Book Review
Slow Democracy
According to a research study released in 2010 by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press 81 percent of Americans believe that elected officials are more personally ambitious than publicly motivated, while 74 percent rate...
Book Review
Wait
In 2008, when the Wall Street financial crisis hit, Frank Partnoy, author and professor of law and finance at the University of San Diego, started thinking about the “complexities of human decision-making.” He wanted to know why the...
Book Review
Occupy World Street
According to Ross Jackson, Canadian philanthropist and co-founder of SimCorp, a Danish financial software company, our civilization is in the midst of an unavoidable global collapse and “life as we know it” faces ruination. The...
Book Review
The Iguana Tree
For Héctor, leaving behind the impoverished confines of Puerto Isadore, Mexico, to create a better life for himself and his family in the United States is an abiding dream. He sees America as “The Great Opportunity” and embarks on a...
Book Review
Task Force Patriot and the End of Combat Operations in Iraq
In October 2011, President Obama confirmed that the United States would withdraw its troop presence from Iraq at the end of the year. After an eight-year war fraught with controversy and instability, it’s unclear if Iraq will thrive as...
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