Microeconomics

How the subtle but significant consequences of a hotter planet have already begun - from lower test scores to higher crime rates - and how we might tackle them today.It's hard not to feel anxious about the problem of climate change, especially if we...

A concise and rigorous introduction to widely used approaches in structural econometric modeling Structural econometric modeling specifies the structure of an economic model and estimates the model's parameters from real-world data. Structural...

A cutting-edge introduction to key topics in modern economic theory for first-year graduate students in economics and related fields.Volume II of Microeconomic Foundations introduces models and methods at the center of modern microeconomic theory. In...

During the 1980s and 1990s, European economies went through a period of slowing economic growth and high unemployment, what some economists described as "secular decline." On the other side of the Atlantic, the United States enjoyed a robust recovery...

"Matthew Hennessey's Visible Hand is a wise reminder that free markets are essential to human flourishing."-Peggy Noonan,Wall Street JournalColumnist"Econ 101 should always be this much fun." -Larry Kudlow, former director of the National Economic...

Competition is moving beyond industry to ecosystem. Are you ready?In the shift from pipeline to platform, value is no longer created by your company's product or process alone--it's created through interactions. And the strategy you used to become an...

Executives can no longer predicate international growth strategies on the assumption that globalization will continue to advance. But how should they respond to the growing pressures against globalization? Should they reshape their global strategies or...

In the face of political, financial, and environmental upheaval, it's difficult to slow down and build lives of mindfulness and joy. These things are within reach, but how can we go about creating a new world, using common-sense economics?In An Economy...

How ancient Mediterranean trade thrived through state institutionsFrom around 700 BCE until the first centuries CE, the Mediterranean enjoyed steady economic growth through trade, reaching a level not to be regained until the early modern era. This...

A masterful introduction to the key ideas behind the successes-and failures-of free-market economicsSince 1946, Henry Hazlitt's bestselling Economics in One Lesson has popularized the belief that economics can be boiled down to one simple lesson: market...

Identity Economics provides an important and compelling new way to understand human behavior, revealing how our identities--and not just economic incentives--influence our decisions. In 1995, economist Rachel Kranton wrote future Nobel Prize-winner...

Networks of relationships help determine the careers that people choose, the jobs they obtain, the products they buy, and how they vote. The many aspects of our lives that are governed by social networks make it critical to understand how they impact...