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BBRROOOOKKIINNGGSS INSTITUTION PRESS Business & Economics 2011 Business & Economics 2011 NEW & NotaBlE after the Crash Delivering aid Differently The Future of Finance Lessons from the Field Yasuyuki Fuchita, Richard J. Herring & Wolfgang Fengler & Homi Kharas, eds. Robert E. litan, eds. “Can aid deliver the economic, social, and Economic experts take a hard look at how the political transformations development financial industry and some of its practices are demands, or is it condemned to small suc- likely to change and provide well-grounded cesses and failures? This is the central ques- insights that will be helpful to financial practi- tion that Wolfgang Fengler and Homi Kharas tioners, analysts, and policymakers. take on. I commend this book to all those Copublished with the Nomura Institute of interested in reforming how aid is delivered Capital Markets Research so that it eventually becomes redundant.” 2010 / 175 pp. / paper 978-0-8157-0404-1 $26.95 —Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, managing director, World Bank 2010 / 286 pp. / paper 978-0-8157-0480-5 $28.95 Brain Gain Rethinking U.S. Immigration Policy Emerging Markets Darrell M. West Resilience and Growth amid “An invaluable work that as dispassionately, Global Turmoil factually, and objectively as possible analyzes M. ayhan Kose & Eswar S. Prasad the political and economic aspects of immigra- Kose and Prasad present the definitive tion and their effect on our nation.” account of the evolution of emerging mar- —Vartan Gregorian, president, Carnegie ket economies (EMEs) and use the lens of Corporation of New York the global financial crisis to evaluate their A Brookings FOCUS Book strengths and weaknesses. 2010 /182 pp. / cloth 978-0-8157-0482-9 $24.95 2011 / 210 pp. / paper 978-0-8157-0564-2 $26.95 China in 2020 last Exit A New Type of Superpower Privatization and Deregulation of Hu angang the U.S. Transportation System Foreword by John l. thornton Clifford Winston Introduction by Cheng li “These provocative but measured proposals Chinese economist Hu Angang forecasts provide the agenda for a serious national that by 2020 China will become a “mature, debate on the next steps in reforming responsible, and attractive superpower” that transportation policy.”—Roger Noll, will contribute to the “end of the unipolar era Stanford University dominated by the United States.” Thornton Center Chinese Thinkers Series 2010 / 188 pp. / paper 978-0-8157-0473-7 $24.95 March / 320 pp. / cloth 978-0-8157-0478-2 $39.95 leading Change in a Cuba’s Energy Future Web 2.1 World Strategic Approaches to Cooperation How ChangeCasting Builds Trust, Jonathan Benjamin-alvarado, ed. Creates Understanding, and Foreword by Vicki Huddleston Accelerates Organizational Change Contributors discuss the evolving relations Jackson Nickerson among Caribbean states and explain why “A brilliant, original, and timely book that Cuba and its longtime nemesis the United stunningly reframes leadership for our States should look for ways to cooperate Internet Age.”—Warren Bennis, University on developing energy sources. of Southern California 2010 / 143 pp. / paper 978-0-8157-0342-6 $26.95 Innovations in Leadership Series 2010 / 148 pp. / cloth 978-0-8157-0484-3 $24.95 1 Moving Forward Resilience and opportunity The Future of Consumer Credit Lessons from the U.S. Gulf Coast after Katrina and Rita and Mortgage Finance Roland V. anglin, amy liu, Richard J. Mizelle Jr., & Nicolas P. Retsinas & Eric S. Belsky, eds. allison Plyer, eds. “For those concerned about the obstacles and This book covers the gamut of social and public policies and the roles opportunities that lie ahead for consumers in of different actors needed to remake whole communities after a disas- the post-financial-crisis world, this book is an ter—for example, the rise of community engagement and new organi- essential read.”—Eugene A. Ludwig, CEO of zations, redevelopment policy, coastal and wetlands protection, educa- Promontory Financial Group tion, criminal justice, the role of philanthropy, and regional leadership. Copublished with the Harvard University Joint 2011 / 220 pp. / paper 978-0-8157-2149-9 $22.95 Center for Housing Studies 2011 / 275 pp. / paper 978-0-8157-0503-1 $28.95 Uncle Sam in Pinstripes Evaluating U.S. Federal Credit Policy and Choice Programs Public Finance through the Lens Douglas J. Elliott of Behavioral Economics The U.S. federal government has $10 trillion William J. Congdon, Jeffrey R. Kling & in federal guarantees and loans going to the Sendhil Mullainathan public sector. This accessible primer on federal The authors argue that public finance can lending provides an instructive look at one of incorporate many lessons of behavioral eco- the most important interfaces between the nomics and should serve as a framework for U.S. government and its citizens. applying insights from psychology to questions april / 120 pp. / paper 978-0-8157-2139-0 $19.95 of economic policy. 2011 / 240 pp. / cloth 978-0-8157-0498-0 $29.95 Urban and Regional Policy and Its Effects, Volume 3 the Pursuit of Happiness Nancy Pindus, Howard Wial & Toward an Economy of Well-Being Harold Wolman, eds. Carol Graham This book analyzes the effectiveness of select In this straightforward and accessible book, policy approaches, reforms, and experi- Carol Graham explores what we know about ments in addressing key social and economic the determinants of happiness across and problems facing cities, suburbs, and metro- within countries of different development politan areas. Topics include the effects of levels, including some counterintuitive and foreclosures on neighborhoods, school choice surprising relations. options, and commuter taxes. A Brookings FOCUS book 2011 / 261 pp. / paper 978-0-8157-0406-5 $29.95 June / 160 pp. / cloth 978 -0-8157-2127-7 $24.95 What Works in Development? Reconsidering Retirement Thinking Big and Thinking Small How Losses and Layoffs Affect Jessica Cohen & William Easterly, eds. Older Workers “Thinking big” approaches in the fight against Courtney C. Coile & Phillip B. levine global poverty focus on macroeconomic poli- Economists Coile and Levine go beyond the cies, growth strategies, and other country-level headlines to explain how the economic crisis factors, while “thinking small” mind-sets utilize will affect the future plans and well-being of conditional cash transfers, bed nets, and other older Americans. microlevel improvements. This book examines 2010 / 156 pp. / cloth 978-0-8157-0499-7 $28.95 both schools of thought. 2009 / 245 pp. / paper 978-0-8157-0282-5 $26.95 2 2 business FEATURED BOOKS n ow in paperback n e w Digital Medicine Moving Forward Health Care in the Internet Era The Future of Consumer Credit Revised edition and Mortgage Finance Darrell M. West & Edward alan Miller Nicolas P. Retsinas & Eric S. 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Sandalow, ed. “Governance in the twenty-first century is a Explains the current landscape for plug-in elec- complex mixture of the public and private. tric vehicles: the technology, the economics, Andrew Stark has written an extremely useful and the implications for national security and book about this new world. A must-read the environment. for scholars and practitioners alike.” 2009 / 260 pp. / cloth 978-0-8157-0305-1 $29.95 —Elaine C. Kamarck, Harvard Kennedy School Includes photos and graphics 2010 / 240 pp. / cloth 978-0-8157-0333-4 $28.95 Prudent lending Restored Forthcoming Securitization after the Growing old Mortgage Meltdown Paying for Retirement and Institutional Money Yasuyuki Fuchita, Richard Herring & Management after the Financial Crisis Robert E. litan, eds. Yasuyuki Fuchita, Richard J. Herring & Robert E. litan, eds. Experts from the United States, Europe, and Analyzes several key issues haunting pensions and retirement, includ- Japan draw a timeline of key events along the ing the size and scope of municipal pension obligations, the risks of road to our most recent recession, analyze the defined pension contribution plans, and how recent difficulties are causes of the subprime mortgage meltdown, altering the strategies of institutional investors. and propose reforms. Copublished with the Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research Copublished with the Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research May / 175 pp. / paper 978-0-8157-2153-6 $26.95 2009 / 336 pp. / paper 978-0-8157-0336-5 $32.95 n e w n ow in paperback leading Change in a too Big to Fail Web 2.1 World The Hazards of Bank Bailouts How ChangeCasting Builds Trust, Gary H. Stern & Ron J. Feldman Creates Understanding, and Accelerates Organizational Change This clearly prophetic book. show[s] how Jackson Nickerson policymakers made the financial system riskier by implicitly promising to bail out the biggest “Both accessible and profound in the message banking institutions. [A] lucid assessment it communicates: a must-read for 21st-century of one of the most perplexing, perverse poli- leaders.”—Ranjay Gulati, Harvard Business School cies in financial regulation.”—Mint Innovations in Leadership Series 2009 / 230 pp. / paper 978-0-8157-0304-4 $22.95 2010 / 148 pp. / cloth 978-0-8157-0484-3 $24.95 3 Doing Well by Doing Good Pooling Money oECD Science, technology and Innovative Corporate Responses to The Future of Mutual Funds Industry outlook 2010 Communicable Diseases Yasuyuki Fuchita & Robert E.