Category: Economics

January 3, 2021

Video: Prices and Decentralization Without Convexity

“This groundbreaking book of practical economic theory by Milgrom, the world’s most accomplished designer of complex auctions, describes the design of the most complex auction yet: the FCC incentive auction for electromagnetic spectrum. The book also illuminates why the magic...

January 3, 2021

Browse our AEA Virtual Book Exhibit with Christian Pizarro Winting

Welcome to the Columbia University Press virtual exhibit booth for the 2021 American Economic Association annual meeting. I am Christian Pizarro Winting, the editor for CUP’s books in economics. This last year has been an undoubtedly tough one for all,...

January 1, 2021

Announcing Our 2021 Economics Catalog

Letter from the editor: 2020 has undoubtedly been a year of significance for the field of economics. The pandemic has presented unique challenges to the implementation of effective policies, and the field has come under close scrutiny as opinions vary...

December 1, 2020

New Book Tuesday! The Terroir of Whiskey, Pleasure in Profit and More!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! From the Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History series The Terroir of Whiskey A Distiller’s Journey Into the Flavor of Place Rob Arnold In this book, the...

July 28, 2020

Announcing Our 2020-2021 Business and Economics Catalog

Letter from the editor: Columbia University Press is pleased to present our 2020-2021 new and upcoming titles from the Columbia Business School Publishing imprint, our economics program and our distributed lines. Columbia Business School Publishing focuses on value investing, finance,...

June 20, 2020

Q&A: Victor McFarland on the History of the U.S.-Saudi Alliance

“The extraordinary relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia has influenced both countries, often for the worse. There is no better guide to the origins of this complex alliance than Victor McFarland’s new book. Anyone with an interest in...

May 14, 2020

Book Excerpt! Meals Matter, By Michael Symons (prologue)

“Michael Symons succeeds brilliantly in a radical project: convincing readers to rethink a singular ‘economics’ as multiple ‘economies’: bodily, household, market, political, and natural. His book draws on intellectual history, economic and social theories, and gastronomy, and it is richly...

May 13, 2020

Postpandemic Hopes

By Michael Symons

“As an academic economist and former chef, this is a book I wish I had written. Symons’s work provides a unique contribution through its fusion of philosophy, economics, and food, arguing for the need to reject the acquisitive self-interest ethos...

April 17, 2020

Book Excerpt! Capital and the Common Good, by Georgia Levenson Keohane (introduction)

 “Keohane weaves together case studies from around the globe that illustrate the immense potential of market mechanisms to more effectively use public, philanthropic, and private sector funds to address the world’s seismic challenges. Capital and the Common Good should...

April 9, 2020

Book Excerpt! The Greening of Asia, By Mark L. Clifford (introduction)

“With wisdom and insights sprinkled throughout, The Greening of Asia demonstrates that innovation and a core commitment to sustainability are beginning to build a greener prosperity in the world’s fastest growing region…. A well-researched, hopeful book.” ~Doug Ogden, Asian Review of Books...

November 29, 2019

Black Friday: What Drives Our Consumer Habits Today?

It’s Black Friday—the annual shopping event in which consumers nation-wide brave the crowds to take advantage of exclusive sales designed to kick off the holiday shopping season. Often referred to as the busiest shopping day of the year, it is...

January 31, 2019

Book Excerpt! Transatlantic Speculations: Globalization and the Panics of 1873 (chapter 2)

“Bringing economic history and cultural history into the same frame, Davies makes a compelling case for the wider significance of the panics of 1873 in the development of a global consciousness of finance.” ~Peter Knight, University of Manchester Read an...