The SQUEEZE: Neoliberal economists have offered undoubtedly a plethora of dogmas and assumptions since the age of Reagan. Their free market ideologues regarding economic thought have contributed much, in Ha-Joon Chang’s belief, to recent financial...

The SQUEEZE: Today’s financial, economical, and health challenges cannot be solved with traditional “ready-made” solutions. Instead, these challenges require many to solve the problems in their lives by learning how to adapt. Tim Harford’s book ti...

The SQUEEZE: Americans today consider the pursuit of more to be a primary determinant for achieving success. But social critics are increasingly reaching different conclusions. Consumerism is becoming a disastrous condition that is having negative...

The SQUEEZE: American culture today praises happiness at the expense of sadness. But sadness, or melancholy, is an important aspect to the human experience. It is an essential part of life that has motivated key figures in history to create some o...

The SQUEEZE: Kevin Phillips, a harsh critic of the Republican Party, suggests in American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century the importance of becoming familiar with ideological extre...

The SQUEEZE: The continued existence of political squabbling contributes to the confusion and complexity inherent in understanding the basic tenets of economics. In Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One, Thomas Sowell aims to alleviate the ...

The SQUEEZE: Mastering your body, emotions, personal relationships, and your life in general involves creating a program that will help you to discover your purpose and harness the potential that self-mastery brings. It is within this context that...

The SQUEEZE: Even though everyday Americans appreciate open-ended political dialogue, they, in fact, work harder to appear to avoid politics altogether. Creating a culture of political avoidance reveals much about the production of apathy among ev...

The SQUEEZE: The global financial crisis has had a great impact upon business, personal wealth, and everyday living. In analyzing the situation, economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller challenge the economic wisdom that caused a modern financ...

The SQUEEZE: Peter L. Bernstein traces the evolution of risk in Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk. In the book, Bernstein begins the narrative exploring ancient thinking regarding risk, tracing the history of the concept of numbers an...