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Economix: How Our Economy Works (and Doesn't Work) in Words and Pictures by Michael Goodwin Publisher Comments Stimulus plans: good or bad? Free markets: How free are they? Jobs: Can we afford them? Occupy Wall Street . . . worldwide! Everybody’s talking about the economy, but how can we, the people, understand what Wall Street or Washington knows—or... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Superfreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven D Levitt Publisher Comments The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics was a worldwide sensation. Now, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with SuperFreakonomics, and fans and newcomers alike will find that the "freakquel" is even bolder, funnier, and more surprising... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life by Richard Florida Publisher Comments Initially published in 2002, The Rise of the Creative Class was instantly described as a classic work on the forces that were reshaping our economy, our geography, our work, and our whole way of life. Weaving story-telling with original research, Richard... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Galbraith: The Affluent Society & Other Writings, 1952-196galbraith: The Affluent Society & Other Writings, 1952-1967 7: American Capitalism / The Gre by John Kenneth Galbraith Publisher Comments The Library of America: Now available in one complete collection. Thirty years ago, The Library of America was founded to undertake a historic endeavor: to help preserve the nation's cultural heritage by publishing America's best and most significant... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $18.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Freefall by Joseph E Stiglitz Publisher Comments The Great Recession, as it has come to be called, has impacted more people worldwide than any crisis since the Great Depression. Flawed government policy and unscrupulous personal and corporate behavior in the United States created the current financial... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Krugman Publisher Comments In this "clear, provocative" (Boston Globe) New York Times bestseller, Paul Krugman, today's most widely read economist, examines the past eighty years of American history, from the reforms that tamed the harsh inequality of the Gilded Age and the 1920s... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Company of Strangers: A Natural History of Economic Life (Revised Edition) by Paul Seabright Publisher Comments "No one, economist or civilian, could turn the pages of this book without spotting, time and again, some unexpected and arresting idea that really wants to be thought about. Paul Seabright takes the evolutionary point of view seriously and asks how human... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Armchair Economist: Economics and Everyday Life by Steven E Landsburg Publisher Comments Revised and updated May 2012. In this revised and updated edition of Steven Landsburg’s hugely popular book, he applies economic theory to today’s most pressing concerns, answering a diverse range of daring questions, such as: Why are... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Subprime Solution: How Today's Global Financial Crisis Happened by Robert Shiller Publisher Comments "Robert Shiller is two for two in predicting and identifying bubbles that will burst. This book is a must read for anyone predicting future bubbles or charting the course of recovery from our current difficulties."--Lawrence H. Summers, Harvard... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Crisis Economics: A Crash Course in the Future of Finance by Nouriel Roubini and Stephen Mihm Publisher Comments "A succinct, lucid and compelling account . . . Essential reading." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times Renowned economist Nouriel Roubini electrified the financial community by predicting the current crisis before others in his field saw it coming... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Free to Choose: A Personal Statement by Milton Friedman Publisher Comments The international bestseller on the extent to which personal freedom has been eroded by government regulations and agencies while personal prosperity has been undermined by government spending and economic controls. New Foreword by the Authors; Index.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Small Is Beautiful: Economics as If People Mattered by E F Schumacher Publisher Comments “Nothing less than a full-scale assault on conventional economic wisdom.” —Newsweek One the 100 most influential books published since World War II —The Times Literary Supplement Hailed as an “eco-bible... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Fortune Favors the Bold: What We Must Do to Build a New and Lasting Global Prosperity by Lester C Thurow Publisher Comments Bestselling author and renowned economist Lester Thurow argues forcefully that globalization is not a done deal and we must seize the moment now if we are to create a new global economy in which all can prosper. In this new book, Thurow examines the... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $4.25 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Accidental Theorist and Other Dispatches from the Dismal Science by Paul Krugman Publisher Comments In this wonderfully cohesive set of sharp and witty essays, Paul Krugman tackles bad economic ideas from across the political spectrum. In plain English, he enlightens us on the Asian crisis, corporate downsizing, and the globalization of the American... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Microeconomics Demystified (Demystified) by Craig A Depken Publisher Comments The fast and easy way to learn microeconomics! Now anyone can grasp the fundamentals of microeconomics--without formal training, unlimited time, or a genius IQ. In Microeconomics Demystified, Economics professor Craig Depken provides an effective... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Affluent Society by John K Galbraith Publisher Comments John Kenneth Galbraith's classic investigation of private wealth and public poverty in postwar America With customary clarity, eloquence, and humor, Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith gets at the heart of what economic security means in The... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The End of Money: Counterfeiters, Preachers, Techies, Dreamers--And the Coming Cashless Society by David Wolman Publisher Comments For ages, money has meant little metal disks and rectangular slips of paper. Yet the usefulness of physical money — to say nothing of its value — is coming under fire as never before. Intrigued by the distinct possibility that cash will soon... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Creative Capitalism: A Conversation with Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Other Economic Leaders by Michael Kinsley Publisher Comments Bill Gates is more than the world's most successful capitalist; he's also the world's biggest philanthropist. Gates has approached philanthropy the same way he revolutionized computer software: with a fierce ambition to change the rules of the game. That'... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $3.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism by Kevin Phillips Publisher Comments In his acclaimed book American Theocracy, Kevin Phillips warned of the perilous interaction of debt, financial recklessness, and the spiking cost (and growing scarcity) of oil- warnings that are proving to be frighteningly accurate. Now, in his most... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Rebuild the Dream by Van Jones Publisher Comments Van Jones has made it his lifes work to speak truth to power.” Nancy Pelosi, Time Magazine In the national bestseller, green economy pioneer Van Jones reflects on his journey from grassroots outsider to White House insider, and why he... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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