Economic Justice

The definitive exposé of forced arbitration, the secret justice system that protects abusers, employers, and powerful corporations “Ballou is one of our most insightful analysts of the modern American legal system. This careful study should be required reading.” —Simon Johnson, Nobel...

Unlock the depth and breadth of a transformative field with "Victimology Unveiled," a comprehensive guide that sheds light on the multifaceted nature of victimhood and the complex dynamics around it. Dive into the introduction of Victimology and traverse through its historical context and core theories that shape our understanding today. Explore the profound emotional impact on crime victims, from immediate responses to long-term consequences, and discover the coping mechanisms that can aid recovery. Delve into the intricacies of psychological trauma and pathways to healing, highlighting ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A former Wall Street quant sounds the alarm on Big Data and the mathematical models that threaten to rip apart our social fabric—with a new afterword “A manual for the twenty-first-century citizen . . . relevant and urgent.”—Financial Times NATIONAL BOOK...

Long before the pandemic, Ruha Benjamin was doing groundbreaking research on race, technology, and justice, focusing on big, structural changes. But the twin plagues of COVID-19 and anti-Black police violence inspired her to rethink the importance of small, individual actions. Part memoir, part manifesto, Viral Justice is a sweeping and deeply personal exploration of how we can transform society through the choices we make every day.

An “epic and intimate” (David M. Kennedy) portrait of four generations of the Morgenthau family, a dynasty of power brokers and public officials with an outsize—and previously unmapped—influence extending from daily life in New York City to the shaping of the American Century...

When they met in Philadelphia in 1787, everyone understood real money as Spanish gold doubloons and silver pieces of eight. The Founders hid a clause in the Constitution that allowed states to use pirate money as legal tender. Adding current technology, their secret can be used to stop the threats of inflation, federal overreach, and the Great Reset while preserving personal liberty and privacy.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER United States Senator Cory Booker, hailed as “one of the key figures for justice and forthrightness in America today” (HuffPost), makes an impassioned case that the virtues of empathy, responsibility, and action must guide our nation toward a brighter future...

From a seasoned political journalist, an eye-opening examination of Tucker Carlson’s rise through conservative media and politics, and his ideological transformation over the past thirty years, tracking the concurrent shifts in the political and media landscapes which have both influenced and...

In this New York Times bestseller, a young and successful entrepreneur makes the case that politics has no place in business, and sets out a new vision for the future of American capitalism. There’s a new invisible force at work in our economic and cultural lives. It affects every...

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD A “vivid and frank” (NPR) account of the crack cocaine era and a community’s ultimate resilience, told through a cast of characters whose lives illuminate the dramatic rise and fall of the epidemic “A master class in disrupting a stubborn...

The world-renowned philosopher and author of the best-selling Justice explores the central question of our time: What has become of the common good? World-renowned philosopher Michael J. Sandel argues that to overcome the crises that are upending our world, we must rethink the attitudes toward success and failure that have accompanied globalization and rising inequality. Sandel shows the hubris a meritocracy generates among the winners and the harsh judgment it imposes on those left behind, and traces the dire consequences across a wide swath of American life.

In a world where justice is no longer measured by time served, but by value repaid, a new system has replaced prison with something far more absolute. Malachi is a murderer. Stripped of his name and identity, he is sent to the Antonia Citadel, where he becomes a “Ghost of the Machine”—a man who works not for freedom, but for survival. Every hour of labor, every drop of sweat, is siphoned into a digital ledger that feeds the family of the man he killed. He owns nothing. He earns nothing. He works only to eat. Sarah is the widow left behind. The system forces her into an impossible ...

Fusing science and social justice, renowned public health researcher Dr. Arline T. Geronimus offers an urgent book exploring the ways in which systemic injustice erodes the health of marginalized people. "Monumental." —Ibram X. Kendi, author of Stamped from the Beginning America has woken up...

Why don’t our schools work? Eve L. Ewing tackles this question from a new angle: What if they’re actually doing what they were built to do? She argues that instead of being the great equalizer, America’s classrooms were designed to do the opposite: to maintain the nation’s inequalities...

A close reading of the Gospels, taking history and archaeology into account, demolishes the myth of a socialist Jesus. 

In Pro-Child Politics, Katy Faust has mobilized a collection of experts who apply her children-before-adults approach to their areas of expertise. From porn to debt, foreign policy to religious liberty, each chapter explains how a child-first approach isn’t just nice—it’s a necessity. Contributors explain how the needs of children are being ignored and propose practical, bold reforms that will ensure the next generation will not only survive, but thrive.

The whip got expensive. So they upgraded the system. No overseers. No chains. No photographs. Just paperwork. Just numbers. Just a credit algorithm running the same map that was drawn in 1938 — quietly, automatically, without a single person in the chain understanding what the chain is doing. The Architecture is the blueprint they never meant you to see. Twenty chapters. Fifteen mechanisms. Every extraction tool the system built to move wealth out of Black communities — the debt engine, the credit leash, the permitted lanes, the spectacle economy, the religion of patience, the political...

Misha Glenny's groundbreaking study of global organized crime is now the inspiration for an 8-part AMC crime drama starring James Norton (War and Peace), Juliet Rylance, and David Strathairn. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the deregulation of...

In a world fractured by artificial scarcity and engineered division, 'Tikkun Olam Today: Jewish Stewardship as the Answer to Global Crisis' presents a radical yet timeless solution: the ancient Jewish principle of stewardship as the blueprint for healing our broken systems. This groundbreaking work reveals how the wisdom embedded in Jewish tradition—from the Jubilee year's economic reset to Maimonides' eight levels of giving—offers not just ethical guidance but practical strategies for building resilient, abundance-based communities that can withstand the crises of our time. Through ...

A New York Times Bestseller The world’s leading intellectual offers a probing examination of the waning American Century, the nature of U.S. policies post-9/11, and the perils of valuing power above democracy and human rights In an incisive, thorough analysis of the current international...