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Book Excerpts

Why Blue Collars Went Red

Joan Williams
The following is an excerpt from Joan Williams' new book, “Outclassed: How the Left Lost the Working Class and How to Win Them Back,” now out at St. Martin's Press.
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What Is Democracy Beyond Elections?

Natasha Piano
The following is an excerpt from Natasha Piano's new book, Democratic Elitism: The Founding Myth of American Political Science, now out at Harvard University...
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Conscience Incorporated

Michael Posner
The following is an excerpt from Michael Posner’s recent book, Conscience Incorporated: Pursue Profits While Protecting Human Rights, reprinted here with permission from NYU Press.
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China’s Regulatory Balancing Act

Angela Zhang
The following is an excerpt from Angela Zhang's recent book, High Wire, out at Oxford University Press. Please join the Stigler Center on April 3 at 6:30-7:30 pm CT for a conversation with Zhang, where she'll discuss High Wire with Financial Times' China Technology Correspondent Eleanor Olcott. You can register for the livestream of the event here.
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The Promise of Charity-Owned Businesses

Prateek Raj
A future of business may be businesses owned by charities; they have a history of commercial success and social good. The following is an...
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Getting America Unstuck

Yoni Applebaum
The following is an excerpt from Yoni Appelbaum’s new book, “STUCK: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity,” now out...
Antitrust and Competition

Rethinking Merger Analysis

Louis Kaplow
The following is an excerpt from Louis Kaplow’s new book,“Rethinking Merger Analysis,” now out at MIT Press.
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The Corporation in the 21st Century

John Kay
The following is an excerpt from John Kay's new book,“The Corporation in the 21st Century,” now out at Yale University Press. It is neither necessary nor sufficient...
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The Age of Outrage

Karthik Ramanna
The following is an excerpt from Karthik Ramanna’s new book, “The Age of Outrage: How to Lead in a Polarized World,” now out at Harvard Business Review Press. Ramanna will discuss his new book tomorrow, October 31, 2024, at an event cohosted by the Stigler Center and the Rustandy Center. You can register here to attend the event in-person or on the livestream.
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The Wolves of K Street

Brody Mullins
The following is an excerpt from Brody Mullins and Luke Mullins’s book,“The Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big Government,” now available from Simon and Schuster.
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