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Nature's Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature by Mark Tercek and Jonathan Adams Publisher Comments What is nature worth? The answer to this question which traditionally has been framed in environmental terms is revolutionizing the way we do business. In Nature's Fortune, Mark Tercek, CEO of The Nature Conservancy and former investment... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America by David A. Stockman Publisher Comments A New York Times bestseller The Great Deformation is a searing look at Washington's craven response to the recent myriad of financial crises and fiscal cliffs. It counters conventional wisdom with an eighty-year revisionist history of how the American... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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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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Fairtax: The Truth: Answering the Critics by Neal Boortz Publisher Comments In 2005, firebrand radio talk show host Neal Boortz and Georgia congressman John Linder created The FairTax Book, presenting the American public with a bold new plan designed to eliminate federal taxes and the IRS, jump-start the U.S. economy, bring back... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Relentless Revolution: A History of Capitalism by Joyce Appleby Publisher Comments With its deep roots and global scope, the capitalist system seems universal and timeless. The framework for our lives, it is a source of constant change, sometimes measured and predictable, sometimes drastic, out of control. Yet what is now ubiquitous... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Worldly Philosophers 7TH Edition by Robert L Heilbroner Publisher Comments The Worldly Philosophers is a bestselling classic that not only enables us to see more deeply into our history but helps us better understand our own times. In this seventh edition, Robert L. Heilbroner provides a new theme that connects thinkers as... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.98 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: $3.95 Sale - Hardcover
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What's the Economy For, Anyway?: Why It's Time to Stop Chasing Growth and Start Pursuing Happiness by David K Batker Publisher Comments In this funny, readable, and thought-provoking book, activists John de Graaf (coauthor of the bestselling Affluenza) and David Batker tackle thirteen economic issues, challenging the reader to consider the goal of our economy. Emphasizing powerful... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.98 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: $1.00 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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Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself by Sheila Bair Publisher Comments and#8220;When Sheila Bair took over as head of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in 2006, the agency was probably better known for the and#8216;FDICand#8217; logo on the doors of the nationand#8217;s banks than for anything it did. Now Bair is at... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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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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The Economist's Oath: On the Need for and Content of Professional Economic Ethics by George Demartino Publisher Comments Economics is today among the most influential of all professions. Economists alter the course of economic affairs and deeply affect the lives of current and future generations. Yet, virtually alone among the major professions, economics lacks a body of... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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True Wealth: How and Why Millions of Americans Are Creating a Time-Rich, Ecologically Light, Small-Scale, High-Satisfaction Economy by Juliet B Schor Publisher Comments A groundbreaking statement about ecological decline, suggesting a radical change in how we think about consumer goods, value, and ways to live. In True Wealth , economist Juliet B. Schor rejects the sacrifice message, with the insight that social... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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End This Depression Now! by Paul Krugman Publisher Comments The Great Recession is more than four years old — and counting. Yet, as Paul Krugman points out in this powerful volley, "Nations rich in resources, talent, and knowledge — all the ingredients for prosperity and a decent standard of living... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Financial Turmoil in Europe and the United States: Essays by George Soros Publisher Comments Financial Turmoil in Europe and the United States shows George Soros responding in real time to a rippling earthquake of financial instability. In this collection of essays written since the aftermath of the Crash of 2008, he addresses the urgent need... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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A Game as Old as Empire: The Secret World of Economic Hit Men and the Web of Global Corruption by Steven Hiatt Publisher Comments John Perkins's sensational New York Times bestseller Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (more than 300,000 sold) revealed just the tip of the iceberg of the secret world of economic hit men and the web of global corruption. Now more economic hit men and... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Sale - Hardcover
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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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The Betrayal of the American Dream by Donald L. Barlett Publisher Comments A New York Times bestseller America’s unique prosperity is based on its creation of a middle class. In the twentieth century, that middle class provided the workforce, the educated skills, and the demand that gave life to the world’s greatest... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism by George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller Publisher Comments "This book is a sorely needed corrective. Animal Spirits is an important--maybe even a decisive--contribution at a difficult juncture in macroeconomic theory."--Robert M. Solow, Nobel Prize-winning economist "This book is dynamite. It is a powerful... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $7.95 Sale - Hardcover
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