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1	Contagion: The Financial Epidemic That Is Sweeping the Global Economy... and How to Protect Yourself from It more books like this by John R Talbott add to wishlist Tough times are ahead and Talbott argues that the coming recession will be on a global scale, affecting economies across the world. We have had no real growth in GDP for the last ten years if purchases with government and personal debt are excluded. In effect, government borrowing and spending on the war and healthcare and Social Security and ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $14.44! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Commanding Heights: The Battle Between Government and the Marketplace That Is Remaking the Modern Wo more books like this by Daniel Yergin, Joseph Stanislaw add to wishlist In this title, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author joins with a leading expert on the new marketplace to explain the revolution in ideas that is transforming economic power around the world. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.37! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Hard Landing: The Epic Contest for Power and Profits That Plunged the Airlines Into Chaos more books like this by Thomas Petzinger, Jr. add to wishlist The inside story of the men who have ruled the world's airline industry for the past 25 years, and of their epic battles for control of the skies. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Unfriendly Skies more books like this by Reynolds Dodson, Captain X add to wishlist This book--which the author, an anonymous commercial airline pilot, felt compelled to write--offers the first no-holds-barred portrait of American aviation in the late 1980s, the age of deregulation. Every person who has any contact with air travel will find interesting (if not heartening or horrifying) information about this extremely ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Greatest-Ever Bank Robbery: The Collapse of the Savings and Loan Industry more books like this by Martin Mayer add to wishlist In this account of the US savings and loan industry collapse, Mayer details how the disaster came about, who is to blame, and what - if anything - the American tax-paying public can do about it. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Inside Job: The Looting of America's Savings and Loans (2 Cassettes) more books like this by Stephen Pizzo add to wishlist Updated to include the latest developments, Inside Job reveals how thrift deregulation was the biggest boon to the mob since Prohibition, the link between the HUD scandal and the S&L crisis, the means for S&L owners to launder money, and more. The explosive national bestseller that Jack Anderson called the "All the President's Men of the savings ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.87! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Trouble with Money: A Prescription for Americas Financial Fever more books like this by William Greider, William S Rukeyser (Editor), Anthony C Kiser (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Understanding Electric Utilities and de-Regulation more books like this by Lorrin Philipson, H Lee Willis add to wishlist Power interruptions of the scale of the North American Blackout of 2003 are rare, but they still loom as a possibility. Will the aging infrastructure fail because deregulated monopolies have no financial incentives to upgrade? Is centralized planning becoming subordinate to market forces? "Understanding Electric Utilities and De-Regulation, Second ... see all copies from $12.49! new only from $77.92! \| first editions
9	Power System Restructuring and Deregulation: Trading, Performance and Information Technology more books like this by Loi Lei Lai (Editor) add to wishlist The restructuring and deregulation of the power utility industry is resulting in significant competitive, technological and regulatory changes. The chapters in this volume detail the technological advances that have occurred and that have helped redesign the ways in which utility companies manage their business. With the aid of practical case ... see all copies from $18.90! new only from $32.95!
10	S & L Hell: The People and the Politics Behind the $1 Trillion Savings and Loan Scandal more books like this by Kathleen Day add to wishlist The savings and loan collapse of the Reagan/Bush years was caused by a failure of the American political system. This is the full story of that failure, including the machinations of Neil Bush, told in absorbing detail by the Washington Post reporter who uncovered much of it herself from 1986-90 and who continues to be one of the scandal's most ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.10! \| first editions
11	Foreclosed: High-Risk Lending, Deregulation, and the Undermining of America's Mortgage Market more books like this by Daniel Immergluck add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00! new only from $15.00! \| SVS
12	The Daisy Chain: How Borrowed Billions Sank a Texas Sandl more books like this by James O'Shea, Ph.D., Jane Rosenman (Editor) add to wishlist O'Shea's tale of sex, sin and corruption--which earned him the Sigma Delta Chi Distinguished Service Award in 1988 when it ran as a six-part series in the Chicago Tribune--comes alive for readers in this new release. He describes Newsweek has called "the biggest financial mess in U.S. history". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13	Deregulatory Takings and the Regulatory Contract: The Competitive Transformation of Network Industries in the United States more books like this by J Gregory Sidak, Daniel F Spulber add to wishlist This book addresses deregulatory policies that threaten to reduce or destroy the value of private property in network industries without any accompanying payment of just compensation, policies that are termed 'deregulatory takings'. The authors further consider the problem of renegotiation of the regulatory contract, which changes the terms and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.45! \| first editions \| SVS
14	Digital Crossroads: American Telecommunications Policy in the Internet Age more books like this by Jonathan E Nuechterlein, Philip J Weiser add to wishlist Telecommunications policy profoundly affects the economy and our everyday lives. Yet accounts of important telecommunications issues tend to be either superficial (and inaccurate) or mired in jargon and technical esoterica. In Digital Crossroads, Jonathan Nuechterlein and Philip Weiser offer a clear, balanced, and accessible analysis of ... see all copies from $9.80! new only from $18.25! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Undue Influence: How the Wall Street Elite Puts the Financial System at Risk more books like this by Charles R Geisst add to wishlist A critical look at over 80 years of conflict, collusion, and corruption between financiers and politicians Undue Influence paints a vivid portrait of the dealings between "the few", in this case members of Congress, the banking community, and the Fed, and sheds light on how radical new deregulatory measures could be introduced by unelected ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.28! \| first editions
16 view cover	Uncertainty in the Electric Power Industry: Methods and Models for Decision Support more books like this by Christoph Weber add to wishlist Around the world, liberalization and privatization in the electricity industry have lead to increased competition among utilities. At the same time, utilities are now exposed more than ever to risk and uncertainties, which they cannot pass on to their customers through price increases as in a regulated environment. Especially electricity ... see all copies from $56.96! new only from $56.96! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Evolution of International Aviation: Phoenix Rising more books like this by Dawna L Rhoades add to wishlist The purpose of this book is twofold. First, it lays out the forces that shaped the international aviation industry and that changed all the rules in the drive for liberalization. Second, it looks at the many interesting and difficult choices ahead that the airline industry in general and the international aviation industry in particular face. ... see all copies from $11.33! new only from $11.33!
18 view cover	Democracy and Regulation: How the Public Can Govern Essential Services more books like this by Greg Palast, Jerrold Oppenheim, Theo MacGregor add to wishlist Essential services are being privatised the world over. Whether it's water, gas, electricity or the phone network, everywher from Sao Paulo in Brazil to Leeds in the UK is following the US economic model and handing public services over to private companies whose principal interest is raising prices. Yet it's one of the world's best kept secrets ... see all copies from $7.89! new only from $19.00! \| first editions \| SVS
19	The Economic Effects of Airline Deregulation more books like this by Steven Morrison add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
20 view cover	Regulation and Entry Into Telecommunications Markets more books like this by Paul de Bijl, Martin Peitz add to wishlist This book analyses telecommunications markets from early to mature competition, filling the gap between the existing economic literature on competition and the real-life application of theory to policy. Paul De Bijl and Martin Peitz focus on both the transitory and the persistent asymmetries between telephone companies, investigating the extent to ... see all copies from $8.99! new only from $33.37! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Regulations, Institutions, and Commitment: Comparative Studies of Telecommunications more books like this by Brian Levy, Pablo T Spiller (Editor), Randall Calvert (Editor) add to wishlist Currently, privatization and regulatory reform are often viewed as the solution to the problem of poor performance by telecommunications and other public utilities. This volume argues that these high expectations may not always be met because of the way a country's institutions and systems interact. see all copies from $3.87! new only from $26.75! \| SVS
22 view cover	The Evolving Bargain: Strategic Implications of Deregulation and Provatization more books like this by Willis Emmons, III add to wishlist This work aims to offer a framework for understanding the key opportunities and risks associated with deregulation and privatization. It explains complex governmental issues, using examples drawn from different industries and countries. see all copies from $3.69! new only from $26.00! \| first editions
23	France After Hegemony more books like this by Michael Maurice Loriaux add to wishlist How does the decline of the hegemon-the dominant, rule-making power of the international system-affect middle-level nations? By examining monetary and credit policy in postwar France, Michael Loriaux illuminates this question, tracing the relationship of domestic economic reform to specific changes in the international political economy which have ... see all copies from $2.01! new only from $6.00! \| first editions
24 view cover	Rapid Descent: Deregulation and the Shakeout in the Airlines more books like this by Barbara Sturken Peterson, James Glab add to wishlist With high hopes for the public and the entire air travel industry, the US Federal government deregulated the airlines in the 1970s. The effect was chaotic fares, fewer airlines and a decline in service. This book discloses how good intentions went wrong and how deregulation's promising take-off led to a disastrous nose dive. Tracing 18 years of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.79! \| first editions
25 view cover	Us Bank Deregulation in Historical Perspective more books like this by Charles W Calomiris add to wishlist This book shows how and why deregulation has transformed the size, structure and geographic range of US banks, the scope of banking services, and the nature of bank-customer relationships. Over recent decades the characteristics that had made American banks different - the fragmented geographical structure of the industry, which restricted the ... see all copies from $4.72! new only from $9.07! \| first editions \| SVS

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