-Titulo Original : Alan Turing The Enigma The Book That Inspired The Film The Imitation Game - Updated Edition-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: Review A New York Times Bestseller 2014, 2015The Imitation Game, Winner of the 2015 Academy Award for Best Adapted ScreenplayWinner of the 2015 (27th) USC Libraries Scripter Award, University of Southern California LibrariesOne of The Guardian’s Best Popular Physical Science Books of 2014, chosen by GrrlScientistScrupulous and enthralling.---A. O. Scott, New York TimesOne of the finest scientific biographies ever written.---Jim Holt, New YorkerAndrew Hodges 1983 book Alan Turing: The Enigma, is the indispensable guide to Turings life and work and one of the finest biographies of a scientific genius ever written.---Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles TimesTurings rehabilitation from over a quarter-centurys embarrassed silence was largely the result of Andrew Hodgess superb biography, Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983; reissued with a new introduction in 2012). Hodges examined available primary sources and interviewed surviving witnesses to elucidate Turings multiple dimensions. A mathematician, Hodges ably explained Turings intellectual accomplishments with insight, and situated them within their wider historical contexts. He also empathetically explored the centrality of Turings sexual identity to his thought and life in a persuasive rather than reductive way.---Michael Saler, Times Literary SupplementOn the face of it, a richly detailed 500-page biography of a mathematical genius and analysis of his ideas, might seem a daunting proposition. But fellow mathematician and author Hodges has acutely clear and often extremely moving insight into the humanity behind the leaping genius that helped to crack the Germans Enigma codes during World War II and bring about the dawn of the computer age. . . . This melancholy story is transfigured into something else: an exploration of the relationship between machines and the soul and a full-throated celebration of Turings brilliance, unselfconscious quirkiness and bravery in a hostile age.---Sinclair McKay, Wall Street JournalA first-class contribution to history and an exemplary work of biography.---I. J. Good, NatureAn almost perfect match of biographer and subject. . . . [A] great book.---Ray Monk, GuardianA superb biography. . . . Written by a mathematician, it describes in plain language Turings work on the foundations of computer science and how he broke the Germans Enigma code in the Second World War. The subtle depiction of class rivalries, personal relationships, and Turings tragic end are worthy of a novel. But this was a real person. Hodges describes the man, and the science that fascinated him--which once saved, and still influences, our lives.---Margaret Boden, New ScientistAndrew Hodgess magisterial Alan Turing: The Enigma . . . is still the definitive text.---Joshua Cohen, HarpersAndrew Hodgess biography is a meticulously researched and written account detailing every aspect of Turings life. . . . This account of Turings life is a definitive scholarly work, rich in primary source documentation and small-grained historical detail. Mathematics TeacherTells a powerful story that combines professional success and personal tragedy.---Nancy Szokan, Washington Post[A] really excellent biography. . . . The great thing about this book is that the author is a mathematician and can explain the details of Turings work--as a scientist, mathematician, and a code breaker--in a way that is easy to understand. He is also wonderful at the emotional nuance of Alans life, who was a somewhat odd--a student was assigned to him in school to help him maintain a semblance of tidiness in his appearance, rooms and school work and at Bletchley Park he was known for chaining his tea mug to a pipe--but he was also charming and intelligent and Hodges brings all the aspects of his personality and life into sharp focus. Off the ShelfThis book is an incredibly detailed and meticulously researched biography of Alan Turing. Reading it is a melancholy experienc...

-Titulo Original : A Farewell To Alms A Brief Economic History Of The World (the Princeton Economic History Of The Western World, 25)-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: Review Winner of the 2008 Gold Book Medal in Finance/Investment/Economics, Independent Publisher Book AwardsRight or wrong, or perhaps somewhere in between, Clarks is about as stimulating an account of world economic history as one is likely to find. Lets hope that the human traits to which he attributes economic progress are acquired, not genetic, and that the countries that grow in population over the next 50 years turn out to be good at imparting them. Alternatively, we can simply hope hes wrong.---Benjamin M. Friedman, New York Times Book ReviewClarks idea-rich book may just prove to be the next blockbuster in economics. He offers us a daring story of the economic foundations of good institutions and the climb out of recurring poverty. We may not have cracked the mystery of human progress, but A Farewell to Alms brings us closer than before.---Tyler Cowen, New York Times[C]lark is very good at piecing together figures from here and there, including those from isolated groups of hunter-gatherers alive today. He makes a plausible case for the basic pattern: for thousands of years before the Industrial Revolution, there was essentially no sustained improvement in mankinds general material standard of living, nor was there much variation from place to place around the world. The Industrial Revolution made all the difference.---Robert Solow, New York Review of BooksA Farewell to Alms asks the right questions, and it is full of fascinating details, like the speed at which information traveled over two millennia (prior to the 19th century, about one mile per hour). Clarks combination of passion and erudition makes his account engaging. When a light bulb goes off in my head, the first thing I ask myself is Would this be interest if it were true? Clarks thesis definitely meets that test.---Samuel Bowles, ScienceMr. Clark...has produced a well written and thought-provoking thesis, refreshingly light on jargon and equations. It could well be the subject of debate for years to come. The EconomistGregory Clarks A Farewell to Alms is fully as absorbing, as memorable and as well written as [Jared] Diamonds remarkable bestseller. It deserves to be as widely read.... [A]ny book that is as bold, as fascinating, as conscientiously argued and as politically incorrect as this one demands to be read.---Clive Crook, Financial TimesObviously, we¹ve got a controversial argument here. But Clark makes a compelling case for the idea that the fruits of industrialization were open to all societies, but only a handful seized the moment.---William R. Wineke, The Wisconsin State JournalGregory Clarks new book A Farewell to Alms is an investigation of both our nasty, brutish, and short past and our more prosperous present. Mr. Clark first makes the case that we owe our current prosperity to the gifts of the Industrial Revolution. He then attempts to explain why that revolution happened in 18th-century England.---Edward Glaeser, New York SunEconomic history often conjures images of musty tomes, bygone eras that no one knows about and in general, scholarship that is dry and difficult to relate to. Gregory Clarks new book A Farewell to Alms conveys a different image. Offering a sweep of history from the border between antiquity and the medieval age, the book is an attempt at tackling grand themes.---Siddharth Singh, LiveMintFor a novel and somewhat dispiriting theory of economic divergence, read A Farewell to Alms, published this year, by Gregory Clark of the University of California at Davis. He doesnt accept the view, common among the utopians, that natural endowments like soil and water explain why rich nations are 50 times as prosperous as poor ones. How can differences in natural resources possibly explain Zimbabwes misery or Singapores wealth? Clark amasses an extraordinary collection of historical data to explain why the Industrial Revolution was born in western Europe, not Africa or India.---William Baldwi...

-Titulo Original : The Myth Of The Rational Voter Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies - New Edition-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: Review The best political book this year.---Nicholas D. Kristof, New York TimesCaplan thinks that democracy as it is now practiced cannot be salvaged, and his position is based on a simple observation: Democracy is a commons, not a market.---Louis Menand, The New YorkerOne of the two or three best books on public choice in the last twenty years.---Tyler Cowen, Marginal RevolutionLike a few recent best sellers--Freakonomics, The Tipping Point, The Wisdom of Crowds--The Myth of the Rational Voter unwraps economic theories and applies them to everyday life. Mr. Caplans thesis, though, lacks any semblance of a compliment: The unwisdom of crowds is closer to his point. He believes that the American public is biased against sensible, empirically proved economic policies about which nearly all economists agree. Voters, he says, are not just ignorant in the sense of having insufficient information. They actually hold wrong-headed and damaging beliefs about how the economy works.---Daniel Casse, The Wall Street Journal[P]rovocative.---Elsa Dixler, New York Times Book ReviewThe Myth of the Rational Voter usefully extends the discussion [about democracy] by linking it with public choice theory. . . . Public choice theory faces a dilemma. A rational and self-interested person has no incentive to study political issues, as the chances of his or her determining the outcome are negligible. This has become known as rational ignorance. Caplan maintains that the reality is much worse. He shows that voters are not just ignorant but systematically biased in favor of mistaken views.---Samuel Brittan, Financial TimesCaplan is right to detect a stubborn irrationality in ordinary voters and he correctly points out to his rational choice colleagues that their models are hopelessly unrealistic.---Martin Leet, Australian Review of Public AffairsCaplan argues convincingly that irrational behaviour is pervasive among many of us today. . . . Caplans point, however, is that most voters are irrational. And that is worse than being ignorant. . . . Their irrationality comes with a host of misconceptions that drive policy choices.---Fazil Mihlar, The Vancouver SunThis engaging and provocative volume describes why democracy gives us far less than its promise. Countering existing theories of rationally ignorant voters, Caplan argues persuasively that voters are irrational, registering systematically biased beliefs--and consequently votes--against markets and other sound economy policy metrics. . . . [T]his is a compelling book, offering readers a well-written and well-argued competing theory for why democracy fails and why we should limit what is done through the political process.---M. Steckbeck, Choice[Caplan] argues that voters own irrational biases, rather than flaws in the democratic process, compel voters to support policies that are not in their interest. While one may quibble with his specifics, the overall argument is convincing and applicable across a variety of fields...Forces the reader to take a second look at our nations unshakable faith in the wisdom of the electorate.---Pio Szamel, Harvard Political ReviewA brilliant and disturbing analysis of decision making by electorates that--[Caplan] documents--are perversely ignorant and woefully misinformed.---Neil Reynolds, The Globe and MailScintillating. . . . Outstanding.---Gene Epstein, Barrons MagazineKudos to Caplan for not wanting to leave well enough alone, but he could have given democracy more credit for diffusing--to the relatively benign act of voting--irrational and reactionary human behaviour that has in the past led to violence and war. In the meantime, it certainly would not hurt for more people to learn about the law of supply and demand.---Adam Fleisher, International AffairsCaplans book is a major accomplishment, which breaks new ground in our understanding of democratic politics and opens up a new research territory for further exploration...

-Titulo Original : The Rise And Fall Of American Growth The U.s. Standard Of Living Since The Civil War (the Princeton Economic History Of The Western World, 70)-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: Review Winner of the 2017 Excellence in Financial Journalism Book Award, New York State Society of Certified Public AccountantsWinner of the 2017 PROSE Award in U.S. History, Association of American PublishersA New York Times BestsellerOne of Financial Times (FT ) Best Economics Books of 2016One of Foreign Affairs’ Editors’ Picks 2016One of The Economist’s Economics and Business Books of the Year 2016One of The Wall Street Journal’s “The 20 Books That Defined Our Year” 2016One of the Washington Post’s Best Economics Books 2016One of Bloomberg View’s “Five Books to Change Conservatives’ Minds,” chosen by Cass SunsteinOne of Bloomberg View’s Great History Books of 2016#36 on Bloomberg’s 50 Most Influential ListOne of Bloomberg’s Best Books of 2016One of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2016One of Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2016 in HistoryOne of the StrategyBusiness Best Business Books 2016 in EconomyShortlisted for the 2016 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardOne of The NewYorker Page-Turner blog’s “The Books We Loved in 2016”Longlisted for the 2016 Cundill Prize in Historical Literature, McGill UniversityThe Rise and Fall of American Growth . . . is the Thomas Piketty-esque economic must read of the year.---Rana Foroohar, TimeThis is a book well worth reading--a magisterial combination of deep technological history, vivid portraits of daily life over the past six generations and careful economic analysis. . . . [The Rise and Fall of American Growth] will challenge your views about the future; [and] it will definitely transform how you see the past.---Paul Krugman, New York Times Book Review[An] authoritative examination of innovation through the ages.---Neil Irwin, New York TimesRobert Gordon has written a magnificent book on the economic history of the United States over the last one and a half centuries. . . . The book is without peer in providing a statistical analysis of the uneven pace of growth and technological change, in describing the technologies that led to the remarkable progress during the special century, and in concluding with a provocative hypothesis that the future is unlikely to bring anything approaching the economic gains of the earlier period. . . . If you want to understand our history and the economic dilemmas faced by the nation today, you can spend many a fruitful hour reading Gordons landmark study.---William D. Nordhaus, New York Review of Books[The Rise and Fall of American Growth] is full of wonder for the miraculous things that America has accomplished.---Edward Glaeser, Wall Street JournalMr. Gordon uses exhaustive historic data to buttress his thesis.---Greg Ip, Wall Street JournalA masterful study to be read and reread by anyone interested in todays political economy. KirkusNormally, these kinds of big-think books end with a whimper, as the author totally fails to identify solutions to the problem he is writing about. But Gordons conclusion offers some admirably definitive policy advice.---Matthew Yglesias, VoxMagnificent. . . . Gordon presents his case. . . with great style and panache, supporting his argument with vivid examples as well as econometric data. . . . Even if history changes direction. . . this book will survive as a superb reconstruction of material life in America in the heyday of industrial capitalism. EconomistEvery presidential candidate should be asked what policies he or she would offer to increase the pace of U.S. productivity growth and to narrow the widening gap between winners and losers in the economy. Bob Gordons list is a good place to start.---David Wessel, WSJ s, Think Tank[W]hat may be the years most important book on economics has already been published. . . . What Gordon has provided is not a rejection of technology but a sobering reminder of its limits.---Robert Samuelson, Washington PostRobert Gordons The Rise and Fall of American...

-Titulo Original : Illiberal Reformers Race, Eugenics, And American Economics In The Progressive Era-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: Review Mythologies that arise around individuals, groups, and ideas of the past tend to mask many warts. Thomas Leonards excellent book about American economics during the Progressive Era shows how progressives efforts to champion reform drew on a vision of scientific development that would institutionalize the eugenic creed and, in the process, do great violence to the liberal project that had been at the heart of the American system. Illiberal Reformers provides a powerful lesson in the tensions that surround ideals of social progress, scientific expertise, and the democratic system. Steven G. Medema, University of Colorado, DenverEconomists like to think of their ancestors as heroic seekers of truth, each generation, as Newton suggested, standing on the shoulders of the giants who came before. Thomas Leonard demonstrates clearly that the story of economics in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America was far more complex and more interesting. He shows how the economists of that era combined their passion for social reform with religion, eugenics, and evolution theory in ways that seem incredible today. This book is an eye-opener. Craufurd Goodwin, James B. Duke Professor of Economics Emeritus, Duke UniversityThis untold story of how Progressive Era activists helped construct the extensive role of government in the economy sheds light on todays technocratic dilemmas. Which decisions need to be left to experts, the ‘social engineers, and which require democratic participation? Thomas Leonards book demonstrates that during the Progressive Era this question was resolved only by combining democratic reform with the exclusion of women, African Americans, immigrants, and disabled people as full members of society. It underlines the fact that the tension between ‘expert economic administration and individual liberties remains at the heart of current political debates. Diane Coyle, author of GDP: A Brief but Affectionate HistoryIlliberal Reformers makes a substantial contribution to the much contested history of U.S. progressivism by providing fascinating new evidence of what Leonard terms its ‘dark side. This books rich narrative will amply reward readers interested in the discrete histories of social science, science, politics, culture, industrial relations, and general U.S. history, and offers a wealth of new material on discrimination based on gender, race, and class. Mary O. Furner, University of California, Santa Barbara The pivotal and troubling role of progressive-era economics in the shaping of modern American liberalismIn Illiberal Reformers, Thomas Leonard reexamines the economic progressives whose ideas and reform agenda underwrote the Progressive Era dismantling of laissez-faire and the creation of the regulatory welfare state, which, they believed, would humanize and rationalize industrial capitalism. But not for all. Academic social scientists such as Richard T. Ely, John R. Commons, and Edward A. Ross, together with their reform allies in social work, charity, journalism, and law, played a pivotal role in establishing minimum-wage and maximum-hours laws, workmens compensation, antitrust regulation, and other hallmarks of the regulatory welfare state. But even as they offered uplift to some, economic progressives advocated exclusion for others, and did both in the name of progress. Leonard meticulously reconstructs the influence of Darwinism, racial science, and eugenics on scholars and activists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, revealing a reform community deeply ambivalent about Americas poor. Illiberal Reformers shows that the intellectual champions of the regulatory welfare state proposed using it not to help those they portrayed as hereditary inferiors but to exclude them. Review Winner of the 2017 Joseph J. Spengler Best Book Prize, History of Economics Society Finalist for the 2017 Hayek Prize, The Manhattan Institut...

-Titulo Original : The Curse Of Cash How Large-denomination Bills Aid Crime And Tax Evasion And Constrain Monetary Policy-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: Review Winner of the 2017 PROSE Award in Economics, Association of American PublishersOne of Financial Times (FT ) Best Economics Books of 2016One of Bloomberg’s Best Books of 2016Selected for Canada’s Financial Post Best Personal Finance and Economics Books of 2016Longlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2016In a brilliant and lucid new book, The Curse of Cash, the Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff gives a fascinating and thorough account of the argument against cash.---John Lanchester, New York Times MagazineAn excellent book on the history and the origins of cash, which also goes into much depth on the issue of cash constraining monetary policy.---Jon Hartley, Forbes , The great accomplishment of his book is that his arguments are convincing. . . . Its clear and coherent, and even if you disagree with him in the end, chances are youll think a little bit differently about something of which most of us give no thought whatsoever.---Bethany McLean, Washington Post[A] fascinating economic manifesto. . . . [The Curse of Cash] is an absorbing exploration of the uses, and misuses, of currency, and its intractability in controlling modern economies. Publishers WeeklyEconomist Rogoff, the former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, offers a detailed case for eliminating paper money. . . . For both the elimination of paper money and the employment of negative interest rates to combat deflationary recessions, Rogoff painstakingly presents both the advantages and the drawbacks. . . . Provocative. Library JournalIn a witty new book, The Curse of Cash, economist Kenneth Rogoff argues the human race would be better off without paper money. Hes onto something.---Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe[The Curse of Cash] makes the case for encouraging the U.S. government to drastically scale back on $100 bills in circulation. The book . . . offers a thought-provoking theory for phasing out paper money, not eliminating it.---Susan Tompor, Detroit Free PressMeticulously written, [The Curse of Cash] covers everything needed for such a monetary reform. But the book is not excessively polemical. Rogoff details almost all the arguments against tinkering with paper currency, then labors to refute or defuse them.---Peter Garber, Finance & DevelopmentRogoff is always worth listening to. . . . Where Rogoff is on very solid ground is when he says the process of weaning us further off cash should begin with the abolition of high-denomination notes.---David Smith, Sunday TimesRogoff makes a compelling case for the crime-fighting power of his idea.---David Nicklaus, St. Louis Post Dispatch[Rogoff] understands that getting rid of cash . . . is not exactly an easy sell. So Rogoff builds the case against cash, loading up on all the things wrong with paper money. . . . Rogoffs case against cash is so cogently argued that its hard to believe that we havent already gotten rid of paper bills and coins--or at least larger bills.---Mark Gimein, StrategyBusiness , An illuminating, provocative and fact-packed work that does make you wonder why on earth we allow so much cash to slosh around. It also exposes some well-worn pub truths as urban myths.---Patrick Hosking, The TimesKen Rogoff, the Harvard economist, who argues in [his] new book that we should start to phase out cash is, for me, on the money.---Ben Chu, IndependentThis book is a rare bird indeed: accessible, absorbing and often deadpan funny.---Brian Bethune, Macleans[The Curse of Cash] is a fascinating contribution to the debate about what might be done to help get many wealthy countries out of an economic funk.---Clancy Yeates, Sydney Morning HeraldLively and clearly written.---Geoffrey Wood, Central Banking JournalRecommended for readers who seek a greater understanding of negative interest rates and the possibility of eliminating cash. ChoiceYou may not have any in your wallet, but $100 bill...

-Titulo Original : Finance And The Good Society-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: Review Robert J. Shiller, Co-Winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in EconomicsWinner of the 2012 Business Book Award in Finance & Economics, 800-CEO-READWinner of the 2012 PROSE Award in Business, Finance & Management, Association of American PublishersWinner of the 2013 Bronze Medal Book Award in Economics, Axiom BusinessOne of Choices Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012Shortlisted for the 2012 Best Finance Books in China, Caijing MagazineReading his book is like wandering through an interesting garden. . . . [T]he best passages in this book make a persuasive case for a fresh view of an industry that is too glibly demonized. The most promising way to promote the good society, Shiller says, is not to restrain finance but to release it.---Sebastian Mallaby, New York Times Book Review[R]igorous. . . . Shiller presents a helpful taxonomy, and is convincing in his defence of insurers, financial advisers, and (some) bankers. He is good at relating even some of the more obscure and complex trading strategies to real world problems.---Howard Davies, Times Literary SupplementShiller, professor of economics at Yale and author of the best-selling Irrational Exuberance, examines the future of finance in this timely new book. Recognizing the anger of many Americans--as evidenced in part by the rise of the Occupy movement--Shiller suggests that the way to fix our increasingly unequal society is through the democratization and humanization of finance. PublishersWeekly Online ReviewFinance is in need of a little redemption. In his priestly new book, Finance and the Good Society, Mr. Shiller . . . sets out to provide it. He argues convincingly that finance can, should and usually does make the world a better place. . . . As an advocate for the financial system . . . he is wonderfully persuasive because he never plays down the problems. . . . Mr. Shiller reminds us of the profound importance of finance to making our society work.---Robin Harding, Financial Times[S]hiller comes across as pragmatic as well as visionary, explaining how much financial capitalism has done for society and how much more it could do if harnessed for the common good.---James Pressley, Bloomberg News[W]hile many have damned the finance industry for rampant self-interest and a tendency to prey on peoples flawed thinking for its own benefit, Shiller wants to overhaul it to make sure finance serves the greater good. The key, he says, in his new book, Finance and the Good Society, is to democratize finance--giving the rest of us access to the tools and techniques that rich folks have used for decades to raise capital and protect themselves from risk.---Drew DeSilver, Seattle Times[F]inance and the Good Society is so contrarian as to be shocking--all the more so because its author, Robert Shiller, is no head-in-the-sand capitalist nor a highly paid Wall Street shill. . . . [A]t a time . . . when fear is curbing financial innovation and the political climate could prevent financial capitalism from progressing in ways that could benefit all citizens, Mr. Shillers sensible message demands urgent attention. EconomistShiller has sought to prove what most of us were prepared to assume: finance may not be the great saviour that will create good society in the Utopian sense, but a society that truly seeks to be good will find in finance a willing partner that can help it achieve its goals. If you are looking for a social revolution, you will not find it in Finance and the Good Society but if you are planning a social revolution you should definitely read this book first. Financial World[D]eeply intelligent and elegantly argued. BizEdIf François Hollande really believes finance is an enemy of society, he should read Robert J. Shiller.---Tim King, European VoiceWhat present would you give to the man who stands on the threshold of the elysee Palace--a man who has almost everything? A copy of Robert Shillers Finance and the Good So...

-Titulo Original : The Technology Trap Capital, Labor, And Power In The Age Of Automation-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: Review Frey’s story is well argued and at times deeply alarming. John Thornhill, Financial TimesAn excellent analysis of past industrial revolutions, the technologies that emerged within them, and the way societies adapted to those changes. Adi Gaskell, ForbesThe Technology Trap may well ensnare doom-seekers’ attention with its ominous-sounding title. But it should ultimately hearten anyone who reads it. The EconomistA provocative, original long view on current concerns. Andrew Hill, Financial TimesBracing . . . Carl Frey extrapolates from the history of the industrial revolution to offer a vision of the future in which Amazon Go, AI assistants and autonomous vehicles are worker replacement technologies. Greg Williams, WiredAn important book. . . . Frey is erudite and thoughtful. Joel Mokyr, Journal of Economic History Made me look at the industrial revolution, invention, sleeping beauties, contexts and the forces that shape our societies differently. David Byrne, New York Times Book ReviewHow the history of technological revolutions can help us better understand economic and political polarization in the age of automation The Technology Trap is a sweeping account of the history of technological progress and how it has radically shifted the distribution of economic and political power among society’s members. As Carl Benedikt Frey shows, the Industrial Revolution created unprecedented wealth and prosperity over the long run, but the immediate consequences of mechanization were devastating. Middle-income jobs withered, wages stagnated, the labor share of income fell, profits surged, and economic inequality skyrocketed. These trends broadly mirror those in our current age of automation. But, just as the Industrial Revolution eventually brought about extraordinary benefits for society, artificial intelligence systems have the potential to do the same. The Technology Trap demonstrates that in the midst of another technological revolution, the lessons of the past can help us to more effectively face the present. About the Author Carl Benedikt Frey is the Oxford Martin Citi Fellow and codirector of the Oxford Martin Programme on Technology and Employment at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford. Twitter @carlbfre...

-Titulo Original : Priced Out The Economic And Ethical Costs Of American Health Care-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: Review Winner of the Gold Medal in Business Ethics, Axiom Business Book AwardsWith the posthumous publication this month of his final work, a book entitled Priced Out: The Economic and Ethical Costs of American Health Care, Reinhardt’s reputation for cutting to the quick of the issues in U.S. healthcare reform is only enhanced. The book should be required reading for anyone who professes to have an interest in the debate economists, journalists, legislators, doctors and patients.---Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles TimesReinhardt’s new book gives a cogent synthesis of all the reasons why ‘it’s the prices, stupid’ not the quantity of care we receive that drives our high health spending.---Adam Gaffney, Boston ReviewThere are numerous moments in this book that will remind readers like myself how much we will miss both his colorful imagery and his brutal candor . . . . One wonders after reading it how to ensure that the book achieves the broad distribution it deserves, especially among the young people and newly minted legislators and members of Congress who will not get a chance to hear Reinhardt in person . . . . We owe Uwe Reinhardt a large debt of gratitude. Buy and read his last book. Then give it to a younger friend.---Jeff Goldsmith, Health AffairsWish I could afford to buy a copy for every adult in the U.S. If healthcare matters to you, please read it.---Ted Kinni, Uwe’s book can be enjoyed by, and be illuminating for, students, policymakers, the media, and the health care establishment. The only problem is that he can’t follow it up with a book tour and educate his audiences in person with the best PowerPoint presentations I have ever seen.---Gerard Anderson, StatNewsPriced Out . . . combines scholarly, in-depth analysis with rich insight, delightfully sharp humor, and deep moral seriousness all in consistently clear, engaging prose.---Donald Gilpin, Princeton Magazine From a giant of health care policy, an engaging and enlightening account of why American health care is so expensive and why it doesnt have to beUwe Reinhardt was a towering figure and moral conscience of health care policy in the United States and beyond. Famously bipartisan, he advised presidents and Congress on health reform and originated central features of the Affordable Care Act. In Priced Out, Reinhardt offers an engaging and enlightening account of todays U.S. health care system, explaining why it costs so much more and delivers so much less than the systems of every other advanced country, why this situation is morally indefensible, and how we might improve it.The problem, Reinhardt says, is not one of economics but of social ethics. There is no American political consensus on a fundamental question other countries settled long ago: to what extent should we be our brothers and sisters keepers when it comes to health care? Drawing on the best evidence, he guides readers through the chaotic, secretive, and inefficient way America finances health care, and he offers a penetrating ethical analysis of recent reform proposals. At this point, he argues, the United States appears to have three stark choices: the government can make the rich help pay for the health care of the poor, ration care by income, or control costs. Reinhardt proposes an alternative path: that by age 26 all Americans must choose either to join an insurance arrangement with community-rated premiums, or take a chance on being uninsured or relying on a health insurance market that charges premiums based on health status.An incisive look at the American health care system, Priced Out dispels the confusion, ignorance, myths, and misinformation that hinder effective reform. Review As always, Uwe Reinhardt has managed to make me smile as hes presenting a tragic story about U.S. health care. He couples an economists mathematical graphs and analysis with his unique, unsparing wry commentary. You can hear him on every page of ...

-Titulo Original : Illiberal Reformers Race, Eugenics, And American Economics In The Progressive Era-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: Review Mythologies that arise around individuals, groups, and ideas of the past tend to mask many warts. Thomas Leonards excellent book about American economics during the Progressive Era shows how progressives efforts to champion reform drew on a vision of scientific development that would institutionalize the eugenic creed and, in the process, do great violence to the liberal project that had been at the heart of the American system. Illiberal Reformers provides a powerful lesson in the tensions that surround ideals of social progress, scientific expertise, and the democratic system. Steven G. Medema, University of Colorado, DenverEconomists like to think of their ancestors as heroic seekers of truth, each generation, as Newton suggested, standing on the shoulders of the giants who came before. Thomas Leonard demonstrates clearly that the story of economics in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America was far more complex and more interesting. He shows how the economists of that era combined their passion for social reform with religion, eugenics, and evolution theory in ways that seem incredible today. This book is an eye-opener. Craufurd Goodwin, James B. Duke Professor of Economics Emeritus, Duke UniversityThis untold story of how Progressive Era activists helped construct the extensive role of government in the economy sheds light on todays technocratic dilemmas. Which decisions need to be left to experts, the ‘social engineers, and which require democratic participation? Thomas Leonards book demonstrates that during the Progressive Era this question was resolved only by combining democratic reform with the exclusion of women, African Americans, immigrants, and disabled people as full members of society. It underlines the fact that the tension between ‘expert economic administration and individual liberties remains at the heart of current political debates. Diane Coyle, author of GDP: A Brief but Affectionate HistoryIlliberal Reformers makes a substantial contribution to the much contested history of U.S. progressivism by providing fascinating new evidence of what Leonard terms its ‘dark side. This books rich narrative will amply reward readers interested in the discrete histories of social science, science, politics, culture, industrial relations, and general U.S. history, and offers a wealth of new material on discrimination based on gender, race, and class. Mary O. Furner, University of California, Santa Barbara The pivotal and troubling role of progressive-era economics in the shaping of modern American liberalismIn Illiberal Reformers, Thomas Leonard reexamines the economic progressives whose ideas and reform agenda underwrote the Progressive Era dismantling of laissez-faire and the creation of the regulatory welfare state, which, they believed, would humanize and rationalize industrial capitalism. But not for all. Academic social scientists such as Richard T. Ely, John R. Commons, and Edward A. Ross, together with their reform allies in social work, charity, journalism, and law, played a pivotal role in establishing minimum-wage and maximum-hours laws, workmens compensation, antitrust regulation, and other hallmarks of the regulatory welfare state. But even as they offered uplift to some, economic progressives advocated exclusion for others, and did both in the name of progress. Leonard meticulously reconstructs the influence of Darwinism, racial science, and eugenics on scholars and activists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, revealing a reform community deeply ambivalent about Americas poor. Illiberal Reformers shows that the intellectual champions of the regulatory welfare state proposed using it not to help those they portrayed as hereditary inferiors but to exclude them. Review Winner of the 2017 Joseph J. Spengler Best Book Prize, History of Economics Society Finalist for the 2017 Hayek Prize, The Manhattan Institut...

-Titulo Original : The Price Of Everything A Parable Of Possibility And Prosperity-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: Review [A]n unusual and wildly enjoyable book.---Stephen J. Dubner, nytimes Freakonomics blogTake a look at the computer screen your eyes are presently (hopefully) fixated on, not to mention the computer mouse you used in order to click on this posting. Did you ever consider how both were made? Could you make either yourself, and if so, how and where would you acquire the various raw materials and parts in order to create them? If the above questions vex you, the George Mason economics professor Russell Robertss excellent new novel, The Price of Everything, is for you. Importantly, Roberts does not explain how things are made in this tale as much as he teaches us through a very interesting dialogue between a professor and student that the whole system we call a market economy works as well as it does precisely because of how little we have to know.---John Tamny, RealClearMarkets Improbable as it might seem, perhaps the most important fact for a voter or politician to know is: No one can make a pencil. That truth is the essence of a novella that is, remarkably, both didactic and romantic. Even more remarkable, its author is an economist. If you read Russell Robertss The Price of Everything: A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity you will see the world afresh.---George Will, NewsweekThis book is the third foray into the world of economic fiction for Roberts. In terms of prose and content, it is also his best effort. . . . In this new book, set on and around the Stanford University campus, Roberts bundles several clever insights about everyday economics with the overriding theme of prosperity and economic growth, and pulls it all off with warmth and plenty of heart.---A.R. Sanderson, Choice[T]he best attempt to teach economics through fiction that the world has seen to date.---Tyler Cowen, Marginal RevolutionThe Price of Everything [is] Russ Roberts latest didactic novel. I cannot recommend it strongly enough. I thought his other fictional attempts to teach economics were decent, but in my opinion this one represents a real step up.---Arnold Kling, EconLog[The Price of Everything] is Robertss third economics novel--the first two were Choice: A Fable of Free Trade and Protectionism and The Invisible Heart: An Economic Romance. They are great introductions to free-market economic theory, especially for those who are easily turned off by numbers and graphs. Wrapping a narrative around economic theories may seem like a peculiar approach to teaching, but didactic novels have a long and noble pedigree.---Clint Witchalls, SpectatorDont be put off by the title, you just might not be able to put it down. Its brilliance is in its simplicity, and its now the first economics book I recommend. Yes, Milton Friedmans Free to Choose and Friedrich Hayeks The Road to Serfdom are still the cornerstones, but easy to read? No.---Thomas Oliver, Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionI loved the way Roberts wove into the story examples of what Hayek called spontaneous order that even those who believe that order happens only from the top down would have to acknowledge--from dancers moving unpredictably on the dance floor without ever colliding to the thousands of people and bits of specialized knowledge it takes to make a pencil, which nobody can make by himself. This little book deserves an audience as wide as eventually developed for Economics in One Lesson. It conveys similar information in a more nuanced, personal and humanistic way. Nice work.---Alan W. Bock, Orange County RegisterHave you ever wanted to give a friend a book that explains the main virtues of economic freedom in a dramatic way that is accessible to a broad audience? Russell Robertss latest novel, The Price of Everything, is the book you want. Thats right: I said latest novel.---David R. Henderson, Regulation[T]he novel is eminently readable. And if you did not know anything about how the American system works you would come away from reading ...

-Titulo Original : Money Changes Everything How Finance Made Civilization Possible-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: Review One of Bloomberg’s Best Books of 2016One of Financial Times (FT ) Best Economics Books of 2016Honorable Mention for the 2017 Ralph Gomory Prize, Business History ConferenceIt is a fascinating thesis, brilliantly illuminated by scores of vivid examples, generously illustrated with a wealth of pictures, comprehensive in its geographical and temporal scope, and in my view almost entirely convincing.---Felix Martin, New York Times Book ReviewIn Money Changes Everything, Mr. Goetzmann draws on objects in Yales extensive historical collections to tell his exciting story. . . . His excitement with such artifacts is palpable.---Edward Chancellor, Wall Street Journal[A]n accessible survey that does a fine job of reallocating past, present, and future. KirkusLet me say simply that everyone who is curious about the history of finance will be richly rewarded by reading this book.---Linda Jubin, Investing , Money Changes Everything is . . . A tactile and visual history. It is rich with illustrations, and often reported from ground level as Goetzmann travels to dusty European archives or to sites of historical financial significance. . . . Goetzmanns careful, brick-by-brick approach to financial history convincingly makes the case that finance is a change-maker of change-makers.---Pietra Rivoli, Financial TimesIn the fallout from the Great Recession, its been commonplace to vilify those working in the financial-services industry. But Goetzmann argues that finance is a worthwhile endeavor, beyond just earning a ton of money: Its innovations have made the growth of human civilization possible.---Bourree Lam, TheAtlantic , Full of fascinating nuggets and extremely well researched.---Tim Harford, Undercover EconomistA remarkable work of synthesis and scholarship, the book affords a deep perspective to anyone trying to grapple with current problems in the role of finance and financial regulation in a civilized society.---Elie Canetti, Finance & DevelopmentIts strength is the effort it makes to set money not only in its economic context, but also in its wider social and cultural setting.---Warwick Lightfoot, Financial World[A] fascinating book.---Martin Wolf, Financial Times[A] magnificent history of money and finance. Minneapolis Star TribuneMoney Changes Everything is a treasure, unequalled in scope, unparalleled in depth of insight. . . . This is a must-read for anyone in finance or who wants to find out what its about. Financial PostA most pertinent and brave publication. . . . This hefty, worthy book, really is a historical eye-opener. David Marx Book ReviewsA panoramic historical sweep packed with interesting nuggets. . . . All very enjoyable, and Id say essential for anyone interested in financial history. Enlightened EconomistMoney Changes Everything is altogether a splendid book.---Mark Gamin, D&O DiaryRigorously researched and extremely enjoyable to read, Money Changes Everything enhances investors understanding of contemporary markets.---Bruce Grantier, Financial Analysts JournalWilliam Goetzmanns Money Changes Everything is a thorough look at finance and world history, a 5,000-year journey that demonstrates the pivotal role of free market capitalism in building nations and serving human interests. Washington Free BeaconGoetzmann offers an extraordinarily wide-ranging and thorough investigation of financial activity from earliest times to the present day, and his enthusiasm for the subject and his lively writing style make the topic much more engaging than one might expect. The immense breadth of his research means that every reader, no matter how expert in history or finance, will learn much. . . . The book has something for everyone.---Peter Acton, Australian Book ReviewThe book is replete with fascinating historical tales and figures, including an option payoff diagram developed by Henri Lefevre in the mid-1800s. Well-written and engaging, Go...

-Titulo Original : Gdp A Brief But Affectionate History - Revised And Expanded Edition-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: Review Winner of the 2015 Bronze Medal in Economics, Axiom Business Book AwardsOne of The Wall Street Journal’s Best Books of 2014One of Choices Outstanding Academic Titles for 2014One of FA-mag ’s Books of the Year 2014One of The Books Quartz Read in 2014One of Minnpost ’s ‘Three (plus) books for the econ buff on your list’ 2014Longlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2014GDP is, as Diane Coyle points out in her entertaining and informative GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History, a bodge, an ongoing argument.---John Lanchester, London Review of Books[A] little charmer of a book. . . . GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History is just what the title promises. . . . Cowperthwaite himself would nod in agreement over Ms. Coyles informed discussion of what the GDP misses and how it misfires. . . . Ms. Coyle--a graceful and witty writer, by the way--recounts familiar problems and adds some new ones. . . . [E]xcellent.---James Grant, Wall Street JournalAnyone who wants to know how GDP and the SNA have come to play such important roles in economic policy-making will gain from reading Coyles book. As will anyone who wants to gain more understanding of the concepts strengths and weaknesses.---Nicholas Oulton, ScienceDiane Coyles new book, GDP: A Brief But Affectionate History, is a timely contribution to discussions of modern economic performance.---Arnold Kling, American[E]xcellent.---Adam Creighton, The AustralianDiane Coyles book is as good a simple guide as we are likely to see.---Samuel Brittan, Financial TimesCoyle does good work explicating a topic that few understand, even if it affects each of us daily. A pleasure for facts-and-numbers geeks, though accessibly written and full of meaningful real-world examples. Kirkus Reviews[S]mart and lucid. . . . [S]hort but masterful.---Todd G. Buchholz, Finance & Development[G]reat (and well-timed) new book.---Uri Friedman, The AtlanticIn a charming and accessible new book, Diane Coyle untangles the history, assumptions, challenges and shortcomings of this popular rhetorical device, which has become so central to policy debates around the world. . . . Coyles book is a good primer for the average citizen as well as the seasoned economist.---Adam Gurri, Ümlaut[I]t is interesting and important, particularly when it comes to the emphasis now given to GDP, and the inadequacies of this now time-honoured measurement of how our economies are doing. . . . With clarity and precision, she explains its strengths and weaknesses.---Peter Day, BBC News BusinessDiane Coyle has bravely attempted in a recent book to make the subject once more accessible, and even interesting.---John Kay, Financial Times[T]his is as engaging a book about GDP as you could ever hope to read. It falls into that genre of books that are biographies of things--be they histories of longitude, the number zero or the potato--and is both enlightening and entertaining.---Andrew Sawers, FS FocusAs a potted history of approaches to quantifying national output from the 18th century onward, GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History deserves high marks. It is particularly edifying to learn about the military motivation behind the initial attempts.---Martin S. Fridson, Financial Analysts JournalThe strongest part of the book charts the development of national accounting from the 17th century through to the creation of GDP itself and its literal and metaphorical rises and falls in the 20th and 21st centuries. . . . This is lively and surprisingly readable stuff.---Eilis Lawlor, LSE Review of BooksCoyle has written an engaging, introductory to mid-level book on the GDP that makes sense of a statistic that hardly anyone actually understands. . . . It does not require any training in economics, but it covers many topics that even professional economists would find beneficial, including an argument that GDP is an increasingly inappropriate measure f...

-Titulo Original : The Bees In Your Backyard A Guide To North Americas Bees-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: The ultimate bee book for bee enthusiasts and experts alikeThe Bees in Your Backyard provides an engaging introduction to the roughly 4,000 different bee species found in the United States and Canada, dispelling common myths about bees while offering essential tips for telling them apart in the field.The book features more than 900 stunning color photos of the bees living all around us in our gardens and parks, along nature trails, and in the wild spaces between. It describes their natural history, including where they live, how they gather food, their role as pollinators, and even how to attract them to your own backyard. Ideal for amateur naturalists and experts alike, it gives detailed accounts of every bee family and genus in North America, describing key identification features, distributions, diets, nesting habits, and more. Provides the most comprehensive and accessible guide to all bees in the United States and Canada Features more than 900 full-color photos Offers helpful identification tips and pointers for studying bees Includes a full chapter on how to attract bees to your backyard Review Winner of the 2017 PROSE Award in Single Volume Reference/Science, Association of American Publishers The ultimate bee book for bee enthusiasts and experts alike. Bookseller Buyers Guide [A] well-written, informative and beautifully photographed reference on North Americas bees. The Chronicle Herald If you have ever asked, ‘what kind of bee is that? The Bees in Your Backyard is the book for you. It is a must-have for bee lovers of all stripes. ---Wild about Ants blog, [A]s folks become more interested in bees, it seemed logical to Wilson and fellow bee biologist Olivia Messinger Carril that people should be more informed as well. The result is their new guide, The Bees in Your Backyard, which offers an introduction to a world of bees that is mostly hidden to people who arent entomologists. ---Adrian Higgins, Washington Post This book helps identify the bees that you see. It has more than 900 photos of all of the kinds of bees youll find, plus the biology of all of the bees included, and how to provide both food and habitat for them. . . . This is probably the best reference on all of the bees in your backyard youll find, and the price is right. Bee Culture The moment you open this lusciously illustrated new offering from Princeton University Press by Joseph Wilson and Olivia Messinger Carril, you will be captivated by magnificent photos and engaging captions that delight and fascinate. But more than that, you will learn just how beautiful and unexpected is this mightily important group of insects, and how complex and diverse lives. . . . Wilson and Carrils breathtaking guide introduces you to the roughly 4000 North American bee species without losing the reader through ‘information overload. . . . One of the loveliest things about The Bees in Your Backyard is the truly stunning photography. This, paired with expertly chosen glossy paper and careful printing, produces images so satisfyingly sharp, colorful, clear, and precise that you can almost see each bees personality. ---Cathy Taibbi, Examiner , As the interest in native bees has grown, resources to learn about them have been developed, and The Bees in Your Backyard is one of the best yet. . . . This is an awe-inspiring and welcome addition to the natural history literature in North America. It is highly recommended for gardeners, naturalists, land managers, and anyone with an interest in these beautiful and hugely beneficial creatures. ---Dan R. Kunkle, Wildlife Activist This book is absolutely filled with more than 900 spectacular color photographs of all types of bees, from honeybees to bumblebees to giant carpenter bees. . . . [T]his fascinating book is certainly well worth reading and adding to your library of outdoor reference guidebooks. The Blade Comprehensive. Houston Chronicl...

-Titulo Original : Hot Molecules, Cold Electrons From The Mathematics Of Heat To The Development Of The Trans-atlantic Telegraph Cable-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: An entertaining mathematical exploration of the heat equation and its role in the triumphant development of the trans-Atlantic telegraph cableHeat, like gravity, shapes nearly every aspect of our world and universe, from how milk dissolves in coffee to how molten planets cool. The heat equation, a cornerstone of modern physics, demystifies such processes, painting a mathematical picture of the way heat diffuses through matter. Presenting the mathematics and history behind the heat equation, Hot Molecules, Cold Electrons tells the remarkable story of how this foundational idea brought about one of the greatest technological advancements of the modern era.Paul Nahin vividly recounts the heat equation’s tremendous influence on society, showing how French mathematical physicist Joseph Fourier discovered, derived, and solved the equation in the early nineteenth century. Nahin then follows Scottish physicist William Thomson, whose further analysis of Fourier’s explorations led to the pioneering trans-Atlantic telegraph cable. This feat of engineering reduced the time it took to send a message across the ocean from weeks to minutes. Readers also learn that Thomson used Fourier’s solutions to calculate the age of the earth, and, in a bit of colorful lore, that writer Charles Dickens relied on the trans-Atlantic cable to save himself from a career-damaging scandal. The book’s mathematical and scientific explorations can be easily understood by anyone with a basic knowledge of high school calculus and physics, and MATLAB code is included to aid readers who would like to solve the heat equation themselves.A testament to the intricate links between mathematics and physics, Hot Molecules, Cold Electrons offers a fascinating glimpse into the relationship between a formative equation and one of the most important developments in the history of human communication. Review [A] treat . . . I think that students studying this material would not only find Paul’s treatments easy to follow, but would benefit greatly by learning something of the history that surrounds the development of the analysis and applications of the heat equation. ---Jim Stein, New Books in Mathematics Nahin knows how to write a book mixing physics and (a lot of) mathematics and (still) make it readable. ---Adhemar Bultheel, European Mathematical Society Hot Molecules, Cold Electrons has provided me with a new perspective on what I thought to be a rather tedious topic. . . . I would recommend it to anyone who wants to work out their maths muscles and learn something along the way. ---Louis Ammon, Chemistry World Review Introducing readers to some of the most important scientific questions and technological challenges of the nineteenth century, this delightful book shows how they were solved using the heat equation. Reliving this exciting period through letters, stories, and insights, Hot Molecules, Cold Electrons is a triumphant success. Christopher Tully, author of Elementary Particle Physics in a Nutshell This enjoyable book tells the story of Fourier series and transforms, their role in solving the heat equation, and subsequent applications. Providing a multitude of takeaways, Paul Nahin masterfully moves back and forth between the mathematical advances involved in the development and usage of Fourier analysis and the historical events and characters associated with the field. Oscar Fernandez, author of Calculus Simplified Hot Molecules, Cold Electrons vividly demonstrates the power of mathematical tools for studying the heat equation in connection to the trans-Atlantic cable. This excellent book will be useful to anyone with an interest in mathematics, physics, or engineering. Yasuyuki Kawahigashi, University of Tokyo This well-written book offers a basic introduction to harmonic analysis and the history of the heat equation, one of the major achievements of the nineteenth century. Filled with numer...

-Titulo Original : Why Everyone (else) Is A Hypocrite Evolution And The Modular Mind-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: Were all hypocrites. Why? Hypocrisy is the natural state of the human mind. Robert Kurzban shows us that the key to understanding our behavioral inconsistencies lies in understanding the minds design. The human mind consists of many specialized units designed by the process of evolution by natural selection. While these modules sometimes work together seamlessly, they dont always, resulting in impossibly contradictory beliefs, vacillations between patience and impulsiveness, violations of our supposed moral principles, and overinflated views of ourselves. This modular, evolutionary psychological view of the mind undermines deeply held intuitions about ourselves, as well as a range of scientific theories that require a self with consistent beliefs and preferences. Modularity suggests that there is no I. Instead, each of us is a contentious we--a collection of discrete but interacting systems whose constant conflicts shape our interactions with one another and our experience of the world. In clear language, full of wit and rich in examples, Kurzban explains the roots and implications of our inconsistent minds, and why it is perfectly natural to believe that everyone else is a hypocrite. Review Bolstered by recent studies and research, Kurzban makes a convincing and coherent . . . case for the modular mind, greatly helped by humorous footnotes and examples. . . . Taking on lofty topics, including truth and belief, Kurzban makes a successful case for changing--and remapping--the modern mind. Publishers Weekly Using humour and anecdotes, [Kurzban] reveals how conflict between the modules of the mind leads to contradictory beliefs, vacillating behaviours, broken moral boundaries and inflated egos. He argues that we should think of ourselves not as I but as we--a collection of interacting systems that are in constant conflict. Nature Robert Kurzban believes that we are all hypocrites. But not to worry, he explains, hypocrisy is the natural state of the human mind. In his book Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind, Kurzban asserts that the human mind consists of many specialized units, which do not always work together seamlessly. When this harmony breaks down, people often develop contradictory beliefs. ---Victoria Stern, Scientific American Mind Kurzban is a luminary in the growing discipline of evolutionary psychology. . . . [P]rovocative. . . . Kurzban devotes much space to explicating and demonstrating ways in which his theory plays out in our everyday lives. Library Journal With wit, wisdom, and occasional hilarity, Robert Kurzban offers explanations for why we do the things we do, such as morally condemning the sale of human organs and locking the refrigerator at night to keep from snacking. . . . Kurzban touches on some complex topics in a manner thats both smart and accessible. He incorporates a plethora of psychological studies to support his theories but the narrative is never dry. . . . By challenging common assumptions about habits, morality, and preferences, Kurzban keeps readers both entertained and enlightened. Foreword Reviews [Kurzban] argues that . . . internal conflicts are not limited to extreme cases; they occur in everyones brains, leading to illogical beliefs and contradictory behaviors. Thats not necessarily a bad thing, according to Kurzban. In fact, being selectively irrational may give us an evolutionary advantage. ---Kacie Glenn, Chronicle of Higher Education Robert Kurzban has used his view of evolutionary psychology to pursue the concept of self at the heart of both the discipline of psychology and the everyday understanding of human behavior--which surely is of interest to everyone. . . . The book itself is fresh. Kurzbans style is to take traditional questions and apparently reasonable positions and then demonstrate that reasonableness is actually only so under a set of assumptions--and tha...

-Titulo Original : The Collected Works Of C. G. Jung, Vol. 9, Part 1 The Archetypes And The Collective Unconscious (bollingen Series, No. 20)-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: Essays which state the fundamentals of Jungs psychological system: On the Psychology of the Unconscious and The Relations Between the Ego and the Unconscious, with their original versions in an appendix. Review This book must be considered a fundamental work among Jungs writings and deserves to be read by Jungians and non-Jungians alike. American Journal of Psychotherap...

-Titulo Original : The Collected Works Of C. G. Jung, Vol. 12 Psychology And Alchemy-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: A study of the analogies between alchemy, Christian dogma, and psychological symbolism. Revised translation, with new bibliography and index. Review Readers . . . who believe that medieval and early modern alchemy was only a misguided effort to transform base metals into gold, or at best a crude preparation for scientific chemistry, will experience a great and probably bewildering surprise. Thought From the Back Cover Because of his consideration on many literary works, Classical, Oriental, and Western, Symbols of Transformation has a particular interest for students of literature...

-Titulo Original : The Collected Works Of C. G. Jung, Vol. 14 Mysterium Coniunctionis An Inquiry Into The Separation And Synthesis Of Psychic Opposites In Alchemy-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: Jungs last major work, completed in his 81st year, on the synthesis of the opposites in alchemy and psychology. Review Truly original and far-ranging in its implications . . . Mysterium Coniunctionis is a splendid capstone to the life work of a master spirit. Journal of Analytical Psychology From the Back Cover What Jung has to convey is so truly original and so far-ranging in its implications that I suspect that this book will be a real challenge even to those most psychologically sophisticated. What he here presents in rich and documented detail can perhaps best be described as an anatomy of the objective psyche... Broadly speaking it is a treasury of images pertaining to the individuals discovery of the self... Mysterium Coniunctionis is a splendid capstone to the life work of a master spirit. - Edward F. Edinger, Journal of Analytical Psychology...

-Titulo Original : Psychological Types (collected Works Of C.g. Jung, Volume 6) (collected Works Of C.g. Jung, 38)-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: One of the most important of Jungs longer works, and probably the most famous of his books, Psychological Types appeared in German in 1921 after a fallow period of eight years during which Jung had published little. He called it the fruit of nearly twenty years work in the domain of practical psychology, and in his autobiography he wrote: This work sprang originally from my need to define the ways in which my outlook differed from Freuds and Adlers. In attempting to answer this question, I came across the problem of types; for it is ones psychological type which from the outset determines and limits a persons judgment. My book, therefore, was an effort to deal with the relationship of the individual to the world, to people and things. It discussed the various aspects of consciousness, the various attitudes the conscious mind might take toward the world, and thus constitutes a psychology of consciousness regarded from what might be called a clinical angle. In expounding his system of personality types Jung relied not so much on formal case data as on the countless impressions and experiences derived from the treatment of nervous illnesses, from intercourse with people of all social levels, friend and foe alike, and from an analysis of his own psychological nature. The book is rich in material drawn from literature, aesthetics, religion, and philosophy. The extended chapters that give general descriptions of the types and definitions of Jungs principal psychological concepts are key documents in analytical psychology. From the Back Cover The book is rich in material drawn from literature, aesthetics, religion, and philosophy. The extended chapters that give general descriptions of the types and definitions of Jungs principal psychological concepts are key documents in analytical psychology...

-Titulo Original : The Collected Works Of C.g. Jung Volume 9, Part Ii, Aion Researches Into The Phenomenology Of The Self-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: Aion, originally published in German in 1951, is one of the major works of Jungs later years. The central theme of the volume is the symbolic representation of the psychic totality through the concept of the Self, whose traditional historical equivalent is the figure of Christ. Jung demonstrates his thesis by an investigation of the Allegoria Christi, especially the fish symbol, but also of Gnostic and alchemical symbolism, which he treats as phenomena of cultural assimilation. The first four chapters, on the ego, the shadow, and the anima and animus, provide a valuable summation of these key concepts in Jungs system of psychology. Review Much of the material in this book and many of the conclusions are fascinating. There is a great deal here to illustrate the background of modern mysticism and much which the reader, of whatever orientation, will regard as insight. Psychiatric Quarterly Aion contains some of Jungs most advanced thinking on the integrative principles of the psyche, and on the relation of matter to the symbolic processes of the collective unconscious. This is difficult ground to explore, but those who attempt the journey will find that their horizons have been surprisingly widened. Psychosomatic Medicin...

-Titulo Original : Two Essays On Analytical Psychology (collected Works Of C.g. Jung, Volume 7) (collected Works Of C.g. Jung, 41)-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: This volume has become known as perhaps the best introduction to Jungs work. In these famous essays. The Relations between the Ego and the Unconscious and On the Psychology of the Unconscious, he presented the essential core of his system. Historically, they mark the end of Jungs intimate association with Freud and sum up his attempt to integrate the psychological schools of Freud and Adler into a comprehensive framework. This is the first paperback publication of this key work in its revised and augmented second edition of 1966. The earliest versions of the Two Essays, New Paths in Psychology (1912) and The Structure of the Unconscious (1916), discovered among Jungs posthumous papers, are published in an appendix, to show the development of Jungs thought in later versions. As an aid to study, the index has been comprehensively expanded. Review This book must be considered a fundamental work among Jungs writings and deserves to be read by Jungians and non-Jungians alike. American Journal of Psychotherapy [This work] is important as evidence of the evolution of Jungs thought (the book contains the original essays which were written in 1912 and 1916 as well as their most recent revisions) and is valuable as an introduction to the analytical or complex psychology of the Jungian school. ---Thomas J. J. Altizer, The Journal of Religion From the Back Cover Because of his consideration on many literary works, Classical, Oriental, and Western, Symbols of Transformation has a particular interest for students of literature...

-Titulo Original : Aion Researches Into The Phenomenology Of The Self (collected Works Of C.g. Jung Vol.9 Part 2)-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: Aion, originally published in German in 1951, is one of the major works of Jungs later years. The central theme of the volume is the symbolic representation of the psychic totality through the concept of the Self, whose traditional historical equivalent is the figure of Christ. Jung demonstrates his thesis by an investigation of the Allegoria Christi, especially the fish symbol, but also of Gnostic and alchemical symbolism, which he treats as phenomena of cultural assimilation. The first four chapters, on the ego, the shadow, and the anima and animus, provide a valuable summation of these key concepts in Jungs system of psychology. Review Much of the material in this book and many of the conclusions are fascinating. There is a great deal here to illustrate the background of modern mysticism and much which the reader, of whatever orientation, will regard as insight. Psychiatric Quarterly Aion contains some of Jungs most advanced thinking on the integrative principles of the psyche, and on the relation of matter to the symbolic processes of the collective unconscious. This is difficult ground to explore, but those who attempt the journey will find that their horizons have been surprisingly widened. Psychosomatic Medicin...

-Titulo Original : Jung On Active Imagination-Fabricante : Princeton University Press-Descripcion Original: All the creative art psychotherapies (art, dance, music, drama, poetry) can trace their roots to C. G. Jungs early work on active imagination. Joan Chodorow here offers a collection of Jungs writings on active imagination, gathered together for the first time. Jung developed this concept between the years 1913 and 1916, following his break with Freud. During this time, he was disoriented and experienced intense inner turmoil --he suffered from lethargy and fears, and his moods threatened to overwhelm him. Jung searched for a method to heal himself from within, and finally decided to engage with the impulses and images of his unconscious. It was through the rediscovery of the symbolic play of his childhood that Jung was able to reconnect with his creative spirit. In a 1925 seminar and again in his memoirs, he tells the remarkable story of his experiments during this time that led to his self-healing. Jung learned to develop an ongoing relationship with his lively creative spirit through the power of imagination and fantasies. He termed this therapeutic method active imagination. This method is based on the natural healing function of the imagination, and its many expressions. Chodorow clearly presents the texts, and sets them in the proper context. She also interweaves her discussion of Jungs writings and ideas with contributions from Jungian authors and artists. From the Publisher All the creative art psychotherapies (art, dance, music, drama, poetry) can trace their roots to C. G. Jungs early work on active imagination. Joan Chodorow here offers a collection of Jungs writings on the active imagination, gathered together for the first time. Jung developed this concept between the years 1913 and 1916, following his break with Freud. During this time, he was disoriented and experienced intense inner turmoil he suffered from lethargy and fears, and his moods threatened to overwhelm him. Jung searched for a method to heal himself from within, and finally decided to engage with the impulses and images of his unconscious. It was through the rediscovery of the symbolic play of his childhood that Jung was able to reconnect with his creative spirit. In a 1925 seminar and again in his memoirs, he tells the remarkable story of his experiments during this time that led to his selfhealing. Jung learned to develop an ongoing relationship with his lively creative spirit through the power of imagination and fantasies. He termed this therapeutic method active imagination. This method is based on the natural healing function of the imagination, and its many expressions. Chodorow clearly presents the texts, and sets them in the proper context. She also interweaves her discussion of Jungs writings and ideas with contributions from Jungian authors and artists. About the Author Joan Chodorow, Ph.D., is an analyst member of the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, in private practice. She is a registered dance therapist and former president of the American Dance Therapy Association...