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Poverty in America
University of California Press 2006; US$ 15.95In a remarkably concise, readable, and accessible format, John Iceland provides a comprehensive picture of poverty in America, He shows how poverty is measured and understood and how it has changed over time, as well as how public policies have grappled with poverty as a political issue and an economic reality. This edition has been updated and includes... more...
The End of Poverty
Penguin Group US 2006; US$ 17.00Jeffrey D. Sachs has been cited by The New York Times Magazine as ?probably the most important economist in the world? and by Time as ?the world?s best-known economist.? He has advised an extraordinary range of world leaders and international institutions on the full range of issues related to creating economic success and reducing the world?s... more...
The Real Crash
St. Martin's Press 2012; US$ 25.99You might be thinking everything?s okay: the stock market is on the rise, jobs are growing, the worst of it is over. You?d be wrong. In The Real Crash , New York Times bestselling author Peter D. Schiff argues that America is enjoying a government-inflated bubble, one that reality will explode . . . with disastrous consequences for the... more...
Who's Your City?
Basic Books 2009; US$ 16.99In the age of globalization, some claim that where you live doesn?t matter: Alaska, Idaho, and Alabama are interchangeable. The world is, after all, flat. Not so fast. Place, argues the great urbanist Richard Florida, is not only important, it?s more important than ever. In fact, choosing a place to live is as important to your happiness as choosing... more...
The Future of Business in Emerging Markets
Marshall Cavendish 2012; US$ 6.00Since most developed world economies will grow slowly under the burden of public and private debt in the next decade, the corporate focus on growth opportunities has shifted to emerging markets. Financial indicators already suggest sales and profit growth will largely come from emerging markets. more...
Start-up Nation
Grand Central Publishing 2011; US$ 12.99START-UP NATION addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it that Israel-- a country of 7.1 million, only 60 years old, surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of war since its founding, with no natural resources-- produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada and the UK? ... more...
Portfolios of the Poor
Princeton University Press 2009; US$ 23.95Nearly forty percent of humanity lives on an average of two dollars a day or less. If you've never had to survive on an income so small, it is hard to imagine. How would you put food on the table, afford a home, and educate your children? How would you handle emergencies and old age? Every day, more than a billion people around the world must answer... more...
Aftershock
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 14.95A brilliant new reading of the economic crisis?and a plan for dealing with the challenge of its aftermath?by one of our most trenchant and informed experts. When the nation?s economy foundered in 2008, blame was directed almost universally at Wall Street. But Robert B. Reich suggests a different reason for the meltdown, and for a perilous road ahead.... more...
True Wealth
Penguin Group US 2011; US$ 12.99A 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 innovations and new technology can simultaneously enhance our lives and protect the planet. ... more...
Twilight in the Desert
Wiley 2005; US$ 16.95Twilight in the Desert reveals a Saudi oil and production industry that could soon approach a serious, irreversible decline. In this exhaustively researched book, veteran oil industry analyst Matthew Simmons draws on his three-plus decades of insider experience and more than 200 independently produced reports about Saudi petroleum resources and production... more...









