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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
John Perkins
Plume, 2005
Very thought provoking.
I enjoyed the way the author tied details of modern history to the events of his life. Very thought provoking. I think it is striking the way the individuals who critique it for a lack of statistics provide none of their own.
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Stabilizing an Unstable Economy
Hyman P. Minsky
McGraw-Hill, 2008
?Mr. Minsky long argued markets were crisis prone. His 'moment' has arrived.? - The Wall Street Journal In his seminal work, Minsky presents his groundbreaking financial theory of investment, one that is startlingly relevant today. He explains why the American economy has experienced periods of debilitating inflation, rising unemployment, ...
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Greenspan's Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve
William Fleckenstein, Fred Sheehan
McGraw-Hill, 2008
Brilliant study of a failed system
In this fascinating book, financial journalist William Fleckenstein studies the record of Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006.
Between 1937 and 1987 there were no bubbles, but Greenspan helped to create two bubbles in ten years - in ...
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Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction
Thomas K. McCraw
Belknap Press, 2007
Analyst of Change
Moravian-born, Vienna-educated Professor Joseph Alois Schumpeter, who liked to say of his aspirations to be the world's greatest economist, horseman, and lover that only the second had given him problems, was a study in contrasts. He relished his fame as one of the ...
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The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World
Alan Greenspan
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008
Tadd Wood's Review of Alan Greenspan's The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R20DIAJDJEAJ0E Tadd Wood's review was made as part of a critical review assignment for the Fall 2008 Honors Colloquium on Creative Destruction at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, taught by Art Diamond. (The course ...
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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. ...
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The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor--and Why You Can Never Buy a ...
Tim Harford
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007
`..the difference between nineteenth century farming and twenty-first-century frothing ..'
This is an entertaining and informative journey through some aspects of economic theory. By using contemporary examples (such as the various factors that influence the price of a cup of coffee), Mr Harford removes some of the mystery and explains how some of the ...
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Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Stephen J. Dubner
William Morrow, 2006
Enlightened
I found this work to be enlightening and curious. I would recommend this book and the CD's to anyone who has an open mind and wants to really understand social strata and sociology anomalies. It is makes you thing how many more trends have occurred and we have been ...
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The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers [7th Edition]
Robert L. Heilbroner
Touchstone, 1999
The Pen is Mightier than the Sword!
I read this book for a Microeconomics class that I took with Dr. Gertmenian at Pepperdine in California back in the late 1980s.
I enjoyed learning about this handful of powerful philosophers who helped shape economic theory. Some of their theories make good sense; ...
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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 ...
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The Baseball Economist: The Real Game Exposed
J.C. Bradbury
Dutton Adult, 2007
Brilliant, Thought-Provoking Book
This book gives unique insight into popular baseball issues such as the big-city-versus-small-city economic disparity problem we face today, the argument against having left-handed catchers (which we discover isn't too convincing), and deciding how much a ball player ...
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New Ideas from Dead Economists: An Introduction to Modern Economic Thought
Todd G. Buchholz
Plume, 2007
I Can spot a great BOok when i read oNe
Economics is a very interesting subject. For many it is very confusing. Economics itself is confusing because its not very concrete. Its hard to predict things in real life using economics because there are MANNYYY variables in real life that cannot all be taken ...
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The Big Three in Economics: Adam Smith, Karl Marx, And John Maynard Keynes
Mark Skousen
M.E. Sharpe, 2007
I've rarely seen something this complex made this clear.
Skousen has really accomplished something with this book. If the average college professor could convey the information in their field of study with this kind of penetrating clarity, a lot more people would really understand what they learn, rather than just preparing ...
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Guide to Management Ideas and Gurus (Economist (Hardcover))
Tim Hindle
Profile Books, 2008
Excellent Item!
This guide is excellent for acquiring a management culture. You can learn about a lot of people who has already change the world of management.
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Guide to Financial Markets (Economist (Hardcover))
Marc Levinson
Bloomberg Press, 2006
great book!
This is a good book for starters like me. It gives you insight about the market, how it behaves and it also discusses the important history in the financial market.
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