With the holiday season drawing near and the shopping spree just beginning, keep in mind that books make wonderful gifts. The Yale Press has a great selection of titles for readers of all budgets, so be sure to take advantage of our special 50% discount on selected books in our
For political science junkies, this election season has been a two-year dream come true. There are a million studies waiting to be written on Obama’s online fundraising techniques and McCain’s maverick vice-presidential pick, but while you’re in line at the polls or watching the results come in, you can check
In a recent New York Times article, legendary investor, founder of the Vanguard Group, and Yale Press author John Bogle insisted that now is the time to buy stocks. Bogle argued that those who buy now, while stock prices are cheap, will be sure to expect profits in the future.
Last night’s debate was yet another reminder that the current economic crisis continues to weigh heavily on the American mind. And, as questions about the economy keep Obama and McCain on their toes, Yale University Press author Steve Fraser has been busy commenting on the crisis both in print and
Fifty years ago, Oliver Smoot was the shortest member of his fraternity pledge class at MIT. Despite his diminutive frame, Smoot became a part of Boston history in 1958 when his Lambda Alpha Chi brothers decided to measure the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge in 5′ 7″ increments, a unit they appropriately
Though talk of the Middle East may have slipped from the front page in the midst of an economic crisis, the scholars at the Washington Institute have remained firmly focused on their goal of “promoting security, peace, prosperity, and democracy” for the people of the Middle East. In their inaugural
Do the most innovative economic solutions come from the private sector or from the state? In the midst of an economic slowdown and an election year, the question is unavoidable. Concerned readers might find insights in Dan Breznitz’s Innovation and the State, which was announced the winner of the 2008
Three years ago today at 6:10 a.m. CDT, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Plaquemines Parish, on the southeastern tip of Louisiana’s Gulf Coast. The effects of the storm were felt as far north as Canada but nowhere more intensely than in St. Bernard Parish, just south of New Orleans. When
This summer marks the 100th anniversary of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the institution that redefined American justice and fascinated the collective imagination of the American people with its cases and characters. Last week, Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, author of The FBI: A History, appeared on the NPR show On Point. Jeffreys-Jones
The recent passing of retired senior military official and former Yale professor William Odom has given many the chance to reflect on his life of service and scholarship. In his work with the Carter and Reagan administrations, Odom maintained a hard-line stance on the Soviet Union, a nation that had