Students of comparative politics have long faced a vexing dilemma: how can social scientists draw broad, applicable … market. Finally, Barry Weingast studies the institutional foundations of democracy in the antebellum United States and its …

Students of comparative politics have long faced a vexing dilemma: how can social scientists draw broad, applicable … market. Finally, Barry Weingast studies the institutional foundations of democracy in the antebellum United States and its …

’s financial system went into meltdown? And why was Greece’s chief statistician charged with treason in 2013 for apparently doing … book tells the story of GDP, making sense of a statistic that appears constantly in the news, business, and politics, and …

’s financial system went into meltdown? And why was Greece’s chief statistician charged with treason in 2013 for apparently doing … book tells the story of GDP, making sense of a statistic that appears constantly in the news, business, and politics, and …

In politics, ideas matter. They provide the foundation for economic policymaking, which in turn shapes what is possible … in domestic and international politics. Yet until now, little attention has been paid to how these ideas are produced and … important to capitalism as the state and the firm, and sheds new light on debates about the effects of globalization, the rise …

In politics, ideas matter. They provide the foundation for economic policymaking, which in turn shapes what is possible … in domestic and international politics. Yet until now, little attention has been paid to how these ideas are produced and … important to capitalism as the state and the firm, and sheds new light on debates about the effects of globalization, the rise …

around the world? This book explains how politics shapes corporate governance--how managers, shareholders, and workers jockey …

the utopian aspects of money and the ways in which its transformation could in turn transform society, politics, and …

, Currency Politics presents a comprehensive analysis of the politics surrounding exchange rates. Identifying the motivations for … the politics of the gold standard, particularly in the United States, and he examines the political economy of European … monetary integration. He also analyzes the politics of Latin American currency policy over the past forty years, and focuses on …

, Currency Politics presents a comprehensive analysis of the politics surrounding exchange rates. Identifying the motivations for … the politics of the gold standard, particularly in the United States, and he examines the political economy of European … monetary integration. He also analyzes the politics of Latin American currency policy over the past forty years, and focuses on …