Clash of Extremes takes on the reigning orthodoxy that the American Civil War was waged over high moral principles. Marc Egnal contends that economics, more than any other factor, moved the country to war in 1861.

"Egnal's is an illuminating contribution to our understanding of the Civil War's causes." —Publishers Weekly

The Monetarists offers a groundbreaking history of the thinkers and ideas that shaped monetary policy in the 20th century. Challenging misconceptions, this book reveals the nuanced debate that led to the development of monetarism and its enduring influence on economic thought.

A lively portrait of the growth of Pittsburgh’s iron and steel industries and what that meant for the people who lived there during the late 19th century.

Werner Troesken looks at the history of the United States with a focus on three diseases—smallpox, typhoid fever, and yellow fever—to show how constitutional rules and provisions that promoted individual liberty and economic prosperity also influenced, for good and for bad, the country’s ability to eradicate infectious disease. 

Former Secretary of the Treasury Henry “Hank” Paulson—who was at the very epicenter of the crashing financial markets—provides a startling, first-person account of what really happened during the 2008f global financial crisis.