Book Review

French Economist Thomas Piketty's book, “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” could very well become one of the most influential books on economics in decades.

Paul Krugman: “One thing that strikes me is the remarkable extent to which American conservatism in 2014 seems to be about defending and promoting patrimonial capitalism.”

Chris Hedges: “'The Corpse Exhibition: And Other Stories of Iraq,' by Hassan Blasim, is the most important book to come out of the Iraq War.”

“How to Jump-Start Your Union: Lessons from the Chicago Teachers,” a Labor Notes book, tracks how the Chicago Teachers Union built itself up as an agent of community and …

Lundy Braun's “Breathing Race into the Machine” traces the peculiar history of how 19th century research on lung capacity laid the foundation for a “scientific” framing of racial difference …

Barking dogs and sinking ships: Journalism's search for metaphor and meaning.

Rather than bastions of free thought and intellectual rigor, colleges' historic cooperation with government is outlined in ‘The Imperial University: Academic Repression and Scholarly Dissent.’

Howard Mansfield's "Dwelling in Possibility"' suggests that how we construct our dwellings makes a cosmic difference in the quality of our personal and communal lives.

Inu00a0"Windfall," McKenzie Funk writes about those who would make money off of climate change, acknowledging the droll ironies of a society that can profit from its own self-destruction.

Dave Ramsey is a huge success because he is peddling one of the huge but popular illusions of American culture: that people can become rich by making better financial …