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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 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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Intellectuals and Society by Thomas Sowell Publisher Comments It has not been by shaping the opinions or directing the actions of the holders of power that modern intellectuals have most influenced the course of events but by shaping public opinion in ways that affect the actions of power holders in democratic... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future by Bill McKibben Publisher Comments "Masterfully crafted, deeply thoughtful and mind-expanding."--Los Angeles Times In this powerful and provocative manifesto, Bill McKibben offers the biggest challenge in a generation to the prevailing view of our economy. Deep Economy makes the... (read more) List Price $14.99 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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The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 by Paul Krugman Publisher Comments In this major bestseller, Paul Krugman warns that, like diseases that have become resistant to antibiotics, the economic maladies that caused the Great Depression have made a comeback. He lays bare the 2008 financial crisis--the greatest since the 1930s--... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 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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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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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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The Shadow Market: How the Global Economy Is Controlled by Wealthy Nations and What Investors Need to Know to Prosper in It by Eric J Weiner Publisher Comments Acclaimed financial journalist Eric J. Weiner reveals how foreign countries and private investors are increasingly controlling the global economy and secretly wresting power from the United States in ways that our government cannot reverse and about... (read more) List Price $16.00 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 Moral Underground: How Ordinary Americans Subvert an Unfair Economy by Lisa Dodson Publisher Comments "I pad their paychecks because you can't live on what they make." —Supervisor of a Fast-food Pizza Place Here is a book that tells the real story of the countless unsung heroes who bend or break the rules to help those millions of Americans... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The End of Money and the Future of Civilization by Thomas H. Greco Jr. Publisher Comments Like the proverbial fish who doesn't know what water is, we swim in an economy built on money that few of us comprehend, and, most definitely, that we don't know is hurting us. Very few people realize that the nature of money has changed profoundly over... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.98 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: $6.98 Sale - Hardcover
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