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Why the World Economic Order Is Spiraling Into Disorder

Eswar S. Prasad
The following is an excerpt from “The Doom Loop: Why the World Economic Order Is Spiraling into Disorder" by Eswar Prasad," now out at Hachette Book Group.
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How Corporations Abuse Bankruptcy Law

Stephen Lubben
The following is an adapted excerpt from “To Protect Their Interests: The Invention and Exploitation of Corporate Bankruptcy" by Stephen J. Lubben, now out at Columbia University Press. 
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The Story of Labor Specialization Is a Bit More Complicated

Michelle Jackson
The following is an excerpt from “The Division of Rationalized Labor” by Michelle Jackson, now out at Harvard University Press. 
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The Politics of the Status Quo

Rory McVeigh
The following is an excerpt from “Politics and Privilege: How the Status Wars Sustain Inequality” by Rory McVeigh, William Carbonaro, Chang Liu, and Kenadi Silcox, now out at Columbia University Press. 
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Antitrust and Opposition to Policy Change

Erik Peinert
The following is an adapted excerpt from “Monopoly Politics: Competition and Learning in the Evolution of Policy Regimes” by Erik Peinert, now out at Oxford University Press. 
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Antimonopoly Banking After the New Deal

Peter Conti-Brown
The following is an excerpt from "Private Finance, Public Power: A History of Bank Supervision in America" by Peter Conti-Brown and Sean H. Vanatta, now out at Princeton University Press. 
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Markets Have Always Needed the State

Chris Hughes
The following is an excerpt from Chris Hughes’ new book, “Marketcrafters: the 100-Year Struggle to Shape the American Economy,” now out at Simon & Schuster. You can listen to Hughes discuss his book with Bethany McLean and Luigi Zingales on a new Capitalisn't episode here.
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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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