Books in Brief features works recently or soon to be published by members of the Yale community. Descriptions are based on material provided by the publishers. Authors of new books may forward publishers’ book descriptions to us by email.Oprah: The Gospel...
In a panel on Oct. 13, five Yale economists — (from left) President Richard Levin, William Nordhaus, Robert Shiller, Judith Chevalier, Aleh Tsyvinski, and John Geanakoplos — debated whether short-term jobs-creation programs would put the United States on...