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This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly by Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff Publisher Comments Throughout history, rich and poor countries alike have been lending, borrowing, crashing--and recovering--their way through an extraordinary range of financial crises. Each time, the experts have chimed, this time is different--claiming that the old... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover 
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Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System—and Themselves by Andrew Ross Sorkin Publisher Comments A real-life thriller about the most tumultuous period in America's financial history by an acclaimed New York Times Reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin delivers the first true behind-the-scenes, moment-by-moment account of how the greatest financial crisis since... (read more) Your price: $32.95 New - Hardcover
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The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner Publisher Comments The astounding yet true rags-to-riches saga of a homeless father who raised and cared for his son on the mean streets of San Francisco and went on to become a crown prince of Wall Street At the age of twenty, Milwaukee native Chris Gardner, just out of... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $3.63 Used - Trade Paper
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Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras Publisher Comments HarperBusiness Essentials Note from Jim Collins and Jerry Porras, authors of "Built to Last" As we sat down to write this author's note for the HarperBusiness Essentials edition, "Built to Last" celebrated its sixth year on the Business Week bestseller... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Bitter Is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry a Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office by Jen Lancaster Publisher Comments Jen Lancaster was living the sweet life — until real life kicked her to the curb. She had the perfect man, the perfect job — hell, she had the perfect life — and there was no reason to think it wouldn't last. Or maybe there was, but... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance by Ron Chernow Publisher Comments The winner of the National Book Award and now considered a classic, The House of Morgan is the most ambitious history ever written about an American banking dynasty. Acclaimed by The Wall Street Journal as "brilliantly researched and written," the book... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich by Daniel Ammann Publisher Comments Billionaire oil trader Marc Rich for the first time talks at length about his private life (including his expensive divorce from wife Denise); his invention of the spot oil market which made his fortune and changed the world economy; his lucrative and... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson Publisher Comments A richly original look at the origins of money and how it makes the world go 'round Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of our financial system, from its genesis in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist by Roger Lowenstein Publisher Comments Since its hardcover publication in August of 1995, Buffett has appeared on the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times, Newsday and Business Week bestseller lists. The incredible landmark portrait of... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Life Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take It Back by Douglas Rushkoff Staff Pick Going further than Joel Bakan's documentary The Corporation ever could, Rushkoff delivers another outstanding meditation on the influence of conglomerates on humanity. Life Inc. isn't another one of the "corporations are bad, very very very bad" rants... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson Publisher Comments Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Finance. Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot, lucre, moolah, readies, the... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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The Origins of the Twenty First Century by Gabrie Tortella Publisher Comments This fascinating book provides a fully integrated explanation of the history of the modern world. Although the sheer complexity of society requires that it be studied from the standpoint of several social sciences (including Economics, Political Science,... (read more) List Price $161.50 Your price: $144.75 New - Hardcover
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Keynes: The Return of the Master by Robert Skidelsky Publisher Comments The ideas of John Maynard Keynes have never been more timely. No one has bettered Keynes's description of the psychology of investors during a financial crisis: 'The practice of calmness and immobility, of certainty and security, suddenly breaks down... (read more) Your price: $25.95 New - Hardcover
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The 5 Big Lies about American Business: Combating Smears Against the Free-Market Economy by Michael Medved Synopsis A timely and forceful defense of American's economic system, THE 5 BIG LIES ABOUT AMERICAN BUSINESS boldly tackles the smears and deceptions that underlie the public's bitter, resentful attitude toward capitalism and confirms that our unique corporate... (read more) Your price: $26.99 New - Hardcover
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David Hume's Political Economy by Carl (edt) Wennerlind Publisher Comments This collection of twelve new essays by distinguished scholars in the fields of history and the philosophy of economics is one of the first book-length studies of Hume's political economy.... (read more) Your price: $45.50 New - Trade Paper
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The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken Publisher Comments A visionary new program that businesses can follow to help restore the planet.... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Nation, State and the Industrial Revolution: The Visible Hand by Lars Magnusson Publisher Comments The industrial revolution and the creation of the modern (national) state are two of the most important historical processes to have occurred in Europe during the 19th century. The state and other bodies of governance play an important role in the... (read more) List Price $136.25 Your price: $83.75 New - Hardcover
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser Staff Pick "What we eat has changed more in the last forty years than in the last forty thousand," Schlosser observes, yet most Americans know very little about how that food is made, where, by whom, and at what cost. Fast Food Nation traces the industry's... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Search for God and Guinness: A Biography of the Beer That Changed the World by Stephen Mansfield Publisher Comments The history of Guinness, one of the world's most famous brands, reveals the noble heights and crushing descents of a great family and an innovative business. It began in Ireland in the late 1700's. The water in Ireland, indeed throughout Europe, was... (read more) Your price: $24.99 New - Hardcover
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Bricolage, Care and Information: Claudio Ciborra's Legacy in Information Systems Research by Chrisanthi (edt) Avgerou Publisher Comments Claudio Ciborra was one of the most innovative thinkers in the field of information systems. This book explains the intellectual contribution of Ciborras work in a substantial introductory chapter, contains the most significant of his articles, and... (read more) List Price $90.00 Your price: $87.75 New - Hardcover
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