Anne Case, author of Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism, profiled in the Weekend FT

Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism paints a troubling portrait of the American dream in decline. For the white working class, today’s America has become a land of broken families and few prospects. As the college educated become healthier and wealthier, adults without a degree are literally dying from pain and despair

Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism (Princeton University Press) 9780691190785

Dreamers and Schemers (University of California Press) reviewed in the Wall Street Journal

Dreamers and Schemers chronicles how Los Angeles’s pursuit and staging of the 1932 Olympic Games during the depths of the Great Depression helped fuel the city’s transformation from a seedy frontier village to a world-famous metropolis. Leading that pursuit was the “Prince of Realtors,” William May (Billy) Garland, a prominent figure in early Los Angeles. In important respects, the story of Billy Garland is the story of Los Angeles.

Dreamers and Schemers (University of California Press) 9780520298583