A critical examination of economics’s past and future, and how it needs to change, by one of the most eminent political economists of our time The dominant view in economics is that money and government should play only a minor role in economic life. Economic outcomes, it is claimed, are best left to the “invisible hand” of the market. Yet these claims remain staunchly unsettl...(展开全部)

Monsanto, a St. Louis chemical firm that became the world’s largest maker of genetically engineered seeds, merged with German pharma-biotech giant Bayer in 2018―but its Roundup Ready® seeds, introduced twenty-five years ago, are still reshaping the farms that feed us. When researchers found trace amounts of the firm’s blockbuster herbicide in breakfast cereal bowls, Monsanto fa...(展开全部)

The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets set the standard for money and banking courses when it published in its first edition, and it continues to be the worldwide market leader. By applying a unified analytical framework to the models, Mishkin makes theory intuitive for students, and the rich array of current, real-world events keeps students motivated. Authorit...(展开全部)

What is the place of quality in contemporary capitalism? How is a product as ordinary as a bag of tea valued for its quality? In her innovative study, Sarah Besky addresses these questions by going inside an Indian auction house where experts taste and value mass-market black tea, one of the world’s most recognized commodities. Pairing rich historical data with ethnographic res...(展开全部)

For thousands of years, thinkers and scientists have tried to understand what the brain does. Yet, despite the astonishing discoveries of science, we still have only the vaguest idea of how the brain works. In The Idea of the Brain, scientist and historian Matthew Cobb traces how our conception of the brain has evolved over the centuries. Although it might seem to be a story of...(展开全部)

A powerful examination of what we think we know about the brain and why — despite technological advances — the workings of our most essential organ remain a mystery. For thousands of years, thinkers and scientists have tried to understand what the brain does. Yet, despite the astonishing discoveries of science, we still have only the vaguest idea of how the brain works. In The ...(展开全部)

作者简介：圭多•卡拉布雷西 美国联邦第二巡回上诉法院资深法官。1959年起任耶鲁法学院教授，出任法官前曾任耶鲁法学院院长。他与罗纳德•科斯一道被认为是“法和经济学”的奠基人。 译者简介：郑戈 上海交通大学凯原法学院教授，博士生导师，上海高校特聘教授（东方学者）。

For nearly four years, Cass R. Sunstein, bestselling author and President Obama’s “Regulatory Czar,” helped to oversee a revolution in better government. He explains how and why—and what comes next. The future of government arrived four years ago. Government became simpler, it became smarter, and Cass Sunstein was at the center of it all. Drawing on state-of-the-art work in beh...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 [奥]瓦尔特·沙伊德尔（Walter Scheidel），生于奥地利，目前在斯坦福大学教授古代历史，主要研究领域是古代历史和经济史、前现代历史人口学，以及世界史比较和跨学科研究方法。 【译者简介】 祁长保，毕业于国际关系学院，曾从事医药贸易工作。译有《黑斯巴达克斯：海地国父杜桑·卢维杜尔传》《苍白的骑士：西班牙流感如何改变了世界》。