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Busting the Bankers' Club is an eye-opening account of the failures of our financial system, the sources of its staying power, and the path to meaningful economic reform.Bankers brought the global economic system to its knees in 2007 and nearly did the same in 2020. Both times, the US govern

By Katherine Newman and Elisabeth Jacobs, co-authors of Moving the Needle: What Tight Labor Markets Do for the PoorFor nearly half a century, scholars and policymakers alike have pointed to the devasting impact of joblessness for individuals, families, and communities. William Julius Wilson’s cl

We've removed the paywall from Asian Survey's annual year-in-review issue which looks back at the biggest stories concerning Asia in 2020, a year during which the COVID-19 pandemic and a trade dispute between the United States and China dominated the headlines. As the world continues to grapple with