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An Exclusive Look at "Swiftynomics" by Misty Heggeness
Sep 12 2025
UC Press is delighted to offer an exclusive excerpt from "Swiftynomics" by Misty Heggeness.
Debt in the United States
Aug 27 2025
How the landscape of debt in the United States has shifted significantly.
Domestic worker activism and anti-fascism: A Q&A with Katherine M. Marino
Aug 26 2025
Who speaks out against fascism—is it only the most powerful or politically connected who can do so, or is it those whose rights are most in danger?
Economic Well-Being in Today's Political Climate
May 24 2025
Author Pat McCoy on risk sharing and the path to achieving economic well-being for all.
Help Us Grow Our FirstGen Program!
Apr 22 2025
UC Press has great news to share about FirstGen program growth and seeks your support for its continued success. Here’s how our program has benefitted first-gen authors so far.
Labor Can Go on the Offensive and Defeat Trumpism
Feb 18 2025
Our best bet for beating back and defeating Trumpism lies in a revitalized labor movement. But can workers and unions continue their forward momentum under the new administration?
The Power of Place in Understanding—and Reframing—Digital Capitalism
Dec 18 2024
Author Luis F. Alvarez Leon argues that asserting the power of place to reframe digital capitalism in geographic terms is a way to reclaim the digital as part of our social world.
Critical Wage Theory — A Timely New Approach to an Old Problem
Jun 04 2024
By Ruben J. Garcia, author of Critical Wage Theory: Why Wage Justice Is Racial JusticeRaising the federal minimum wage is not a front burner issue in the U.S. presidential election campaign. Other important issues such as the war in Gaza, the trials of former President Donald Trump, or the futur
Q&A with Alex Edmans, author of May Contain Lies
Apr 30 2024
In this eye-opening book, renowned economist Alex Edmans teaches us how to separate fact from fiction. Using colorful examples—from a wellness guru’s tragic but fabricated backstory to the blunders that led to the Deepwater Horizon disaster to the diet that ensnared millions yet hastened its founder
Q&A with Mark Robert Rank, author of The Random Factor
Apr 23 2024
by James Byard/WUSTL PhotosIt’s comforting to think that we can be successful because we work hard, climb ladders, and get what we deserve, but each of us has been profoundly touched by randomness. Chance is shown to play a crucial role in shaping outcomes across history, throughout the natural