Politics & Economics

Frederick and Heidi On the day I started thinking about this piece, I read about Frederick the Great and Heidi Montag. Frederick because he makes an important appearance in a volume I’m reading on the...

Maria Rovisco, University of Leicester As Europe struggles with a humanitarian crisis the like of which it hasn’t seen for decades, the media coverage of the refugees dying to get to the continent has...

When the housing bubble popped in 2008, the effects spread rapidly from the United States throughout the global economic system, leaving mass unemployment, income inequality, and utter devastation in its wake....

At the heart of the economics of aging is the key question: how should we divide things between retired and working people? As the population gets older, answering that question will get more difficult.

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Greece’s economy is in ruins. It is hard to imagine how things could have gone worse. Banks closed, no liquidity,...

Economic Fables by Ariel Rubinstein Part memoir, part introduction to microeconomic theory, this beautifully written book by Ariel Rubinstein should be required reading for any student of economics. It...

This list provides some suggestions for readers interested in getting into the field of International Relations (IR). Our list was drawn up with three criteria in mind: readability, non-paradigmatic texts, and...