Economic Conditions category: 2830 books
The Fourth Revolution
The Global Race to Reinvent the State
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
From the bestselling authors of The Right Nation, a visionary argument that our current crisis in government is nothing less than the fourth radical transition in the history of the nation-state
Dysfunctional government: It’s become a cliché, and most of us are resigned to the fact that...
SUPERHUBS
How the Financial Elite and their Networks Rule Our World
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
An international bestseller, SUPERHUBS offers a startling new perspective on how the world's elite make the decisions that impact all our lives.
A BLOOMBERG Best Book of the Year
Winner, Silver Medal, Axiom Business Book Awards 2018
FOREWORD BY NOURIEL ROUBINI
$UPERHUBS...
Imagining India
The Idea of a Renewed Nation
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2009
A visionary look at the evolution and future of India
In this momentous book, Nandan Nilekani traces the central ideas that shaped India's past and present and asks the key question of the future: How will India as a global power avoid the mistakes of earlier development models? As a co-founder...
The Sale of a Lifetime
How the Great Bubble Burst of 2017-2019 Can Make You Rich
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
After the Roaring '20s came the Great Depression. After the Roaring 2000s came the Great Recession.
We're now entering the winter season of the 80-Year Four Season Economic Cycle. It's during this season that we'll clear the decks with a devastating crash and debilitating deflation. The economy...
Born on Third Base
A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home, and Committing to the Common Good
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
As inequality grabs headlines, steals the show in presidential debates, and drives deep divides between the haves and have nots in America, class war brews. On one side, the wealthy wield power and advantage, wittingly or not, to keep the system operating in their favor—all while retreating into...
by Henry George
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2017
Progress and Poverty by Henry George.
This classic work is an enquiry into the cause of industrial depressions and the persistence of poverty amid advancing wealth. Published in 1879, it was admired and advocated by great minds such as Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, Leo Tolstoy and Sun Yat-sen...
As the Future Catches You
How Genomics and Other Forces Are Changing Your Life, Work, Health, and Wealth
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2001
You will never look at the world in the same way after reading As the Future Catches You. Juan Enriquez puts you face to face with a series of unprecedented political, ethical, economic, and financial issues, dramatically demonstrating the cascading impact of the genetic, digital, and knowledge revolutions...
The Middle Class Comeback
Women, Millennials, and Technology Leading the Way
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
In a time when the one-percenters seem to have it all, author Munir Moon builds a case for the average Joe in his eye-opening new book, The Middle Class Comeback. So take heart and take control of your fears with Moon's informative--and ultimately inspiring--look at the middle class.
Moon,...
The Mind and the Market
Capitalism in Western Thought
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Capitalism has never been a subject for economists alone. Philosophers, politicians, poets and social scientists have debated the cultural, moral, and political effects of capitalism for centuries, and their claims have been many and diverse. The Mind and the Market is a remarkable history of how...
by Paul Krugman
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2004
"Paul Krugman is a hero of mine. Read his book."—Al Franken
No one has more authority to call the shots the way they really are than award-winning economist Paul Krugman, whose provocative New York Times columns are keenly followed by millions. One of the world's most respected...
What Comes After Money?
Essays from Reality Sandwich on Transforming Currency and Community
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
Most people believe that money is organic and inevitable; we forget that money is just a tool created to perform certain functions. But just as computer programmers drop out-of date tools and pick up better ones as soon as they become available, we might switch from bank-financed currency to a more...
by Randy Charles Epping
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2009
A comprehensive, accessible guide to understanding today's global economy, from the author of the bestselling A Beginner's Guide to the World Economy.
While reporting on today's world, business and mainstream media alike use terms and mention trends that even the savviest consumer may find...
The Great Divergence
America's Growing Inequality Crisis and What We Can Do about It
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
For the past three decades, America has steadily become a nation of haves and have-nots. Our incomes are increasingly unequal. This steady growing apart is often mentioned as a troubling indicator by scholars and policy analysts, though seldom addressed by politicians. What economics Nobelist Paul...
The Wealth of Nations
Books IV-V
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 1999
Smith's THE WEALTH OF NATIONS was the first comprehensive treatment of political economy. Originally delivered in the form of lectures at Glasgow, the book's publication in 1776 co-incided with America's Declaration of Independence. These volumes include Smith's assessment of the mercantile system,...