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The Mismeasure of Progress
Economic Growth and Its Critics
Stephen J. Macekura
“Macekura argues convincingly that we need a
better future and better measures.”
—Diane Coyle, University of Cambridge
“Macekura writes with the kind of urgency
and engagé spirit that makes this book not
only good scholarship but an important public
intervention.”—Quinn Slobodian, Wellesley
College
Cloth $27.The Daily Thomas Paine
A Year of Common-Sense Quotes for a
Nonsensical Age
Thomas Paine
Edited and with a Foreword by Edward G. Gray
Thomas Paine was the spark that ignited
the American Revolution. He was a verbal
bomb-thrower, a rationalist, and a rebel.
Today, we are living in times that, as Paine said,
“try men’s souls.” If you’re seeking to understand
the political world we live in, where better to
look than Paine?
Paper $12.Here’s what you need to know to vote.
The rest is up to you.
Hope and Scorn
Eggheads, Experts, and Elites in
American Politics
Michael J. Brown
“Focusing on major American public thinkers
and writers of the half-century after 1945,
this searching book lucidly explores the
‘tension between intellectuals’ special claims
to authority and democratic principles.’...
An impressively authoritative and readable
book.”—Kirkus Reviews
Cloth $27.
Presidents, Populism, and
the Crisis of Democracy
William G. Howell and Terry M. Moe
“I recommend this book to anyone concerned
about the fate of American democracy.”
—Steven Levitsky, coauthor of How
Democracies Die
Paper $18.Now in Paperback
Democracy in America?
What Has Gone Wrong and What We
Can Do About It
Benjamin I. Page and Martin Gilens
With a New Afterword
“Provocative suggestions for how to revive
democratic practices through citizen action
and institutional reform alike.”
—Kirkus Reviews
Paper $19.
Now in Paperback
How to Save a Constitutional
Democracy
Tom Ginsburg and Aziz Z. Huq
“Valuable reading for specialists as well as for
all responsible citizens.”—Democratic Audit
“Awe inspiring. How to Save a Constitutional
Democracy is masterfully informed, crystal clear,
and exceptionally sober.”—Adam Przeworski,
New York University
Paper $20.The Toddler in Chief
What Donald Trump Teaches Us about the
Modern Presidency
Daniel W. Drezner
“Though the book is occasionally funny, it is
also overwhelmingly grim.”—New York Times
“Drezner does not simply argue that Trump is
ill-suited for the presidency; he contends that
Trump is incapable of adult behavior.”
—Washington Post
Paper $15.How Schools Really Matter
Why Our Assumption about Schools and
Inequality Is Mostly Wrong
Douglas B. Downey
“It’s not often that a publication changes
the way we think the world works. This is an
eye-opener, as well as a call to action.”
—William Julius Wilson, Harvard University
Paper $16.