Free Enterprise category: 161 books

Why are we in such a financial mess today? There are lots of proximate causes: over-leverage, global imbalances, bad financial technology that lead to widespread underestimation of risk. But these are all symptoms. Until we isolate and tackle fundamental causes, we will fail to extirpate the disease....

If you could wave a magic wand and make one or two policy or institutional changes to brighten the U.S. economy’s long-term growth prospects, what would you change and why? That was the question asked to the 51 contributors to this volume. These essays originally appeared in conjunction with a conference...

A Brief History of Entrepreneurship charts how the pursuit of profit by private individuals has been a prime mover in revolutionizing civilization. Entrepreneurs often butt up against processes, technologies, social conventions, and even laws. So they circumvent, innovate, and violate to obtain what...

In 1984, a conglomeration of singers got together to give the world the song "We are the world". This after a catastrophic famine in Sahel Ethiopia. From then on, then on, the world governments have struggled to create food sufficiency in their countries. During the era of Mao Tsetung in China, after...

Have you ever pictured your life as a secret shopper? Do you share my old attitude of 'that's a job for a bored homemaker's pin money' or 'that's all a scam'? Surprise! It's neither – if you know how to play your cards right. True Secret Shopper Diaries is a tell all book that paints...

Lately the headlines have delivered dispiriting news about wrongdoing and scandal in business. But behind the headlines lies a surprising, untold story: Corporate America is changing for the better. Faith and Fortune tells the stories of the extraordinary people who are leading the way and the admirable...

There is now proof that business and philanthropy form a powerful platform for positive change. Shari Arison has shown this through her leadership in over three decades of philanthropy and 15 years of running her own global business, the Arison Group. In her previous New York Times bestseller,...

The big bad down-turn in the economy means good news to author Iam Farinwell who argues that the shake up will wake up the American people to their ability to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps and blaze their own path to wealth and prosperity. 57 small business ideas are presented with a...

IF YOU SUCCEED IN DESTROYING THE WORLD, WHO WILL BE YOUR CUSTOMERS?In the James Bond movies, the villains are often successful entrepreneurs who have built their own world-beating corporations with dominant market positions. Yet instead of continuing their firms' managed growth, they overreach...

In August 2005 the nation watched as Hurricane Katrina pummelled the Gulf Coast. Residents did not just suffer the personal costs of a home that had been severely damaged or destroyed; frequently they also lost their entire neighbourhood and the social systems that under normal circumstances made...

Cannabis laws are changing all over the world. How can you make money from today’s cannabis industry?How to make money in the cannabis industry will show you:•           How to legally start your dispensary, delivery or grow business•           How to grow...

The U.S. Bishops and Their Critics is a detailed response to the recommendations made by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in the Pastoral Letter "Economic Justice for  All." Though written in 1986, the criticisms made by Dr. Walter Block and his peers are very...

The control of monopoly and restrictive practices is an important part of economic policy. The book discusses the general problem of monopoly in modern industry and examines the evolution of British policy towards monopoly and restrictive practices during the 20th century. Comparable studies with European countries and the USA are also included.