The inaugural issue of Review of Economics and Institutions is out. Andres Marroquin (UFM): Economic Anthropology: Past and Future. The first chapter from Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Economic Growth by Christine Greenhalgh and Mark Rogers. The first chapter from Economic Sociology: A Systematic Inquiry by Alejandro Portes. An interview with Ian Ayres on inequality. Breacher of the Peace: A profile of Daron Acemoglu. Monsters in the market: In today’s exchanges, strong programs prey on weak ones, humans are hard to find, and the SEC struggles to keep up. A review of The Invention of Enterprise: Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times. An article on maximum wage, an idea whose time has come. More on The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better. Joseph Stiglitz reviews Keynes: The Return of the Master by Robert Skidelsky. Paul Volcker on how the time we have is growing short. A review of The Blood Bankers: Tales from the Global Underground Economy by James S. Henry. The Pay Problem: Jay Lorsch and Rakesh Khurana on why it's time for a new paradigm for executive compensation. The sad state of financial economics teaching: A review of The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets by Frederic S. Mishkin. The Squam Lake Report, a book that represents the consensus of 15 leading economists offers, prescriptions to avert another financial collapse. Nouriel Roubini and Ian Bremmer debate the real meaning of political and economic problems throughout the world. A review of Are the Rich Necessary? Great Economic Arguments and How They Reflect Our Personal Values by Hunter Lewis (and more). Economists think they are invulnerable and intellectually superior — we all suffer for it.
