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The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression
Amity Shlaes
Harper Perennial, 2008
The Always Recovering But Never Recovered Decade
Amity Shlaes has written an excellent book. She presents a balanced and mutually negative view of both a removed, mechanistic Hoover and a vindictive, manipulative Roosevelt. The author feels that the election of 1936 saw the creation of two things that have had ...
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The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means
George Soros
PublicAffairs, 2008
Ingenious Incites
Soros captures the missing link in fundamentalist theory. If you do not understand Soros' theory of reflexivity you are missing a true understanding of the way markets work. Additionally, Soros outlines some of the problems with current policies in U.S and ...
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
Naomi Klein
Picador, 2008
Absolutely essential reading
There are very few books that actually fall into the "Must Read" category, but this is one of them. This is as powerful an indictment of the fallacies and real life errors of neoliberalism as has been published. Although the term "neoliberalism" is not widely known ...
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The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
Van Jones
HarperOne, 2008
Forward Thinking Reading!
It is a excellent book, well-written and stimulating the thinking... I would very highly recommend it!
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Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism
Kevin Phillips
Viking Adult, 2008
Bad Money is right on the Money
After listening to this audio book I felt like I was beginning to understand some of the financial quagmire big money has gotten our country into, perhaps it will make me a wiser investor. I have bought this book for several of my friends.
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The Great Depression Ahead: How to Prosper in the Crash Following the Greatest Boom in History
Harry S. Dent
Free Press, 2009
The first and last economic depression that you will experience in your lifetime is just ahead. The year 2009 will be the beginning of the next long-term winter season and the initial end of prosperity in almost every market, ushering in a downturn like most of us have not experienced before. Are you aware that we have seen long-term peaks in our ...
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I.O.U.S.A.: One Nation. Under Stress. In Debt.
Addison Wiggin, Kate Incontrera
Wiley, 2008
Can't wait to see the film documentary DVD
The powerful people interviewed in this book really astounded me. It is a case of 'what do we do now' after reading this book and essential reading to really understand how America got to its current financial turmoil today.
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The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008
Paul Krugman
W. W. Norton, 2008
Excellent Recent History and Explanation
This very readable (and brief) tome elucidates the various financial and currency crises of the past twenty years... from Latin America in the 80's and 90's... to SE Asia in 1997... the ruble collapse in 1998... the Long Term Capital bailout the same year... the ...
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Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That's Bringing Common Sense Back to America
Mike Huckabee
Sentinel HC, 2008
Wow....
I really loved this book. The things Mike believes in like the Fair Tax (fairtax.org) and his approach to government. It is all, well "common sense", something we are dreadfully missing in American politics!
We need to listen to this guy, he has a bright future.
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Fleeced: How Barack Obama, Media Mockery of Terrorist Threats, Liberals Who Want to Kill Talk Radio, the ...
Dick Morris, Eileen Mcgann
Harper, 2008
Truth vs. Liberal Media
It is always good to study both sides of current issues.After reading
Mr. Morris's book, I fear that the mindless masses who believed the print media and the big three TV news channels have been brain washed once again. The vicious circle of poorly educated people who ...
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The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too
James Galbraith
Free Press, 2008
The "free market" is not a real thing
Galbraith correctly shows us that the "free market" is an ideal construct, not a real thing. There has never been any truly "free market", unaffected by government policies for good or bad.
Although I would give Galbraith a "A" for effort in dumbing down some of ...
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The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath: The Past and Future of American Affluence
Robert J. Samuelson
Random House, 2008
Beware of Keynesians
There is no economist - that I am aware of - writing for a weekly magazine (Newsweek) and daily newspaper (Washington Post) that is more objective and nonpartisan than Robert Samuelson. Not only does he avoid promoting either Republican or Democratic economic ...
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Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution
T. J. English
William Morrow, 2008
Caribbean Nights
`Havana Nocturne' by T.J. English
In his latest installment, `Havana Nocturne', T.J. English, author of `The Westies' brings us the true story of the Havana Mob. This is the tale of the underworlds influence on Cuba, Havana specifically, in the pre-revolutionary ...
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Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America
Paul Tough
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008
Compelling reading
For anyone interested in improving education in our inner cities, this book is hard to put down. Paul Tough reports on Geoffrey Canada's impressive quest to change the lives of low-income kids in Harlem through intensive programs that begin at birth or even before. ...
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Obama's Challenge: America's Economic Crisis and the Power of a Transformative Presidency
Robert Kuttner
Chelsea Green Publishing, 2008
Obama's Challenge
Robert Kuttner goes into some detail regarding the economy and how progressive programs could be a great help. He recognizes the political problems involved in getting these programs started and recommends some strategies that Barak Obama could pursue. His ...
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