How do economists forecast?
Although most people are not aware of it, forecasting plays a major role in everyday life. From choosing what…
International Affairs
The Road Before Me Weeps by Nick Thorpe – An Extract
War and chaos in Syria and Iraq, violence in Afghanistan, and hopelessness in countries bordering war zones have…
Our year in books: Highlights from 2018
‘Tis the season to be cosy! Winter has arrived and what could be better than curling up with…
5 Times You Didn’t Know You Had Participated in a Randomised Trial – Andrew Leigh
Andrew Leigh offers five times you (maybe) didn’t know that you had participated in a randomised trial. Experiments have…
Why Marx Was Right, by Terry Eagleton – an extract
This month marks the bicentenary of German philosopher and economist Karl Marx’s birth. To mark this moment, we…
How do you talk to a Russian gangster?
In his new book The Vory: Russia’s Super Mafia, Mark Galeotti explores the underground world of the Russian mafia,…
The Ten Books of Terry Eagleton
This year, we’re delighted to be publishing Terry Eagleton‘s tenth work with Yale, Radical Sacrifice, a weaving and cross-cultural examination…
The Ukrainian Night by Marci Shore, an extract
In The Ukrainian Night, historian Marci Shore examines the extraordinary events on the Maidan, Kiev’s central square, during the Winter…
Listening In: Cybersecurity in an Insecure Age – Susan Landau
Susan Landau, author of Listening In: Cybersecurity in an Insecure Age, is a leading cybersecurity scholar and former…
Who Loves Ferguson? – An Extract from Mustafa Dikeç’s Urban Rage
Mustafa Dikeç’s Urban Rage: The Revolt of the Excluded explores unrest in contemporary urban communities. Using examples from all over…
Should Universities Deny Free Speech on Campus? by Erwin Chemerinsky and Howard Gillman
Erwin Chemerinsky and Howard Gillman Can public universities use concerns about violence to deny requests to have white nationalists…
The Limits of Tolerance and Ancient Greek Mythology by Emily Katz Anhalt
Emily Katz Anhalt— The ancient Greeks were open-minded without being tolerant. They didn’t devise the world’s first-ever democracy…
ISIS, Christianity, and the Pact of Umar by David J. Wasserstein
David J. Wasserstein— When ISIS forces took the Iraqi city of Mosul in the summer of 2014,…
Unfinished Business: The North Atlantic Crisis and Its Aftermath By Tamim Bayoumi
It is nine years since Lehman Brothers went bankrupt and the world changed. Gone were blithe assumptions of increasing…
Mortuaries, Medicine and Money by Naomi Pfeffer
The existence of for-profit cadaver purveyors is no secret. Yet, it remains a largely invisible issue. Naomi Pfeffer’s…