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1. Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
by Michael Lewis
As Pogo once said, "We have met the enemy and he is us."
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2. The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
by Naomi Klein
In this groundbreaking book, the bestselling author of "No Logo" exposes the gripping story of how America's 'free market' policies have come to ... More
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3. That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back
by Thomas L Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum
Originally published: New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2011.
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4. The Clash of Generations: Saving Ourselves, Our Kids, and Our Economy
by Laurence J Kotlikoff, Scott Burns
The United States is bankrupt, flat broke. Thanks to accounting that would make Enron blush, America's insolvency goes far beyond what our leaders ... More
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5. End This Depression Now!
by Paul Krugman
A call-to-arms from Nobel Prize winning economist and best-selling author Paul Krugman.
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6. Back to Work: Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy
by Bill Clinton, President
President Bill Clinton gives us his views on the challenges facing the United States today and why government matters--presenting his ideas on ... More
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7. The Working Poor: Invisible in America
by David K Shipler
From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Arab and Jew" comes a new book that presents a searing, intimate portrait of working American families ... More
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8. The Great Crash Ahead: Strategies for a World Turned Upside Down
by Harry S. Dent
Dent delivers a book that looks forward, showing readers how to weather the storm in this new economy that is going to get much worse in the years ... More
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9. The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity
by Jeffrey D Sachs
One of the world's most brilliant economists and a bestselling author has written a new book that is essential reading for every American. "The Price ... More
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10. Crisis Economics: A Crash Course in the Future of Finance
by Nouriel Roubini
Nouriel Roubini was right...Roubini warned that there was a monstrous bubble in the housing market and that the bursting of that bubble would cause ...
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11. Exile on Wall Street: One Analyst's Fight to Save the Big Banks from Themselves
by Mike Mayo
List of all editionsAn insider points out the holes that still exist on Wall Street and in the banking system Exile on Wall Street is a gripping read for anyone with an ... More
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12. Greedy Bastards: How We Can Stop Corporate Communists, Banksters, and Other Vampires from Sucking America Dry
by Dylan Ratigan
List of all editionsAt a time of deep concern with the state of America's economy and government, it seems that all the media can give us is talking (or screaming) heads ... More
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13. The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto
by Tavis Smiley, Cornel West
List of all editionsThe authors re-examine our assumptions about poverty in America--what it really is and how to eliminate it now.
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14. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
by Barbara Ehrenreich
List of all editions"Millions of Americans work full-time, year-round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. She was inspired in ... More
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15. Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in A G-Zero World
by Ian Bremmer
List of all editionsThis title presents a G-Zero - n. A world order in which no single country or durable alliance of countries can meet the challenges of global ... More
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16. Trickle Up Poverty: Stopping Obama's Attack on Our Borders, Economy, and Security
by Professor Michael Savage
List of all editionsSavage offers a defense against the Obamanomics that are dragging the middle class--and everyone else--into a Marxist-Socialist death spiral. He ... More
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17. The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More
by Chris Anderson
List of all editionsIn one of the most important business books since "The Tipping Point," Anderson shows how the future of commerce and culture isn't in hits, or the ... More
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18. The Little Book of Economics: How the Economy Works in the Real World
by Greg Ip, Sean Pratt (Read by)
List of all editionsOne of the country's most recognized and respected economics journalists walks readers through how the economy really works. Written for the ... More
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19. The Conscience of a Liberal
by Paul Krugman
List of all editionsThis original volume by the bestselling author of "The Great Unraveling" challenges America to reclaim the values that have made it great. Krugman ... More
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20. Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future
by Robert B Reich
List of all editionsWhen the nation's economy foundered in 2008, blame was directed almost universally at Wall Street bankers. But Reich suggests another reason for the ... More
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21. The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor
by David S Landes
List of all editionsNow in paperback: The acclaimed, bestselling exploration of one of the most contentious and hotly debated questions of our time: Why do some nations ... More
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22. Rebuild the Dream
by Van Jones
List of all editionsIn the face of Wall Street's recklessness, Washington's negligence and the tea parties' belligerence, President Obama's former Green Jobs Czar, Van ... More
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23. Paper Promises: Debt, Money, and the New World Order
by Philip Coggan
List of all editionsFrom the "Economist"'s award-winning Buttonwood columnist comes a timely and incisive analysis of debt: the defining feature of our financial era
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24. China Road: A Journey Into the Future of a Rising Power
by Rob Gifford
List of all editionsChina is a country on the move, and Route 312 - China's Route 66 - is the artery along which 150 million Chinese are daily travelling in search of ... More
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25. The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter
by Simon Constable
List of all editionsAn entertaining, must-have guide to the indicators most investors aren't following--but should be! To make the best possible investment decisions, ... More







