AtWinterthur, Gretchen Buggeln and the students inheradvanced studies seminar created a stimulating atmospherefor the development ofmyideas whileNeville Thompson guided methrough an extraordinary troveof sourcesand Karen Rege provided ...
Temperature's Rising and Champagne Taste were basically side by side, each running three or maybe even four lengths behind the lead pack offive horses, and each gliding along, still looking relaxed. But that front group was starting to ...
Mr. Shulman has developed an enhanced understanding of kleptomania, based on an addiction model. It offers the best hope we have today for effective treatment of this baffling disorder.
Hailed by The New York Review of Booksas "one of cultural history's masters of linking popular moods and ideas with arts, philosophies, industries, and commodities," prizewinning historian Jackson Lears has...
His extravagant suburban lifestyle deteriorating along with his small-aircraft business in the face of the 1970s oil crisis, Martin Anderson attempts to clear his mounting debts by using his planes for drug runs to Mexico only to find ...
A young economic professor's adventures in his quest for a tenure-track position and a well-balanced life.
Something for Nothing
Something for Nothing reveals the social and personal threats inherent in this emerging "grabbing match" culture, juxtaposing free-market virtues against government vices, explaining how the something-for-nothing mentality corrupts the ...
In Something for Nothing, financial economist Maureen O’Hara explains that one of the key innovations of modern finance is its reliance on arbitrage, the practice of taking advantage of a price difference between two or more markets to ...
Something for Nothing
Discusses the history and various forms of gambling from ancient times to the present day.