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The Age of Access: The New Culture of Hypercapitalism, Where All of Life Is a Paid-For Experience The Age of Access: The New Culture of Hypercapitalism, Where All of Life Is a Paid-For Experience
by Jeremy Rifkin

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A journey into the new world of hypercapitalism, where accessing experiences becomes more important than owning things.... (read more)

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Authentic Adam Smith: His Life and Ideas( Enterprise) Authentic Adam Smith: His Life and Ideas( Enterprise)
by James Buchan

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Celebrated author James Buchan breathes new life into Adam Smith's legacy and the beginnings of modern economics. The Scottish philosopher Adam Smith (1723–­1790) has been adopted by neoconservatives as the ideological father of unregulated... (read more)

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The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, Why the Poor Are Poor And Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car! The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, Why the Poor Are Poor And Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!
by Tim Harford

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Bookstores have been flooded with popular economics books since the publication of the wildly popular Freakonomics. Although The Undercover Economist was not the first to market, it should have been. Told in a genuinely engaging style, it puts the... (read more)

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Inquiry Into the Nature & Causes of 2 Volumes Inquiry Into the Nature & Causes of 2 Volumes
by Adam Smith

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First published in 1776, the year in which the American Revolution officially began, Smith's Wealth of Nations sparked a revolution of its own. In it Smith analyzes the major elements of political economy, from market pricing and the division of labor to... (read more)


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A Thousand Barrels a Second: The Coming Oil Break Point and the Challenges Facing an Energy Dependent World A Thousand Barrels a Second: The Coming Oil Break Point and the Challenges Facing an Energy Dependent World
by Peter Tertzakian

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A Powerful Analysis of Our Oil Addiction and a New Direction for Global Energy In 2006, world oil consumption exceeded one thousand barrels per second-a level with enormous impact on the environment, world economies, investments, and business... (read more)

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The Quest for Cosmic Justice The Quest for Cosmic Justice
by Thomas Sowell

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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 Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies
by Scott E Page

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In this landmark book, Scott Page redefines the way we understand ourselves in relation to one another. The Difference is about how we think in groups--and how our collective wisdom exceeds the sum of its parts. Why can teams of people find better... (read more)

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The Big Con: The True Story of How Washington Got Hoodwinked and Hijacked by Crackpot Economics The Big Con: The True Story of How Washington Got Hoodwinked and Hijacked by Crackpot Economics
by Jonathan Chait

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Through vivid portraits of self-interested politicians and pseudo-economists, and in wry analysis of their bogus theories, Chait gives readers the tools to understand what is really behind economic debates in Washington, in this riveting drama of greed... (read more)

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The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash
by Charles R Morris

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We are living in the most reckless financial environment in recent history. Arcane credit derivative bets are now well into the tens of trillions. According to Charles R. Morris, the astronomical leverage at investment banks and their hedge fund and... (read more)

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Discover Your Inner Economist: Use Incentives to Fall in Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, and Motivate Your Dentist Discover Your Inner Economist: Use Incentives to Fall in Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, and Motivate Your Dentist
by Tyler Cowen

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Freakonomics revealed much about our society. Now, one of America's most respected economists reveals how individuals can turn economic reasoning to their advantage in their daily lifeat home, at work, even on vacation. Tyler Cowen explains how... (read more)

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The Entrepreneurial Imperative: How America's Economic Miracle Will Reshape the World (and Change Your Life) The Entrepreneurial Imperative: How America's Economic Miracle Will Reshape the World (and Change Your Life)
by Carl J Schramm

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In 2004, Carl Schramm, president of the Kauffman Foundation, the world's leading foundation for entrepreneurship, published a groundbreaking essay with a radical premise: that Americans literally have no conception of the secret that truly underlies our... (read more)

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Money and the Meaning of Life Money and the Meaning of Life
by Jacob Needleman

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If we understood the true role of money in our lives, writes philosopher Jacob Needleman, we would not think simply in terms of spending it or saving it. Money exerts a deep emotional influence on who we are and what we tell ourselves we can never have... (read more)

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A Year Without A Year Without "Made in China": One Family's True Life Adventure in the Global Economy
by Sara Bongiorni

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All about China's relentless path to world manufacturing dominance — as told through the frustrations of one American family In December 2005, author and journalist Sara Bongiorni wrote a short, humorous article chronicling how Chinese manufacturing... (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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Eco-Economy: Building a New Economy for the Environmental Age Eco-Economy: Building a New Economy for the Environmental Age
by Lester R Brown

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"The guru of the global environmental movement" ("The Telegraph of Calcutta") argues that, like the Sumerian and Mayan civilizations, our economy is fast destroying its environmental support systems, threatening future generations.... (read more)

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The Other Path: The Invisible Revolution in the Third World The Other Path: The Invisible Revolution in the Third World
by Hernando De Soto

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In this, his classic book on the informal economy of Peru and the reasons why poverty can be a breeding ground for terrorists, Hernando De Soto describes the forces that keep people dependent on underground economies: the bureaucratic barriers to legal... (read more)

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The Wealth of Nations: Books I-III (Penguin Classics) The Wealth of Nations: Books I-III (Penguin Classics)
by Adam Smith

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It is in Books IV and V of The Wealth of Nations that Adam Smith offers his considered response to the French Physiocrats, perhaps the first great school of economic theorists, and assesses the nature of the mercantile system, particularly the colonial... (read more)

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Doing Business in 21st-Century India: How to Profit Today in Tomorrow's Most Exciting Market Doing Business in 21st-Century India: How to Profit Today in Tomorrow's Most Exciting Market
by Gunjan Bagla

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By now, you probably know that India has the second-fastest growing economy in the world. That the spending power of its middle class is rapidly increasing and its population is eager to acquire Western conveniences. And that new opportunities abound in... (read more)

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Economics (Complete Idiot's Guides) The Complete Idiot's Guide to Economics (Complete Idiot's Guides)
by Tom Gorman

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Local or global, economic issues are on the public's mind, but making sense of supply and demand isn't so simple. This book explains in everyday terms how markets work. It also introduces the key players and uses their behavior to illustrate basic... (read more)

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