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The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century ( Updated and Expanded)
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century ( Updated and Expanded)
by Thomas L. Friedman
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The World Is Flat is Thomas L. Friedman’s account of the great changes taking place in our time, as lightning-swift advances in technology and communications put people all over the globe in touch as never before—creating an explosion of... (read more)

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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
by Naomi Klein
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You wouldn't expect the author of the searing bestseller No Logo to pull any... (read more)

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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
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"What makes this book fascinating is the way that Levitt uses advanced economic techniques — the kind that would knock me unconscious quicker than chloroform if I had to read them in a textbook — and applies them to seemingly unexplainable phenomena... (read more)

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Shock Doctrine : the Rise of Disaster Capitalism (07 Edition)
Shock Doctrine : the Rise of Disaster Capitalism (07 Edition)
by Naomi Klein
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In The Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein explodes the myth that the global free market triumphed democratically. Exposing the thinking, the money trail and the puppet strings behind the world-changing crises and wars of the last four decades, The Shock... (read more)

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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
by John Perkins
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From the author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, comes an exposof international corruptionand an inspired plan to turn the tide for future generations With a presidential election around the corner... (read more)

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Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution
Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution
by Paul Hawken and Amory Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins
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Hawken (The Ecology of Commerce) and Amory and Hunter Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, an environmental think tank, have put together an ambitious, visionary book advocating natural capitalism. Based on the principle that businesses can be good... (read more)

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Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism
Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism
by George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller
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The global financial crisis has made it painfully clear that powerful psychological forces are imperiling the wealth of nations today. From blind faith in ever-rising housing prices to plummeting confidence in capital markets, animal spirits are driving... (read more)

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Freakonomics Revised Edition
Freakonomics Revised Edition
by Steven D Levitt
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Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of... (read more)

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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
by John Perkins
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In his controversial book, John Perkins tells the gripping tale of the years he spent working for an international consulting firm where his job was to convince underdeveloped countries to accept enormous loans, much bigger than they really needed, for... (read more)

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Secret History of the American Empire (07 Edition)
Secret History of the American Empire (07 Edition)
by John Perkins
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From the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" comes an expos of international corruption. Perkins suggests how Americans can work to create a more peaceful and stable world for future generations.... (read more)

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Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle against World Poverty
Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle against World Poverty
by Muhammad Yunus
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Muhammad Yunus is that rare thing: a bona fide visionary. His dream is the total eradication of poverty from the world. In 1983, against the advice of banking and government officials, Yunus established Grameen, a bank devoted to providing the poorest of... (read more)

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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution -- and How It Can Renew America
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution -- and How It Can Renew America
by Thomas L. Friedman
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Friedman doesn't just have the world's greatest moustache — he's also a sharp writer and keen thinker. The world needs this book — and we can consider ourselves fortunate that someone as clever as Friedman has written it.... (read more)

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Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and American Prospects
Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and American Prospects
by Dmitry Orlov
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In the waning days of the American empire, we find ourselves mired in political crisis, with our foreign policy coming under sharp criticism and our economy in steep decline. These trends mirror the experience of the Soviet Union in the early 1980s... (read more)

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The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics (Bk Currents)
The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics (Bk Currents)
by Riane Eisler
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Bestselling author Riane Eisler (The Chalice and the Blade, which has sold more than 500,000 copies sold) shows that at the root of all of society's big problems is the fact that we don?t value what matters. She then presents a radical reformulation of... (read more)

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The Economic Naturalist: In Search of Explanations for Everyday Enigmas
The Economic Naturalist: In Search of Explanations for Everyday Enigmas
by Robert H Frank
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Why do the keypads on drive-up cash machines have Braille dots? Why are round-trip fares from Orlando to Kansas City higher than those from Kansas City to Orlando? For decades, Robert Frank has been asking his economics students to pose and answer... (read more)

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Long-Wave Rhythms in Economic Development and Political Behavior
Long-Wave Rhythms in Economic Development and Political Behavior
by Brian J L Berry
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Is economic development a "random walk" or do underlying rhythms and cycles make it possible to anticipate long-term trends? Many social scientists have rejected the notion of long-term periodicity in economic trends. Now, after extensive analysis of... (read more)

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The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century
by Thomas L. Friedman
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A new edition of the phenomenal #1 bestseller. "One mark of a great book is that it makes you see things in a new way, and Mr. Friedman certainly succeeds in that goal," the Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz wrote in The New York Times reviewing The... (read more)

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The Boom and the Bubble: The US in the World Economy
The Boom and the Bubble: The US in the World Economy
by Robert Brenner
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In this crisp and far-sighted book, Robert Brenner demonstrates that the "New Economy" was always a fragile phenomenon that never broke free from fundamental problems continuing to afflict the global economy. Carefully dismantling the myths and hype that... (read more)

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Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
by Bill McKibben
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The bestselling author of The End of Nature issues an impassioned call to arms for an economy that creates community and ennobles our lives In this powerful and provocative manifesto, Bill McKibben offers the biggest challenge in a generation to the... (read more)

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Wealth Conundrum: A Money Manager Wrestles with the Puzzles of Wealth
Wealth Conundrum: A Money Manager Wrestles with the Puzzles of Wealth
by Ralph Doudera
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Ralph Doudera, a money manager who handles hundredes of millions of dollars of his own and others' wealth, takes you along in this book as he struggles with wealth on his personal journey over the Class 5 Rapids of Mammon. A conundrum is a problem where... (read more)

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