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Ackerman, Martin S.; Ackerman, Diane L. Money, Ego, Power 1978 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1068900. ISBN #0872234681 / 9780872234680. (filed under: Economics ) *
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Akerlof, George A.; Shiller, Robert J. Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives The Economy, And Why It Matters For Global Capitalism 2009 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1104164. ISBN #0691142335 / 9780691142333. (filed under: Economics ) *
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Akerlof, George A.; Shiller, Robert J. Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives The Economy, And Why It Matters For Global Capitalism 2009 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1104164. ISBN #0691142335 / 9780691142333. (filed under: Economics ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The global financial crisis has made it painfully clear that powerful psychological forces are imperiling the wealth of nations today. From blind faith in ever-rising housing prices to plummeting confidence in capital markets, "animal spirits" are driving financial events worldwide. In this book, acclaimed economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller challenge the economic wisdom that got us into this mess, and put forward a bold new vision that will transform economics and restore prosperity. Akerlof and Shiller reassert the necessity of an active government role in economic policymaking by recovering the idea of animal spirits, a term John Maynard Keynes used to describe the gloom and despondence that led to the Great Depression and the changing psychology that accompanied recovery. Like Keynes, Akerlof and Shiller know that managing these animal spirits requires the steady hand of government--simply allowing markets to work won't do it. In rebuilding the case for a more robust, behaviorally informed Keynesianism, they detail the most pervasive effects of animal spirits in contemporary economic life--such as confidence, fear, bad faith, corruption, a concern for fairness, and the stories we tell ourselves about our economic fortunes--and show how Reaganomics, Thatcherism, and the rational expectations revolution failed to account for them. Animal Spirits offers a road map for reversing the financial misfortunes besetting us today. Read it and learn how leaders can channel animal spirits--the powerful forces of human psychology that are afoot in the world economy today.
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Albert, Michael Parecon: Life After Capitalism 2004 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Some underlining / highlighing but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1032013. ISBN #184467505X / 9781844675050. (filed under: Economics ) *
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Albert, Michael Parecon: Life After Capitalism 2004 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Some underlining / highlighing but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1032013. ISBN #184467505X / 9781844675050. (filed under: Economics ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary What do you want? is a constant query put to economic and globalization activists decrying current poverty, alienation and degradation. In this highly praised new work, destined to attract worldwide attention and support, Michael Albert provides an answer: Participatory Economics, Parecon for short, a new economy, an alternative to capitalism, built on familiar values including solidarity, equity, diversity and people democratically controlling their own lives, but utilizing original institutions fully described and defended in the book.
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Anderson, Sarah; Cavanagh, John; Lee, Thea Field Guide To The Global Economy 2005 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1040474. ISBN #1565849566 / 9781565849563. (filed under: Economics ) *
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Anderson, Sarah; Cavanagh, John; Lee, Thea Field Guide To The Global Economy 2005 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1040474. ISBN #1565849566 / 9781565849563. (filed under: Economics ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary This fully updated and expanded second edition of The Field Guide to the Global Economy presents the latest facts to help make sense of the rapidly changing international economy. Illustrated throughout with charts, graphs, and cartoons, the book documents new trends, including the foreign outsourcing of U.S. service jobs, as well as the increasing influence of mega-firms like Wal-Mart and labor union-free China on workers around the globe. Published in conjunction with the Institute for Policy Studies, an independent research institute based in Washington, D.C., this accessible guide explains how global institutions such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization, and North American Free Trade Agreement affect communities, workers, the poor, and the environment. The book dispels the widely disseminated propaganda about current globalization policies and provides an update on the burgeoning movement that is challenging them, from Bolivian water warriors to U.S. student anti-sweatshop activists.
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Babson, Roger W. If Inflation Comes: What You Can Do About It hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1026927. (filed under: Economics ) *
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Baker, Dean False Profits: Recovering From The Bubble Economy 2010 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1045357. ISBN #0982417128 / 9780982417126. (filed under: Economics ) *
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Baker, Dean False Profits: Recovering From The Bubble Economy 2010 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1045357. ISBN #0982417128 / 9780982417126. (filed under: Economics ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Despite reports that the recession may be over, the unemployment rate is more than ten percent and home foreclosures are at a record high. It s no secret that the U.S. economy is in shambles because of the recent housing bubble. However, according to Dean Baker, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, the people who looked the other way as the eight trillion dollar housing bubble grew unchecked are trying to rewrite history by downplaying the impact of the bubble. In Baker s new book, False Profits: Recovering from the Bubble Economy, he recounts the strategies used by the country s top economic policymakers to keep the American public unaware of their failure to recognize the housing bubble and to take steps to rein it in before it grew to unprecedented levels, resulting in the loss of millions of jobs, homes, and the life savings for tens of millions of people.
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Bastiat, Frederic Law paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1068239. (filed under: Economics ) *
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Bastiat, Frederic Law paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1136396. (filed under: Economics ) *
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Beatty, Jack Age of Betrayal: The Triumph of Money in America, 1865-1900 Knopf 2007 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or892889. ISBN #1400040280 / 9781400040285. (filed under: Economics ) *
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Beatty, Jack Age of Betrayal: The Triumph of Money in America, 1865-1900 Knopf 2007 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or892889. ISBN #1400040280 / 9781400040285. (filed under: Economics ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A brilliant reconsideration of the Gilded Age in America, when an oligarchy of wealth triumphed over democracy, when dreams of freedom and equality died of their impossibility. Jay Gould, the Mephisto of Wall Street, never runs for office, but he rules. This was his time and John D. Rockefeller s and Andrew Carnegie s , and this was his country. At the end of the Civil War, with the rebellion put down and slavery ended, America belonged to Lincoln s plain people. But government of the people and economic democracy were betrayed by political parties that fanned memories of the war to distract Americans from government of the corporation. Synthesizing the research of a new generation of scholars, Jack Beatty gives us a fresh look at the revolution from above of industrialization that forged modern America. In Age of Betrayal, Supreme Court justices turn the Fourteenth Amendment s promise of equal protection of the laws to the freed slave into the shield of the corporate person. The presidents of the Pennsylvania and Southern Pacific railroads engage in a bidding war for congressmen. A depression brought on by railroad speculation throws millions out of work, the hungry riot for bread in Buffalo, the homeless sleep on Chicago s streets, tramps are arrested, strikers are shot, and the nation s presidents avert their eyes. In the 1890s the Populist revolt from below challenges the revolution from above. Entrepreneurial capitalism ends in the early 1900s, as 1,800 giant firms are compacted into 157 behemoths. God instructs President McKinley to invade Cuba and seize the Philippines from Spain; turning from liberators to occupiers, U.S. troops slaughter and starve the Roman Catholic Filipinos in the name of Christianizing them. In perpetrating this infamy, William James cries out, We have puked up our traditions revealing how these sordid decades had remade us. A passionate, gripping, often shocking history of wealth over commonwealth thirty-five years of American hist
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Bergsten, C. Fred C. Fred Bergsten and the World Economy Peterson Institute 2006 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1106164. ISBN #1853837830 / 9781853837838. (filed under: Economics ) *
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Bergsten, C. Fred C. Fred Bergsten and the World Economy Peterson Institute 2006 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1106164. ISBN #1853837830 / 9781853837838. (filed under: Economics ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary This engaging and informative book covers the range of issues on which C. Fred Bergsten and the Peterson Institute have distinguished themselves over the last 25 years, including trade liberalization, exchange rate regimes, international financial architecture, debt, economic sanctions, and the impact of technology and globalization. Most of the Institute s senior research staff have contributed chapters, which are both retrospective and prescriptive.
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Berry, Brian J.L. Geography Of Market Centers And Retail Distribution paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1114080. (filed under: Economics ) *
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Boortz, Neal; Linder, John; Woodall, Rob FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics William Morrow Paperbacks 2008 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1028643. ISBN #0061540463 / 9780061540462. (filed under: Economics ) *
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Boortz, Neal; Linder, John; Woodall, Rob FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics William Morrow Paperbacks 2008 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1028643. ISBN #0061540463 / 9780061540462. (filed under: Economics ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In 2005, firebrand radio talk show host Neal Boortz and Georgia congressman John Linder created The FairTax Book , presenting the American public with a bold new plan designed to eliminate federal taxes and the IRS, jump-start the U.S. economy, bring back lost industries and jobs, and recapture billions of untaxed dollars hoarded by criminal and offshore businesses. Their book became an immediate 1 New York Times bestseller, propelling a powerful grassroots tax reform movement that's spreading like wildfire across our nation. Now, three years later, the authors are back to answer the outspoken and misinformed critics of their innovative proposal. Offering eye-opening new insights not covered in the original book, FairTax: The Truth debunks the negative myths and gross misrepresentations of this groundbreaking idea. The FairTax plan is simple, brilliant, and it will work enabling you to keep all the money in your paycheck; eliminating the fraud, hassle, and waste of our current system; and revolutionizing the way America pays for itself.
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Buchholz, Todd G. Lasting Lessons From The Corner Office: Essential Wisdom From The Twentieth Century's Greatest Entrepreneurs 2009 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1006399. ISBN #0061197637 / 9780061197635. (filed under: Economics ) *
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Buchholz, Todd G. Lasting Lessons From The Corner Office: Essential Wisdom From The Twentieth Century's Greatest Entrepreneurs 2009 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1006399. ISBN #0061197637 / 9780061197635. (filed under: Economics ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Lasting Lessons from the Corner Office uncovers the secrets behind the success of the great CEOs through their lives and personal stories. Why did Ray Kroc's plan for McDonald's thrive when all the other burger joints failed? How can we apply his lessons to Krispy Kreme? How did Walt Disney's most dismal day as a young cartoonist radically change his career direction? We learn about their biggest challenges and failures, and how they successfully rode the waves of demographic and technological change. When Est e Lauder was a child in Queens, New York, the average American spent 8 a year on toiletries. How did she spot an opportunity in high-priced cosmetics? Why did she pound on the doors of Saks? How did Thomas Watson, Jr., decide to roll the dice and put all of IBM's chips on computing, when his father thought it could be a losing idea? Lasting Lessons from the Corner Office not only fascinates with the personal lives of these CEOs, it shows how we can transfer their ideas today to the triumphs and struggles of Sony, Dell, Costco, Carnival Cruises, Time Warner, and numerous other companies trying to figure out how to stay on top, or climb back up. The featured CEOs in this book were not candidates for sainthood. Many of them knew "God" only as a prefix to "damm it." But they were devoted to their businesses, not just to their egos, personal bank accounts, and yachts. Extraordinarily fresh and deeply thoughtful, Todd G. Buchholz's Lasting Lessons from the Corner Office is a truly enjoyable and fun yet serious and realistic look at what we still have to learn and absorb from these former CEOs.
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Castronova, Edward Wildcat Currency: How The Virtual Money Revolution Is Transforming The Economy 2014 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1069379. ISBN #0300186134 / 9780300186130. (filed under: Economics ) *
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Castronova, Edward Wildcat Currency: How The Virtual Money Revolution Is Transforming The Economy 2014 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1069379. ISBN #0300186134 / 9780300186130. (filed under: Economics ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary An intriguing look at the exploding phenomenon of unregulated private currencies and how they will change our economy forever Private currencies have always existed, from notes printed by individual banks to the S H Green Stamps to Bitcoin. Today s economy has seen an explosion of new forms of monetary exchange not created by the federal government. Credit card companies offer points that can be traded in for a variety of goods and services, from airline miles to online store credit. Online game creators have devised new mediums of electronic exchange that turn virtual money into real money. Meanwhile, real money is increasingly going digital, where it competes with private currencies like Bitcoin. The virtual and the real economic worlds are intermingling more than ever before, raising the possibility that this new money might eventually replace the government-run system of dollars, euros, and yen. Edward Castronova is the leading researcher in this field, a founder of scholarly online game studies and an expert on the economies of virtual worlds. In this dynamic and essential work, he explores the current phenomenon of virtual currencies and what it will mean legally, politically, and economically in the future. In doing so, he provides a fascinating, often surprising discourse on the meaning of money itself what it is, what we think it is, and how we relate to it on an emotional level.
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Cavanagh, John (Editor); Mander, Jerry (Editor) Alternatives To Economic Globalization: A Better World Is Possible 2004 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Underlining / Highlighing throughout. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1074573. ISBN #1576753034 / 9781576753033. (filed under: Economics ) *
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Cavanagh, John (Editor); Mander, Jerry (Editor) Alternatives To Economic Globalization: A Better World Is Possible 2004 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Underlining / Highlighing throughout. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1074573. ISBN #1576753034 / 9781576753033. (filed under: Economics ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The culmination of a five-year project by the International Forum on Globalization IFG , this book presents an inspiring plan for moving toward more sustainable, humanistic models of economic prosperity with an emphasis on citizen democracies, local self-sufficiency, and ecological health. Areas of discussion include the ten core requirements for democratic societies as well as alternative systems of energy, agriculture, and manufacturing. Written by a premier group of 18 thinkers from around the world and edited by best-selling authors John Cavanagh and Jerry Mander, this revised and expanded edition represents the official consensus of the living democracy movement. Delving into the most compelling alternatives to globalization thus far, it features a chart on the effects of globalization and three entirely new chapters on the global balance of power, the media, and what ordinary people can do about globalization.
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Chait, Jonathan The Big Con: Crackpot Economics and the Fleecing of America Mariner Books 2008 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1056475. ISBN #0547085702 / 9780547085708. (filed under: Economics ) *
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Chait, Jonathan The Big Con: Crackpot Economics and the Fleecing of America Mariner Books 2008 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1056475. ISBN #0547085702 / 9780547085708. (filed under: Economics ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary American politics has been hijacked. Over the past three decades, a fringe group of economic hucksters has corrupted and perverted our nation s policies. With dark, engaging wit, Jonathan Chait reveals how these canny zealots first took over the Republican Party and then gamed the political system and the media so that once unthinkable policies without a shred of academic, expert, or even popular support now drive the political agenda, regardless of which party is in power. Why have these ideas succeeded in Washington? How did a clique of extremists gain control of American economic policy and sell short the country s future? And why do their outlandish ideas still determine policy despite repeated electoral setbacks? Chait tells the outrageous and eye-opening story, expertly explaining just how politics and economics work in Washington. He has produced a riveting drama of greed and deceit that should be read by every concerned citizen, especially in an election year.
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Condliffe, J.B. Reconstruction Of World Trade 1940 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1056594. (filed under: Economics ) *
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Cowen, Tyler Discover Your Inner Economist: Use Incentives to Fall in Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, and Motivate Your Dentist Dutton 2007 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Moisture damage. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1104978. ISBN #0525950257 / 9780525950257. (filed under: Economics ) *
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Cowen, Tyler Discover Your Inner Economist: Use Incentives to Fall in Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, and Motivate Your Dentist Dutton 2007 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Moisture damage. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1104978. ISBN #0525950257 / 9780525950257. (filed under: Economics ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In Discover Your Inner Economist one of America s most respected economists presents a quirky, incisive romp through everyday life that reveals how you can turn economic reasoning to your advantage often when you least expect it to be relevant. Like no other economist, Tyler Cowen shows how economic notions--such as incentives, signals, and markets--apply far more widely than merely to the decisions of social planners, governments, and big business. What does economic theory say about ordering from a menu? Or attracting the right mate? Or controlling people who talk too much in meetings? Or dealing with your dentist? With a wryly amusing voice, in chapters such as How to Control the World, The Basics and How to Control the World, Knowing When to Stop Cowen reveals the hidden economic patterns behind everyday situations so you can get more of what you really want. Readers will also gain less selfish insights into how to be a good partner, neighbor and even citizen of the world. For instance, what is the best way to give to charity? The chapter title How to Save the World More Christmas Presents Won t Help makes a point that is every bit as personal as it is global. Incentives are at the core of an economic approach to the world, but they don t just come in cash. In fact, money can be a disincentive. Cowen shows why, for example, it doesn t work to pay your kids to do the dishes. Other kinds of incentives--like making sure family members know they will be admired if they respect you--can work. Another non- monetary incentive? Try having everyone stand up in your next meeting if you don t want anyone to drone on. Deeply felt incentives like pride in one s work or a passing smile from a loved one, can be the most powerful of all, even while they operate alongside more mundane rewards such as money and free food. Discover Your Inner Economist is an introduction to the science of economics that shows it to be built on notions that are already within all of us. While the implications of those ideas lead to Cowen s often counterintuitive advice, their wisdom is presented in ordinary examples taken from home life, work life, and even vacation life How do you get a
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