Economic Inequality

The Big Three in Economics reveals the battle of ideas among the three most influential economists in world history....

Alfani argues that the position of the rich and super-rich in Western society has always been intrinsically fragile; their very presence has inspired social unease. In the Middle Ages, an excessive accumulation of wealth was considered sinful; the rich were expected not to appear to be wealthy....

NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER From two winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, “who have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity” “A wildly ambitious work that hopscotches through history and around the world...

One of the foremost conservative public intellectuals in the country argues that political and ideological struggles have led to dangerous confusion about income inequality....

Knowing what makes capitalism work - and what makes it fail - is crucial to understanding its long-term health and the vast implications for the global economy that go along with it....

Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes....

A provocative look at how today's trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interests of elites at the expense of workers....

The Austrian School is in the news as never before. It is discussed on business pages, in academic journals, and in speeches by public figures....

George Lakey explores the inner-workings of the Nordic economies that boast the world's happiest, most productive workers....

In Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty analyzes a unique collection of data from 20 countries, ranging as far back as the 18th century, to uncover key economic and social patterns....

In The Capital Order, political economist Clara E. Mattei explores the intellectual origins of austerity to uncover its originating motives: the protection of capital—and indeed capitalism—in times of social upheaval from below....

In this investigation, Owen Jones explores how the working class has gone from 'salt of the earth' to 'scum of the earth.' Exposing the ignorance and prejudice at the heart of the caricature....

From Nobel Prize-winning economist Jean Tirole, a bold new agenda for the role of economics in society. Providing a rich account of how economics can benefit everyone, Economics for the Common Good sets a new agenda for the role of economics in society....

Noam Chomsky is universally accepted as one of the preeminent public intellectuals of the modern era....

A lively, inviting account of the history of economics, told through events from ancient to modern times and the ideas of great thinkers in the field....

This audiobook argues for a society organized by voluntary cooperation under institutions of private property and exchange with little, ultimately no, government....

A powerful critique, We Have Never Been Woke reveals that only by challenging this elite’s self-serving narratives can we hope to address social and economic inequality effectively.

The epic successor to one of the most important books of the century: at once a retelling of global history, a scathing critique of contemporary politics, and a bold proposal for a new and fairer economic system....

Ever since its first publication in 1992, The End of History and the Last Man has provoked controversy and debate. Francis Fukuyama's prescient analysis of religious fundamentalism, politics, scientific progress, ethical codes, and war is essential....

In this fifth edition of Basic Economics, Thomas Sowell revises and updates his popular book on commonsense economics, bringing the world into clearer focus through a basic understanding of the fundamental economic principles and how they explain our lives....