not easy reading.”

The basic thesis of this book, which modestly sets out to present a “science in the making,” is that “scarcity is not just a physical constraint.

“Until we abandon needs-based approaches where food insecurity is regarded as an individual problem and ‘handouts’ are given to deserving ‘beneficiaries’ instead of to rights-holding reside

“multiple voices use the power of story to tell their Class Lives as both noun and verb.”

“What Dubler has produced in his weeklong observance of activities is a rare combination of prison anthropology, deep journalism, history of religiosity in the United States, and a personal

“To live one’s life as an artist is to dream of immortality.”

“. . . informative and entertaining, filled with grisly anecdotes and case histories, religious, social, and medical interpretations . . .”

“Until one understands what incentives motive people, it is impossible to predict how new policies will actually work.”

“We—mainstream society—cannot afford to ignore their needs and potential contributions.”