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1	This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly more books like this by Carmen M Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff add to wishlist "This is quite simply the best empirical investigation of financial crises ever published. Covering hundreds of years . . . Reinhart and Rogoff have made a truly heroic contribution to financial history."--Niall Ferguson, author of "The Ascent of Money." see all copies from $25.59! new only from $25.59!
2	Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financialsystem---And Themselves more books like this by Andrew Ross Sorkin add to wishlist Sorkin delivers the first true, behind-the-scenes, moment-by-moment account of how the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression developed into a global tsunami. b&w photo insert. see all copies from $13.50! new only from $17.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Confessions of an Economic Hit Man more books like this by John Perkins add to wishlist An extraordinary, real-life tale of international intrigue and corruption, "Confessions of an Economic Hitman" reveals the hidden mechanics of imperial control behind such major international events as the fall of the Shah, the death of Panamanian president Omar Torrijos, and the invasions of Panama and Iraq, as well as providing an inside view of ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $6.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World more books like this by Niall Ferguson add to wishlist Ferguson tells the human story behind the evolution of money, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest Wall Street upheavals. The author shows that finance is, in fact, the foundation of human progress. see all copies from $8.00! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life more books like this by Richard Florida add to wishlist The national bestseller that defines a new economic class and shows how it is key to the future of our cities. The Washington Monthly 2002 Annual Political Book Award WinnerThe Rise of the Creative Class gives us a provocative new way to think about why we live as we do today-and where we might be headed. Weaving storytelling with masses of new ... see all copies from $2.40! new only from $3.81! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism more books like this by Max Weber add to wishlist For the first time in 70 years, a new translation of Max Weber's classic The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism - one of the seminal works in sociology - will be published in September 2001. Translator Stephen Kalberg is an internationally acclaimed Weberian scholar, and in this new translation he offers a precise and nuanced rendering ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.38! \| first editions \| SVS
7	New ideas from dead economists : an introduction to modern economic thought. more books like this by Todd G. Buchholz add to wishlist 'Outstanding ...Fun to read' - "Wall Street Journal". Would Karl Marx have to revise his theories since the collapse of the Soviet Union? What would Adam Smith make of the Japanese economic miracle turning into an economic morass? The great economists of the past 200 years may no longer be with us, but their ideas are very much alive - and they ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers more books like this by Paul M Kennedy add to wishlist About national and international power in the 'modern' or Post Renaissance period. Explains how the various powers have risen and fallen over the five centuries since the formation of the 'new monarchies' in Western Europe. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.15! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century more books like this by Paul Krugman add to wishlist In this collection of Krugman's most influential columns and additional commentary, he chronicles how the boom economy unravelled and how exuberance gave way to pessimism. He tells the uncomfortable turth about how the US lost its way, and offers a road map for getting it back on track. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Undercover Economist more books like this by Tim Harford add to wishlist Harford ranges from Africa, Asia, Europe, and of course the United States to reveal how supermarkets, airlines, health care providers, and coffee chains--to name just a few--are vacuuming money from our wallets. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $8.01! \| SVS
11 view cover	Wealth of Nations more books like this by Adam Smith add to wishlist Political economy had been studied long before Adam Smith. But "Wealth of Nations" (1776) established it for the first time as a separate science. Smith based his arguments on vast historical knowledge, and developed his principles with remarkable clarity. What set this work apart was its statement of the doctrine of natural liberty. Smith ... see all copies from $2.35! new only from $3.85! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	World Regional Geography: A Development Approach more books like this by Christopher A Airriess (Editor), Robert L Argenbright (Editor), Samuel A Aryeetey-Attoh (Editor) add to wishlist For introductory courses in World Regional Geography. This unique volume covers the world's regions by 11 experts in their respective fields who are intimately familiar with their material through research, fieldwork, and teaching. Each author employs the central theme of human development to present a vital, issues-oriented overview of the topic. ... see all copies from $8.01! new only from $22.73!
13 view cover	False Economy: A Surprising Economic History of the World more books like this by Alan Beattie add to wishlist An important book for turbulent times-an accessible and engaging economic history of the world, by a leading economic writer. Alan Beattie has long been intrigued by the fates of different countries, economies, and societies-why some fail and some succeed. Here, he weaves together elements of economics, history, politics, and human stories, ... see all copies from $3.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Wages of Whiteness: Race & the Making of the American Working Class more books like this by David R Roediger add to wishlist Combining classical Marxism, psychoanalysis and the new labor history pioneered by E.P. Thompson and Herbert Gutman, David Roediger's widely acclaimed book provides an original study of the formative years of working class racism in the United States. This, he argues, cannot be explained simply with reference to economic advantage; rather, white ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.96! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Global Capitalism: Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century more books like this by Jeffry A Frieden add to wishlist International trade at unprecedented levels, millions of people migrating yearly in search of jobs, the world's economies more open to one another than ever before...Such was the global economy in 1900. Then as now, many people considered globalisation to be inevitable and irreversible. Yet, the entire edifice collapsed in a few months in 1914. ... see all copies from $8.64! new only from $12.05! \| SVS
16 view cover	The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy more books like this by Adam Tooze add to wishlist This chilling, fascinating new book is the first to get to grips with how Hitler's Nazi empire really functioned. There was no aspect of Nazi power untouched by economics - it was Hitler's obsession and the reason the Nazis came to power in the first place. The Second World War was fought, in Hitler's view, to create a European Empire strong ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $4.85! \| first editions
17 view cover	The great transformation more books like this by Karl Polanyi add to wishlist One of the twentieth century's most thorough and discerning historians, Karl Polanyi sheds "new illumination on . . . the social implications of a particular economic system, the market economy that grew into full stature in the nineteenth century." -R. M. MacIver see all copies from $16.05! new only from $22.88! \| SVS
18 view cover	The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community more books like this by David C Korten add to wishlist In his classic international bestseller, "When Corporations Rule the World," David Korten exposed the destructive and oppressive nature of the global corporate economy and helped spark a global resistance movement. Now, he shows that the problem runs deeper than corporate domination -- with far greater consequences. Korten argues that global ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Principles of Political Economy and Taxation more books like this by David Ricardo add to wishlist Written in 1817, this famous treatise lays the groundwork for the principles of the market economy. It established the guiding ideas behind the economic concepts of diminishing returns and economic rent. As a leading master of economic principles of his time, Ricardo developed the theories now identified as distribution theory and international ... see all copies from $3.36! new only from $5.00! \| SVS
20 view cover	A Concise Economic History of the World: From Paleolithic Times to the Present more books like this by Rondo Cameron add to wishlist This book highlights events and policies that have contributed to prosperity and material well-being throughout the world - as well as those that have resulted in continued "underdevelopment" for many nations. The first half of the book surveys world history (with an emphasis on Europe) from ancient times to the end of the 18th century, seeking ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $57.96! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The World That Trade Created: Society, Culture, and the World Economy 1400 to the Present more books like this by Kenneth Pomeranz, Steven Topik add to wishlist Why are railroad tracks separated by the same four feet, eight inches as ancient Roman roads? How did 19th-century Europeans turn mountains of bird excrement from Peru into mountains of gold? Where has most of the world's oil come from in the 20th century? This new edition of "The World That Trade Created" reveals the answers to dozens of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.00! \| SVS
22 view cover	History of the American Economy more books like this by Gary M Walton add to wishlist One of the first U.S. economic history texts on the market, this classic ties America's past to the economic policies and debates of today and beyond. Presenting economic events chronologically for easy understanding, the authors equip readers with a firm foundation in the evolution of American economic history. see all copies from $3.43! new only from $98.47! \| SVS
23 view cover	Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity more books like this by Michael Lewis (Editor) add to wishlist The author of "Liar's Poker" and "Moneyball" guides readers through five of the most violent and costly upheavals in recent financial history. Lewis describes the market factors leading up to each event, shows what people thought was happening, and analyzes what actually happened. see all copies from $4.36! new only from $8.95! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Globalizing Capital: A History of the International Monetary System more books like this by Barry Eichengreen add to wishlist The importance of the International Monetary System is evident in the daily news stories about fluctuating currencies and in dramatic events, such as the recent reversals in the Mexican economy. It has become increasingly apparent that one cannot understand the international economy without knowing how its monetary system operates. This volume ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $7.82! \| first editions
25 view cover	Post-Capitalist Society more books like this by Peter F. Drucker add to wishlist "The basic economic resource - 'the means of production', to use the economist's term - is no longer capital, nor natural resources, nor 'labour'. It is an will be knowledge." With penetrating insight, Peter Drucker describes the changes that are affecting politics, business and society itself. It is vital that we are aware of and understand these ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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