Firmly places transportation equity at the center of the ongoing civil rights struggle for equal opportunity.

The inspiration for Chloé Zhao's celebrated film starring Frances McDormand, winner of the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress March and April pick for the PBS Newshour-New York Times "Now Read This" Book Club ...

Argues that post-crisis Wall Street continues to be controlled by large banks and explains how a small, diverse group of Wall Street men have banded together to reform the financial markets.

The author, a journalist who covered the region in the early 1990s, relates the events that he saw in a style he refers to as "history as contact journalism.

Kotz considers several possible directions of economic restructuring, concluding that significant economic change is likely in the years ahead.

This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the global aid scene.

Ha-Joon Chang evaluates the role of the state in economics and development. In this collection of essays, he reviews theories and practices of state intervention as they have developed over two centuries of modern capitalism.

This text explains the causes and consequences of 'The Great Risk Shift' and what can be done to reverse it.

In critical dialogue with contemporary social theory, Fernando Coronil examines key transformations in Venezuela's polity, culture, and economy, recasting theories of development and highlighting the relevance of these processes for other ...

This wide-reaching volume shows how Africa developed before the coming of the Europeans up to the 15th century, and shows Africa's contribution to European capitalist development in the pre-colonial period.