books: economic structure

books: economic structure

books:

Economic structure

Search Engine Marketing, Inc.: Driving Search Traffic to Your Company's Web Site (2nd Edition)

Mike Moran, Bill Hunt

IBM Press, 2008

Accomplishes its title's claim, and does it VERY well.
I started a consulting business months ago, and before I created a web site for it I read much of this book. I expected that many of my clients would find me by using Internet search engines, so I minded some of the techniques and principles explained in this book as I ...

Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age

Larry M. Bartels

Princeton University Press, 2008

Judgement Day is Here. Vote with your Pocketbook.
The facts stand for themselves outside the realm of Partisan politics. Idealists hate facts. Fanatics hate facts. I Love facts. Whose ideas work the best is what I want. Most Americans would Love to make more money and do better each and every year. Who can argue ...

Greenspan's Fraud: How Two Decades of His Policies Have Undermined the Global Economy

Ravi Batra

Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

Probably the best way to understand today's economic problems
This is probably the best book I have read on economics. The authors really simplifies macroeconomics in laymen's terms. I would recommend this to everyone who want to understand why american economy is so weak and will continue to be so unless fundamental changes ...

The Fate of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence

Martin Meredith

PublicAffairs, 2006

Instant classic
It is understandably difficult to write a one-volume history of a continent as diverse as Africa. Nonetheless, I think Mr. Meredith has written a fine example. In the process, he avoids the pitfalls commited by many Third Worldist ideologists who paternalize Africa and ...

The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies (New Edition)

Bryan Caplan

Princeton University Press, 2008

Wonderfully thought provoking.
This book is wonderfully thought provoking and can be summed up with an exhortation that Caplan uses near the end: "Democracy is a commons, not a market." Under this thesis Caplan shows how economics would predict 'irrational' voter behavior even under the ...

The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else

Hernando De Soto

Basic Books, 2003

First Rate Analysis of Poverty and Development
The Mystery of Capital tackles one of the largest issues in development and comparative economics: non-convergence. Why is it that living standards do not converge? Is it because some nations have better technology? Is it because some nations simply have more capital? ...

Community: The Structure of Belonging

Peter Block

Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2008

what the world needs right now!
Peter Block has given us a blueprint for building community on all levels, local, national and even global. And the world can use more of it with all the incivility and violence! Cudos to Mr. Block for the timing and the wisdom in the pages of this book. -John ...

Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty

Muhammad Yunus

PublicAffairs, 2008

A book about poverty and Triumph
This books shows us that the lack of access to credit for the poorest of the poor is possibly as bad as lack of food. Without some access to credit they have absolutely no chance to ever get out of the revolving situation that will absorb then and their children. ...

Who's Your City?: How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life

Richard Florida

Basic Books, 2008

A book that makes you keep reading
I placed order as new copy but found the product doesn't look like brand new one when I received it. Yet the content of the book is very interesting. It contains a lot of useful information.

Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns

Clayton Christensen, Curtis W. Johnson, ...

McGraw-Hill, 2008

If you have children or grandchildren - you need to buy and read this book
Rocket Builders most influential author, Christensen, with his co authors has taken his theory of disruptive innovation and focused on the education sector. The authors do not lay blame but with Christensen's laser sharp analysis, peel back all the root causes of ...

High Wire: The Precarious Financial Lives of American Families

Peter Gosselin

Basic Books, 2008

This is a Great Great Book and I Would Make it a Point to Read It
This is a GREAT book and I would encourage every citizen of America to read it, young or old. It's actually a hair-raising book. Well researched and each chapter has a personal, true life story of a family or individual that has been challenged with the topic being ...

One Economics, Many Recipes: Globalization, Institutions, and Economic Growth

Dani Rodrik

Princeton University Press, 2007

a terrific book on globalization and development
This is a terrific book. It begins with a good and troubling question: If economists are so smart, why have the most prominent success stories in economic development in recent decades been in countries (China, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore) that ignored our ...

Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life (Borzoi Books)

Robert B. Reich

Knopf, 2007

Refreshing, Clear, and Challenging
Robert Reich's book is refreshing from a variety of perspectives. It is refreshing because he doesn't settle for cheap criticism or partisan sniping. It is refreshingly honest; he establishes a clear line of responsbility between citizen behavior and economic or ...

Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity

William J. Baumol, Robert E. Litan, ...

Yale University Press, 2007

Very interesting book
I thought that this book was an interesting take on how government policy can promote or hinder economic growth. I like how they combine together developed countries with undeveloped countries (although there is far more focus on the former). Most books on this subject ...

Real Estate Investment Trusts: Structure, Performance, and Investment Opportunities (Financial Management ...

Su Han Chan, John Erickson, ...

Oxford University Press, USA, 2002

Must read for REIT investors
This book provides a whole lot of data and facts and commented on them in a very objective manner. The analysis about various aspects of REIT investment is thorough and cautious. Highly recommended and hope to see an updated version addressing the issues and prospect ...