Auburn University Libraries’ next Discover Auburn Lecture Series will host Mark Thornton’s book talk on “The Skyscraper Curse: And How Austrian Economics Predicted Every Major Economic Crisis of the Last Century.” “The Skyscraper Curse” is Thornton’s definitive work on booms and busts, and it explains why only Austrian economists really...

The nine individuals who sit as justices of the U.S. Supreme Court have the ability to radically change society with a single decision. In consequence, it has attracted intense scrutiny and full-throated criticism. Linda Greenhouse has done a great deal to make the Supreme Court and its operations intelligible to...

The College of Education’s Critical Studies Working Group will host Susana Muñoz, associate professor and program coordinator of Higher Education Leadership at Colorado State University. Muñoz’s research focuses on the experiences of undocumented and DACA students in education. In this talk, Susana Muñoz will discuss findings from her book Identity,...

Despite rising public concern about climate change and public responsiveness to climate signals, governments around the world have struggled to pass and implement climate policies. This is exacerbated in the United States, where rising partisan polarization over climate change--and environmental protection more broadly--has made climate policy enactment exceedingly difficult. Today,...