Yale University Press: 2009 books
The Bet
Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and Our Gamble over Earth's Future
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
America the Possible
Manifesto for a New Economy
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
In this third volume of his award-winning American Crisis series, James Gustave Speth makes his boldest and most ambitious contribution yet. He looks unsparingly at the sea of troubles in which the United States now finds itself, charts a course through the discouragement and despair commonly felt...
by Robert D. Atkinson, Stephen J. Ezell
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
This important book delivers a critical wake-up call: a fierce global race for innovation advantage is under way, and while other nations are making support for technology and innovation a central tenet of their economic strategies and policies, America lacks a robust innovation policy. What does this...
Broken Bargain
Bankers, Bailouts, and the Struggle to Tame Wall Street
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
A history of major financial crises—and how taxpayers have been left with the bill†‹
In the 1930s, battered and humbled by the Great Depression, the U.S. financial sector struck a grand bargain with the federal government. Bankers gained a safety net in exchange for certain curbs on their...
Stumbling Giant
The Threats to China's Future
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
While dozens of recent books and articles have predicted the near-certainty of China’s rise to global supremacy, this book boldly counters such widely-held assumptions. Timothy Beardson brings to light the daunting array of challenges that today confront China, as well as the inadequacy of the policy...
Humans Need Not Apply
A Guide to Wealth and Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
After billions of dollars and fifty years of effort, researchers are finally cracking the code on artificial intelligence. As society stands on the cusp of unprecedented change, Jerry Kaplan unpacks the latest advances in robotics, machine learning, and perception powering systems that rival or exceed...
by Alex Taylor, Mike Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
Custodians of the Internet
Platforms, Content Moderation, and the Hidden Decisions That Shape Social Media
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
A revealing and gripping investigation into how social media platforms police what we post online—and the large societal impact of these decisions
Most users want their Twitter feed, Facebook page, and YouTube comments to be free of harassment and porn. Whether faced with “fake news”...
The Political Spectrum
The Tumultuous Liberation of Wireless Technology, from Herbert Hoover to the Smartphone
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2017
From the former chief economist of the FCC, a remarkable history of the U.S. government’s regulation of the airwaves Popular legend has it that before the Federal Radio Commission was established in 1927, the radio spectrum was in chaos, with broadcasting stations blasting powerful signals to drown...
The Elements of Power
Gadgets, Guns, and the Struggle for a Sustainable Future in the Rare Metal Age
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2015
Our future hinges on a set of elements that few of us have even heard of. In this surprising and revealing book, David S. Abraham unveils what rare metals are and why our electronic gadgets, the most powerful armies, and indeed the fate of our planet depend on them. These metals have become the building...
The Aisles Have Eyes
How Retailers Track Your Shopping, Strip Your Privacy, and Define Your Power
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
A revealing and surprising look at the ways that aggressive consumer advertising and tracking, already pervasive online, are coming to a retail store near you By one expert’s prediction, within twenty years half of Americans will have body implants that tell retailers how they feel about specific products...
Conversations in Jazz
The Ralph J. Gleason Interviews
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2016
During his nearly forty years as a music journalist, Ralph J. Gleason recorded many in-depth interviews with some of the greatest jazz musicians of all time. These informal sessions, conducted mostly in Gleason’s Berkeley, California, home, have never been transcribed and published in full until now....
by William Shakespeare
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
One of the most frequently read and performed of all stage works, Shakespeare’s Hamlet is unsurpassed in its complexity and richness. Now the first fully annotated version of Hamlet makes the play completely accessible to readers in the twenty-first century. It has been carefully assembled with students,...