Economic Conditions category: 2830 books
Utopia for Realists
How We Can Build the Ideal World
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Universal basic income. A 15-hour workweek. Open borders. Does it sound too good to be true? One of Europe's leading young thinkers shows how we can build an ideal world today.
"A more politically radical Malcolm Gladwell." --New York Times
After working all day at jobs we often dislike,...
The Next Hundred Million
America in 2050
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2010
Visionary social thinker Joel Kotkin looks ahead to America in 2050, revealing how the addition of one hundred million Americans by midcentury will transform how we all live, work, and prosper.
In stark contrast to the rest of the world's advanced nations, the United States is growing at a...
The Spirit Level
Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2010
Groundbreaking analysis showing that greater economic equality-not greater wealth-is the mark of the most successful societies, and offering new ways to achieve it.
"Get your hands on this book."-Bill Moyers
This groundbreaking book, based on thirty years' research, demonstrates...
by Ronald MacDonald, Robert Rowen
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
Presented is the factual evidence that demonstrates the overthrow of world governments, and the ruination of liberties and property ownership's of the People globally. "They Own It All Including You" will reveal an unimaginable and hidden crime that is almost impossible to view without the information found within this book.
Friendly Fascism
The New Face of Power in America
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
A look at corporate authoritarianism that William Shirer called “the best thing I’ve ever seen on how America might go fascist democratically.”
In 1980, US capitalist politics wore a “nice-guy mask,” a troubling disguise to cover up a creeping despotism in which the ultra-rich and...
The Weekend That Changed Wall Street
And How the Fallout Is Still Impacting Our World
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
America's most famous business reporter gives her unique perspective on the white-knuckle weekend that brought the financial world to its knees.
During a single historic weekend (September 12-14, 2008) the fate of Lehman Brothers was sealed, Merrill Lynch barely survived, and AIG became a ward...
The Buyout of America
How Private Equity Is Destroying Jobs and Killing the American Economy
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2009
An authoritative exposé of the mysterious and potentially dangerous world of private equity
Few people realize that the top private equity firms, such as Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group, and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, have become the nation’s largest employers through the businesses they own....
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Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2018
Over the last two decades, ‘neoliberalism’ has emerged as a key concept within a range of social science disciplines including sociology, political science, human geography, anthropology, political economy, and cultural studies.
*The SAGE Handbook of Neoliberalism *showcases the cutting...
Raising the Floor
How a Universal Basic Income Can Renew Our Economy and Rebuild the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Raising the Floor confronts America's biggest economic challenge-the fundamental restructuring of the economy and the emerging disruptive technology that threaten secure jobs and income. Andy Stern convincingly shows why it is time to consider a universal basic income as the nation's twenty-first-century...
Miseducating for the Global Economy
How Corporate Power Damages Education and Subverts Students’ Futures
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
All across the United States, corporations, politicians, economists, educators – and now, most remarkably, Ivanka Trump – cry out for new “education for the twenty-first century economy.” Meanwhile, millions of Americans face increasing difficulty finding well paying, secure jobs. But the...
Killer Politics
How Big Money and Bad Politics Are Destroying the Great American Middle Class
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2010
The middle class, where the greatness of this nation is rooted, is under siege by an increasingly unethical system, managed by economic vampires who are sucking the lifeblood out of the American family and ripping the heart out of democracy itself. Big money-and the politicians who are swayed by it-play...
by Harry Gael Michaels
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
This is a 17,300 word essay describing significant events leading toward a decline of America's social and economic viability and some thoughts related to a reformation of basic institutions and ethics. It covers the period from the end of WWII up to and including the 2012 election for President...
by James J. Gosling
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
This comprehensive book describes and analyzes the substance and politics of public budgeting at the national, state, and local levels of government. In doing so, it takes a comparative approach, illustrating the distinctiveness of budgeting at each level, as well as highlighting the features common...
Clark Howard's Living Large for the Long Haul
Consumer-Tested Ways to Overhaul Your Finances, Increase Your Savings, and Get Y our Life Back on Track
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
The follow-up to Clark Howard's #1 New York Times bestseller, Living Large in Lean Times, offers no-nonsense financial tips for achieving lifelong prosperity
Americans from all walks of life are still feeling the roller-coaster effects of the Great Recession. For many, home values are still...