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Beyond Outrageby Robert B. Reich
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2012; US$ 2.99In this eBook exclusive, Robert B. Reich urges Americans to get beyond mere outrage about the nation’s increasingly concentrated wealth and corrupt politics in order to mobilize and to take back our economy and democracy. Americans can’t rely only on getting good people elected, Reich argues, because nothing positive happens in Washington unless good people outside Washington are organized to help make those things happen after the election. But in order to be effectively mobilized, we need to see the big picture. Reich connects the dots for us, showing why the increasing share of income and wealth going to the top has hobbled jobs and growth for everyone else, while undermining our democracy; has caused Americans to become... more...
Free Market Economicsby Steven Kates
Edward Elgar Publishing 2011; US$ 40.00This unique and thought-provoking book has been designed for anyone genuinely interested in unlocking the mysteries of how an economy works, or is interested in a serious explanation of the operation of a market economy. It concerns entrepreneurs, value added, the nature of the market, radical uncertainty, Say's Law and the causes of the business cycle. Steven Kates explains why Keynesian economics should not be used to manage an economy whilst outlining in detail what Keynesian economics is. The book discusses a vast array of issues often left out of traditional texts but which anyone who wishes to follow economic events needs to know. Although the book is designed for the general reader and not as a textbook, it would nevertheless benefit... more...
The Global Minotaurby Yanis Varoufakis
Zed Books 2011; US$ 19.95Financialization, greed, ineffectively regulated banks all have been blamed for the global economic crisis. In reality, though, these were mere subplots in a much grander, almost mythological, drama. Remarkable and provocative, The Global Minotaur gives an essential account of the socio-economic events that have shaped the world as we now know it, and the options available for reintroducing a modicum of reason in our irrational global economic order. more...
Benefit-Cost Analysisby Harry F. Campbell; Richard P. C. Brown
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 30.00This book offers the perfect introduction to benefit-cost analysis. It closely integrates the theory and practice of benefit-cost analysis using a spreadsheet framework. For further information please visit http://www.uq.edu.au/economics/bca more...
Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Editionby Dan Ariely
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 10.99How do we think about money? What caused bankers to lose sight of the economy? What caused individuals to take on mortgages that were not within their means? What irrational forces guided our decisions? And how can we recover from an economic crisis? In this revised and expanded edition of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Predictably Irrational , Duke University's behavioral economist Dan Ariely explores the hidden forces that shape our decisions, including some of the causes responsible for the current economic crisis. Bringing a much-needed dose of sophisticated psychological study to the realm of public policy, Ariely offers his own insights into the irrationalities of everyday life, the decisions that... more...
Why New Systems Failby Phil Simon
Course Technology PTR 2010; US$ 24.99What does a Fortune 500 company implementing a multimillion dollar "off the shelf" system have in common with a 150 person firm building its own system? In each case, the organization failed to activate and utilize its system as initially conceived by senior management. These two organizations are hardly alone. On the contrary, more than three in five new systems fail. Many miss their deadlines. Others exceed their initial budgets, often by ghastly amounts. Even systems activated on time and under budget often fail to produce their expected results and almost immediately experience major problems. While these prospects are grim, there is at least some good news: This doesn't have to be the case. Organizations simply need the necessary... more...
The Stiglitz Reportby Joseph E. Stiglitz
New Press, The 2010; US$ 16.95The fact that our global economy is broken may be widely accepted, but what precisely needs to be fixed has become the subject of enormous controversy. In 2008, the president of the United Nations General Assembly convened an international panel, chaired by Nobel Prizewinning economist Joseph Stiglitz and including twenty leading international experts on the international monetary system, to address this crucial issue. The Stiglitz Report , released by the committee in late 2009, sees the recent financial crisis as the latest and most damaging of several concurrent crisesof food, water, energy, and sustainabilitythat are tightly interrelated. The analysis and recommendations in the report cover the gamut from short-term... more...
An Introduction to Modern Welfare Economicsby Per-Olov Johansson
Cambridge University Press 1991; US$ 38.00This book in welfare economics covers concepts such as Pareto optimality in a market economy, the compensation criterion and the social welfare function. more...
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nationsby Adam Smith
Electric Book Company 2000; US$ 4.95The Wealth of Nations was recognized as a landmark of human thought upon its publication in 1776. As the first scientific argument for the principles of political economy, it is the point of departure for all subsequent economic thought. Smith's theories of capital accumulation, growth and secular change, among others, continue to be influential in modern economics. more...
When Genius Failedby Roger Lowenstein
Random House Publishing Group 2001; US$ 11.99With a new Afterword addressing today’s financial crisis A BUSINESS WEEK BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR In this business classic—now with a new Afterword in which the author draws parallels to the recent financial crisis—Roger Lowenstein captures the gripping roller-coaster ride of Long-Term Capital Management. Drawing on confidential internal memos and interviews with dozens of key players, Lowenstein explains not just how the fund made and lost its money but also how the personalities of Long-Term’s partners, the arrogance of their mathematical certainties, and the culture of Wall Street itself contributed to both their rise and their fall. When it was founded in 1993, Long-Term was hailed as the most impressive... more...









