"Zygmunt Bauman's voice is as exemplary as it is powerful. He writes not only in Max Weber's spirit, but also in that of Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno, as well as Hannah Arendt and Norbert Elias. This is a very important collection by one of the leading thinkers of our time."
--Ron Eyerman, Yale University
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A Guide to Economic Theology
"A passionate book, to be welcomed in a discipline notably devoid of passion. [Adam's Fallacy] can be read for pleasure and enlightenment by economists and non-economists alike."
--David Throsby,
Times Literary Supplement
"[Ranks] up there with Heilbroner's classic."
--Robert Solow,
New York Review of Books
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"A springboard for personal reflection and a source of literate pleasure."
--Steven Chabot, Library Journal
"A remarkable translation of one of the great masterpieces of philosophical literature."
--Gail Holst-Warhaft,
Cornell University
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A History of Wealth and Power in a Democracy
Ruling America offers a panoramic history of America's ruling elites from the time of the American Revolution to the present. At its heart is the greatest of American paradoxes: How have tiny minorities of the rich and privileged consistently exercised so much power in a nation built on the notion of rule by the people?
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"Stretching back nearly twenty years, Antonio Negri's work has been until recently one of the best-kept secrets of Marxist theory in the United States...Empire is the culmination of Negri's lifework and a major contribution to Marx's uncompleted work on capitalism's international phase. Beyond its inherent scholarly merit, however, Empire provides a critical tool for understanding what the events following September 11th mean as history and politics."
--Curtis White, Bookforum
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Financial Crises, the Middle Class, and the Development of Capital Markets
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"The authors of this book, academics in the fields of history, social sciences, and economics, have done more than write a history of financial crises; rather, they explain the nature of these crises by putting economic theory into plain English."
--R. J. Phillips, Choice
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Government as the Ultimate Risk Manager
"David Moss...offers a novel perspective on the extraordinary expansion of government. Where once it confined its remit to the bare essentials of defence, internal security and the enforcement of private-property rights, today's leviathan spreads into every corner of national life, not just by taxing and spending but also by regulating... Government has expanded its reach because it is the ultimate risk manager...[An] enlightening book."
--The Economist
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"In this original and provocative book, Muirhead argues that justice in work is more than a matter of fair wages and decent working conditions; it is also a matter of fit--between the work we do and the persons we are. With a clear and distinctive voice, Muirhead revives work as a subject for political theory and illuminates the ethics of everyday life."
--Michael Sandel
Harvard University
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--Peter Steinfels, New York Times
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The Origins and Legacy of Enron's Collapse
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"A superb book. Innovation Corrupted provides the deepest analysis yet of the collapse of Enron. It's essential reading for anyone who wants to understand why success without an ethical foundation leads to disaster."
--Bill George, author of True North
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