Princeton University Press

A 2,500-year history of international currencies that reveals new insights about the future of the U.S. dollar—as well as crypto and central bank digital currenciesDoubts about the international dominance of the dollar are only growing amid

An authoritative textbook based on the legendary economics course taught at the University of Chicago—now fully updated and expandedPrice theory is a powerful analytical tool kit for measuring, explaining, and predicting market outcomes. Th

A study of the changes in wealth and its distribution in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Paris that maps the interplay among wealth, inequality, and welfareSuccessful economies sustain capital accumulation across generations, and capital

What people believe about the economy—and why it mattersHow do expectations about the future influence economic behavior? For decades, economists have known that beliefs play a central role—from how much households spend, to how firms set p

A comprehensive look at inequalities and why they matterThere is a widespread sense throughout the developed world that progress toward a better society has stalled. Many countries, including the UK, have experienced persistent economic sta

A graduate-level, mathematically rigorous introduction to the tools, methods, and approaches used in contemporary quantitative financeThis book offers a theory-oriented introduction to investments, asset pricing, and derivatives. Designed f

A foundational treatment of discrete choice models, with a focus on random utility modelsDiscrete choice models are essential tools for understanding decision-making when individuals must choose among alternatives. They have applications ac

An empirical analysis and new theoretical framework for understanding economic expectations and decision-making in different historical settings. Expectations play a crucial role in shaping economic behavior. But how are expectations actual

Longlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year AwardHow 1,000 years of global history show why technological and economic progress is often followed by stagnation and even collapseIn How Progress Ends, Carl Bened

Setting out to recover the roots of modernity in the boulevards, interiors, and arcades of the "city of light," Walter Benjamin dubbed Paris "the capital of the nineteenth century." In this eagerly anticipated sequel to his acclaimed Coasts

On October 23, 1852, Professor Augustus De Morgan wrote a letter to a colleague, unaware that he was launching one of the most famous mathematical conundrums in history--one that would confound thousands of puzzlers for more than a century.