New Books in Big Ideas

807 Episodes

1. Benjamin Ho, "Why Trust Matters: An Economist's Guide to the Ties That Bind Us" (Columbia UP, 2021)

   Published: 8/26/2021
2. Gary Shiffman, "The Economics of Violence: How Behavioral Science Can Transform our View of Crime, Insurgency, and Terrorism" (Cambridge UP, 2019)

   Published: 8/25/2021
3. Jason M. Kelly, "Market Maoists: The Communist Origins of China's Capitalist Ascent" (Harvard UP, 2021)

   Published: 8/19/2021
4. David Potter, "Disruption: Why Things Change" (Oxford UP, 2021)

   Published: 8/12/2021
5. Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther, "When Maps Become the World" (U Chicago Press, 2020)

   Published: 8/10/2021
6. Chiara Marletto, "The Science of Can and Can't: A Physicist's Journey Through the Land of Counterfactuals" (Viking, 2021)

   Published: 8/9/2021
7. James Ladyman and K. Wiesner, "What Is a Complex System?" (Yale UP, 2020)

   Published: 7/30/2021
8. Robin Derricourt, "Creating God: The Birth and Growth of Major Religions" ( Manchester UP, 2021)

   Published: 7/29/2021
9. Nichola Raihani, "The Social Instinct: How Cooperation Shaped the World" (St. Martin's Press, 2021)

   Published: 7/12/2021
10. Sergio Lopez-Pineiro, "A Glossary of Urban Voids" (Jovis Verlag, 2020)

    Published: 7/5/2021
11. Tyson Yunkaporta, "Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World" (HarperOne, 2021)

    Published: 6/30/2021
12. Margaret MacMillan, "War: How Conflict Shaped Us" (Random House, 2020)

    Published: 6/28/2021
13. Hélène Landemore, "Open Democracy: Reinventing Popular Rule for the Twenty-First Century" (Princeton UP, 2020)

    Published: 6/28/2021
14. Susan Crane, "Nothing Happened: A History" (Stanford UP, 2021)

    Published: 6/23/2021
15. Kathleen Fitzpatrick, "Generous Thinking: A Radical Approach to Saving the University" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2021)

    Published: 6/15/2021
16. Tom Eisenmann, "Why Startups Fail: A New Roadmap for Entrepreneurial Success" (Currency, 2021)

    Published: 6/8/2021
17. Jonathan Rauch, "The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth" (Brookings, 2021)

    Published: 6/7/2021
18. James M. Banner Jr., "The Ever-Changing Past: Why All History Is Revisionist History" (Yale UP, 2021)

    Published: 6/4/2021
19. Skylar Tibbits, "Things Fall Together: A Guide to the New Materials Revolution" (Princeton UP, 2021)

    Published: 6/1/2021
20. Gregg D. Caruso, "Rejecting Retributivism: Free Will, Punishment, and Criminal Justice" (Cambridge UP, 2021)

    Published: 6/1/2021