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Schooled and Sorted: How Educational Categories Create Inequality

Julian Betts
Journal of Economic Literature 2024 62(2), 807-809
Julian Betts of University of California, San Diego reviews “Schooled and Sorted: How Educational Categories Create Inequality” by Thurston Domina, Andrew M. Penner, and Emily K. Penner. The EconLit abstract of this book begins: “Explores the production, adaptation, and enactment of categories in US schools, focusing on how this categorization is essential to the education system and promotes inequalities within it.”

Annotated Listing of New Books

Journal of Economic Literature 2024 62(1), 334-404
Editor's Note Our policy is to annotate all English-language books on economics and related subjects that are sent to us. A very small number of foreign-language books are called to our attention and annotated by our consulting editors or others. Our staff does not monitor and order books published; therefore, if an annotation of a book does not appear six months after the publication date, please write to us or the publisher concerning the book.

JEL Classification System

Journal of Economic Literature 2024 62(1), 405-420
The categories listed below are used to classify books, book reviews, journal articles, and dissertations indexed in JEL and EconLit. New changes to the classification system appear as soon as possible on www.econlit.org . The JEL classification system may be used freely for scholarly purposes. We suggest the following format: “JEL: A10, B10, etc.”

What Universities Owe Democracy

M. Lee Pelton
Journal of Economic Literature 2024 62(1), 320-323
M. Lee Pelton of The Boston Foundation reviews “What Universities Owe Democracy” by By Ronald J. Daniels. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Promotes the argument that colleges and universities are essential to the flourishing of liberal democracy, suggesting that these institutions have a responsibility to act in defense of the liberal democratic experiment.”

Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Maria Demertzis
Journal of Economic Literature 2024 62(1), 329-330
Maria Demertzis of Bruegel and European University Institute reviews “Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology” by Chris Miller. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Promotes the argument that the contemporary world is defined by semiconductors, detailing how this technology has come to determine the shape of international politics, the structure of the world economy, and the balance of military power.”

The Wealth of a Nation: Institutional Foundations of English Capitalism

Gregory Clark
Journal of Economic Literature 2024 62(3), 1261-1263
Gregory Clark of University of Southern Denmark reviews “The Wealth of a Nation: Institutional Foundations of English Capitalism” by Geoffrey M. Hodgson. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Discusses the English economy from 1300 to about 1820, focusing on the foundational conditions that enabled a dramatic transition from stagnation to growth that occurred in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.”

Individuality and Entanglement: The Moral and Material Bases of Social Life

Arthur Robson
Journal of Economic Literature 2024 62(1), 325-327
Arthur Robson of Simon Fraser University reviews “Individuality and Entanglement: The Moral and Material Bases of Social Life” by Herbert Gintis. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Analyzes human social life as a game with rules, with people as players in this game and politics as the arena in which these rules are affirmed and changed.”

The Unequal Effects of Globalization

Ed Leamer
Journal of Economic Literature 2024 62(1), 327-329
Ed Leamer of University of California, Los Angeles reviews “The Unequal Effects of Globalization” by Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Assesses the recent evolution of global trade, highlighting its unequal effects between and within countries.”

The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era

Ilyana Kuziemko; Suresh Naidu
Journal of Economic Literature 2024 62(1), 324-325
Ilyana Kuziemko of Princeton University and Suresh Naidu of Columbia University review “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era” by Gary Gerstle. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Examines the history of the political order that took shape under Ronald Reagan and achieved dominance under Bill Clinton in the 1990s and early 2000s, highlighting the sharp distinction of this political order from those that preceded it.”