Author Article by Neil Faulkner: Food, profit and the Olympics
Neil Faulkner is the author of A Visitor’s Guide to the Ancient Olympics, to be published soon by Yale…
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Author video: Terry Eagleton Discusses ‘Why Marx was Right’
Marxist critic and literary theorist Terry Eagleton discusses his combative book Why Marx was Right, out in paperback…
Book of the Month: The Very Hungry City by Austin Troy
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Author Article by Neil Faulkner: Free Olympic Tickets for the Local Community?
Neil Faulkner is the author of A Visitor’s Guide to the Ancient Olympics, to be published soon by Yale…
Author Article by Lyric Hale: Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide – Why We Need a Global Floor on Interest Rates
In the next instalment of her regular column, top economic commentator and What’s Next? author Lyric Hale discusses why an international floor…
Author Article by Lyric Hale: The Conference of the Birds – The Coming Accidental War with Iran
2011 has been an extraordinary year for events in Muslim countries, with regimes in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya…
Author Article by Lyric Hale: Off With Their Heads! Why the Bankers Aren’t in Jail
In the next instalment of her regular column, top economic commentator and What’s Next? author Lyric Hale tackles a subject that is…
Yale University Press London launches its Spring / Summer 2012 Seasonal Catalogue
Yale’s Spring / Summer seasonal catalogue is now available now to order and download. Today we take a…
Author Article by Lyric Hale: How To Solve the US Budget Crisis – Dismiss the Super Committee
In the next instalment of her regular column, top economic commentator and What’s Next? author Lyric Hale discusses the recent breakdown in…
Author Article by Lyric Hale: Minamata Meets Fukushima – Why Japan’s Nuclear Crisis Isn’t Over
In the next instalment of her regular column, top economic commentator and What’s Next? author Lyric Hale discusses the chaotic aftermath of…
Author Article by Lyric Hale: Why China Will Not Surpass the US
In the next instalment of her regular column, top economic commentator and What’s Next? author Lyric Hale debunks the myth, perpetuated…
Author Article by Andrew Wilson: Why I wrote about Belarus, the last European dictatorship
Belarus: The Last European Dictatorship by Andrew Wilson explores the country’s complicated past from medieval times through to its…
Author Article by Daniel Branch: Kenya and Somalia, landscape of tension
Kenya: Between Hope and Despair , 1963-2010 by Daniel Branch is an illuminating account of Kenya’s first fifty years…
Author Article by Lyric Hale: There is No Such Thing as a Houseless Recovery – A Bold Solution
In the next instalment of her regular column, top economic commentator and What’s Next? author Lyric Hale analyzes the sluggish US…
Author Article by economic commentator Lyric Hale: Could Japan Lead the Way?
Continuing her regular column, top economic commentator and What’s Next? author Lyric Hale discusses political instability in Japan, looking specifically at…