Public Policy
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Sustainability
$16.95 Add to cartA concise and accessible examination of sustainability in a range of contemporary contexts, from economic development to government policy.
The word “sustainability” has been connected to everything fr
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Portney, Kent E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: October 09 2015
- ISBN10: 0262528509
- Language: English
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The Welfare State: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWelfare states vary across nations and change over time. And the balance between markets and government; free enterprise and social protection is perennially in question. But all developed societies h… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Garland, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0199672660
- Language: English
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Survival of the City: The Future of Urban Life in an Age of Isolation
$18.00 Add to cartOne of our great urbanists and one of our great public health experts join forces to reckon with how cities are changing in the face of existential threats the pandemic has only accelerated
Cities can- Author: Glaeser, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0593297709
- Language: English
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10 Costly Medicare Mistakes You Can’t Afford to Make
$15.99 Add to cartDon’t make decisions about your Medicare coverage without reading this book!
Updated for 2024 – Over 40,000 copies sold! #1 Best-Selling Book in Less than 48-Hours
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- Author: Roberts, Danielle Kunkle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 314
- Publish Date: September 24 2020
- ISBN10: 1735378615
- Language: English
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Bright Green Lies: How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do about It
$24.95 Add to cartBright Green Lies systematically debunks many of the lies and distortions that characterize the discourse of those who argue that ‘technology will stop global warming’ or that ‘technology will save th
- Series: Politics of the Living
- Author: Jensen, Derrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 500
- Publish Date: March 16 2021
- ISBN10: 194862639X
- Language: English
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Not a Crime to Be Poor: The Criminalization of Poverty in America
$26.90 Add to cartAwarded “Special Recognition” by the 2018 Robert F. Kennedy Book & Journalism Awards
Finalist for the American Bar Association’s 2018 Silver Gavel Book Award
Named one of the “10 books to read after you… [more below]
- Author: Edelman, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 02 2019
- ISBN10: 1620975483
- Language: English
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Great Again: How to Fix Our Crippled America
$20.00 Add to cartIn this book (previously published as Crippled America), we’re going to look at the state of the world right now. It’s a terrible mess, and that’s putting it mildly. There has never been a more danger… [more below]
- Author: Trump, Donald J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 12 2016
- ISBN10: 1501138006
- Language: English
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Warmonger: How Clinton’s Malign Foreign Policy Launched the Us Trajectory from Bush II to Biden
$30.95 Read moreDuring the 2016 presidential election, many younger voters repudiated Hillary Clinton because of her husband’s support for mass incarceration, banking deregulation and free-trade agreements that led m
- Author: Kuzmarov, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: January 15, 2024
- ISBN10: 1949762769
- Language: English
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Migrating to Prison: America’s Obsession with Locking Up Immigrants
$25.50 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER
A powerful, in-depth look at the imprisonment of immigrants, addressing the intersection of immigration and the criminal justice system, with a new epilogue by the author
“Argues com
- Author: Garc?a Hern?ndez, C?sar Cuauht?moc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1620978318
- Language: English
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The Farm Animal Movement: Effective Altruism, Venture Philanthropy, and the Fight to End Factory Farming in America
$19.95 Read moreAmerica is undergoing an ethical revolution involving the industrial treatment of farm animals. This book tells its stories from midwestern slaughterhouses to the halls of Capitol Hill to Ivy League u… [more below]
- Author: Thomas, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 222
- Publish Date: December 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1590567188
- Language: English
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What I Found in a Thousand Towns: A Traveling Musician’s Guide to Rebuilding America’s Communities-One Coffee Shop, Dog Run, and Open-Mike Night at a
$29.00 Add to cartA beloved folk singer presents an impassioned account of the fall and rise of the small American towns she cherishes.
Dubbed by the New Yorker as “one of America’s very best singer-songwriters,” Dar- Author: Williams, Dar
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 05 2017
- ISBN10: 0465098967
- Language: English
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To Raise a Boy: Classrooms, Locker Rooms, Bedrooms, and the Hidden Struggles of American Boyhood
$18.00 Add to cart“To Raise a Boy is a clear-eyed and sometimes shocking view of the world that we have created for boys, and a call for change.” –Peg Tyre, author of the New York Times bestseller The Trouble with Boy… [more below]
- Author: Brown, Emma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1982128097
- Language: English
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Social Security Works for Everyone!: Protecting and Expanding America’s Most Popular Social Program
$17.99 Add to cartSocial Security expansion is back on the agenda, at a time when Americans need it more than ever–here’s what it should look like (and why it matters to everyday people all over the country)
“Altman a
- Author: Altman, Nancy J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 13 2021
- ISBN10: 1620976226
- Language: English
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The Big Fix: Seven Practical Steps to Save Our Planet
$18.99 Add to cartA “smart, honest, and down-to-earth” (Elizabeth Kolbert) citizen’s guide to the seven urgent changes that will really make a difference for our climate.
If you think the only thing you can do to comba- Author: Harvey, Hal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1982123990
- Language: English
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Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigrant Success
$18.99 Add to cartForbes, Best Business Books of 2022
The facts, not the fiction, of America’s immigration experience Immigration is one of the most fraught, and possibly m
Behavioral Scientist, Notable Books of 2022- Author: Abramitzky, Ran
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1541797841
- Language: English
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American Refuge: True Stories of the Refugee Experience
$16.95 Read more“A moving and timely book that strips away misleading politics to reveal the complexities of real human lives.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
A provocative, conversation-sparking exploration of r- Series: Truth to Power
- Author: Abdo, Diya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1586423428
- Language: English
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Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power
$24.95 Read moreA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
In his first major book on the subject of income inequality, Noam Chomsky skewers the fundamental tenets of neoliberalism and casts a clear, cold, patient eye on the econo- Author: Chomsky, Noam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 28 2017
- ISBN10: 1609807367
- Language: English
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Segregation by Design: Local Politics and Inequality in American Cities
$30.00 Add to cartSegregation by Design draws on more than 100 years of quantitative and qualitative data from thousands of American cities to explore how local governments generate race and class segregation. Starting… [more below]
- Author: Trounstine, Jessica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 282
- Publish Date: November 15 2018
- ISBN10: 1108454984
- Language: English
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Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry
$32.00 Add to cartBest Books of 2024: “Frerick’s prose throughout is both direct and masterfully controlled, with every point supported by extensive references and notes. This is no alarmist screed but rather a careful… [more below]
- Author: Frerick, Austin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1642832693
- Language: English
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Race for the Exits: The Unraveling of Japan’s System of Social Protection
$147.50 Add to cartContrary to all expectations, Japan’s long-term recession has provoked no sustained political movement to replace the nation’s malfunctioning economic structure. The country’s basic social contract ha
- Author: Schoppa, Leonard J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 15 2005
- ISBN10: 801444330
- Language: English
