Columbia University Press: 2355 books
Economic Risks of Climate Change
An American Prospectus
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Climate change threatens the economy of the United States in myriad ways, including increased flooding and storm damage, altered crop yields, lost labor productivity, higher crime, reshaped public-health patterns, and strained energy systems, among many other effects. Combining the latest climate...
Economic Thought
A Brief History
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
In this concise yet comprehensive history, Heinz D. Kurz traces the long arc of economic thought from its emergence in ancient Greece to its systematic presentation among the classical thinkers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries to the influential work of scholars such as Paul Samuelson...
Scales of Justice
Reimagining Political Space in a Globalizing World
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2008
Until recently, struggles for justice proceeded against the background of a taken-for-granted frame: the bounded territorial state. With that "Westphalian" picture of political space assumed by default, the scope of justice was rarely subject to open dispute. Today, however, human-rights...
Rational Investing
The Subtleties of Asset Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Many investors believe that success in investing is either luck or clairvoyance. In Rational Investing, finance professor Hugues Langlois and asset manager Jacques Lussier present the current state of asset management and clarify the conundrum of luck versus skill. The core of Rational Investing is...
Stalking the Black Swan
Research and Decision Making in a World of Extreme Volatility
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2010
Kenneth A. Posner spent close to two decades as a Wall Street analyst, tracking the so-called "specialty finance" sector, which included controversial companies such as Countrywide, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, CIT, and MasterCard-many of which were caught in the subprime mortgage and capital...
Pandora’s Risk
Uncertainty at the Core of Finance
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
Author of the acclaimed work Iceberg Risk: An Adventure in Portfolio Theory, Kent Osband argues that uncertainty is central rather than marginal to finance. Markets don't trade mainly on changes in risk. They trade on changes in beliefs about risk, and in the process, markets unite, stretch, and occasionally...
FDA in the Twenty-First Century
The Challenges of Regulating Drugs and New Technologies
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
In its decades-long effort to assure the safety, efficacy, and security of medicines and other products, the Food and Drug Administration has struggled with issues of funding, proper associations with industry, and the balance between consumer choice and consumer protection. Today, these challenges...
Tainted Witness
Why We Doubt What Women Say About Their Lives
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
In 1991, Anita Hill's testimony during Clarence Thomas's Senate confirmation hearing brought the problem of sexual harassment to a public audience. Although widely believed by women, Hill was defamed by conservatives and Thomas was confirmed to the Supreme Court. The tainting of Hill and her testimony...
Capital and the Common Good
How Innovative Finance Is Tackling the World's Most Urgent Problems
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
Despite social and economic advances around the world, poverty and disease persist, exacerbated by the mounting challenges of climate change, natural disasters, political conflict, mass migration, and economic inequality. While governments commit to addressing these challenges, traditional public...
How They Got Away With It
White Collar Criminals and the Financial Meltdown
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
A team of scholars with backgrounds in criminology, sociology, economics, business, government regulation, and law examine the historical, social, and cultural causes of the 2008 economic crisis. Essays probe the workings of the toxic subprime loan industry, the role of external auditors, the consequences...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
The welfare state has been under attack for decades, but now more than ever there is a need for strong social protection systems—the best tools we have to combat inequality, support social justice, and even improve economic performance. In this book, José Antonio Ocampo and Joseph E. Stiglitz bring...
Creating a Learning Society
A New Approach to Growth, Development, and Social Progress
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
It has long been recognized that an improved standard of living results from advances in technology, not from the accumulation of capital. It has also become clear that what truly separates developed from less-developed countries is not just a gap in resources or output but a gap in knowledge. In...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2007
The wealth derived from natural resources can have a tremendous impact on the economics and politics of producing countries. In the last quarter century, we have seen the surprising and sobering consequences of this wealth, producing what is now known as the "resource curse." Countries with...
The Quest for Security
Protection Without Protectionism and the Challenge of Global Governance
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
The essays in this collection boldly confront the quest for security arising from the social, economic, environmental, and political crises and transformations of our century. Joseph E. Stiglitz and Mary Kaldor begin with an expansive, balanced analysis of the global landscape and the factors contributing...