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1	The Sellout: How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System more books like this by Charles Gasparino add to wishlist In the spirit of classics such as "Barbarians at the Gate" and "Liar's Poker", Charles Gasparino traces the rise in power and wealth of America's largest investment banks and brokerage houses beginning in 2002. He shows how and why several of these storied institutions have suffered staggering losses in assets and influence since then, triggering ... see all copies from $17.19! new only from $17.19! \| SVS
2	Crash Proof: How to Profit from the Coming Economic Collapse more books like this by Peter D Schiff, John Downes add to wishlist The economic tipping point for the United States is no longer theoretical. It is a reality today. The country has gone from the world's largest creditor to its greatest debtor; the value of the dollar is sinking; domestic manufacturing is winding down - and these trends don't seem to be slowing. Peter Schiff casts a sharp, clear-sighted eye on ... see all copies from $5.28! new only from $14.79! \| SVS
3	The Great Depression Ahead: How to Prosper in the Crash Following the Greatest Boom in History more books like this by Harry S Dent, Jr. add to wishlist From the author of the bestselling "The Roaring 2000s" comes a new book that predicts a major economic crash and offers advice on how to survive it. see all copies from $9.95! new only from $11.07! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse more books like this by Professor Thomas E Woods, Jr., Alan Sklar (Read by) add to wishlist In Meltdown, the free-market answer to the Fed-created economic crisis, New York Times bestselling author Thomas E. Woods, Jr.,explains what led up to the current economic crisis, who's really to blame, and why government bailouts won't work. see all copies from $11.96! new only from $11.96! \| first editions \| SVS
5	House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street more books like this by William D Cohan add to wishlist In this superb and shocking narrative, Cohan chronicles the fall of Bear Stearns and the end of the Second Gilded Age on Wall Street. Cohan's minute-by-minute account of 10 days in March 2008, tells a chilling cautionary tale about greed, arrogance, and stupidity in the financial world, and the consequences for all of us. see all copies from $11.95! new only from $14.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Fool's Gold: How the Bold Dream of a Small Tribe at J.P. Morgan Was Corrupted by Wall Street Greed and Unleashed a Catastrophe more books like this by Gillian Tett add to wishlist The "Financial Times" writer who scooped the whole financial world with her warnings of an economic crash takes readers to the elite inner sanctums of the banking world to reveal the untold story at the heart of the boom and bust. see all copies from $11.97! new only from $15.47! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide: Protect Your Savings, Boost Your Income, and Grow Wealthy Even in the Worst of Times more books like this by Martin D Weiss add to wishlist Having an effective financial and personal plan for the future is now more crucial than ever. And with "The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide", readers will quickly learn how to create such a plan. This comprehensive guide was especially designed to help people map out a practical financial plan in this unpredictable economic environment, so that ... see all copies from $13.50! new only from $14.51! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Street Fighters: The Last 72 Hours of Bear Stearns, the Toughest Firm on Wall Street more books like this by Kate Kelly add to wishlist The shocking fall of Bear Stearns in March 2008 set off a wave of global financial turmoil that continues to ripple. How could one of the oldest, most resilient firms on Wall Street go so far astray that it had to be sold at a fire sale price? How could the guys who ran Bear so aggressively miscalculate so completely? In this vivid and dramatic ... see all copies from $5.19! new only from $11.84! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm more books like this by Robert F Bruner, Sean D Carr add to wishlist 'Before reading "The Panic of 1907", the year 1907 seemed like a long time ago and a different world. The authors, however, bring this story alive in a fast-moving book, and the reader sees how events of that time are very relevant for today's financial world. In spite of all of our advances, including a stronger monetary system and modern tools ... see all copies from $7.99! new only from $9.96! \| first editions \| SVS
10	A Failure of Capitalism: The Crisis of '08 and the Descent Into Depression more books like this by Richard A Posner add to wishlist The financial and economic crisis that began in 2008 is the most alarming of our lifetime, if only because of the warp-speed at which it is occurring. How could it have happened, especially after all that we've learned from the Great Depression? Why wasn't it anticipated so remedial steps could be taken to avoid or mitigate it? What can be done to ... see all copies from $14.91! new only from $14.91! \| SVS
11 view cover	The 86 Biggest Lies on Wall Street more books like this by John R Talbott add to wishlist Talbott, a former investment banker, exposes the lies that led to Wall Street's--and America's--financial crisis and then exposes the truth of what it will take to rebuild the economy. see all copies from $6.05! new only from $12.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Chain of Blame: How Wall Street Caused the Mortgage and Credit Crisis more books like this by Paul Muolo, Mathew Padilla add to wishlist In the summer of 2007, the subprime empire that Wall Street had built all came crashing down. On average, fifty lenders a month were going bust - and the people responsible for the crisis included not just unregulated loan brokers and con artists, but also investment bankers and home loan institutions traditionally perceived as completely ... see all copies from $7.24! new only from $11.99! \| SVS
13 view cover	Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis more books like this by William Bonner, Addison Wiggin add to wishlist In "Empire of Debt", maverick financial writers Bill Bonner and Addison Wiggin provide you with the first in-depth look at how the American character has shifted to accommodate its new imperial role; how we have abandoned the private virtues of personal liberty, economic freedom, and fiscal restraint; and how the government has gained control of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.20! \| first editions
14 view cover	Getting Off Track: How Government Actions and Interventions Caused, Prolonged, and Worsened the Financial Crisis more books like this by John B Taylor add to wishlist see all copies from $4.00! new only from $8.81! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	$700 Billion Bailout: The Emergency Economic Stabilization ACT and What It Means to You, Your Money, Your Mortgage, and Your Taxes more books like this by Paul Muolo add to wishlist The book is an analysis of the controversial $700 Billion Bailout bill and explains in easy to understand language for individuals what the bailout bill means. "$700 Billion Bailout" answers questions such as: What is the bailout office? How will the $700 billion be regulated? What is the impact on homeowners? Will taxpayers have to pay for losses ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	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 $9.00! new only from $14.44! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Financial Reckoning Day: Surviving the Soft Depression of the 21st Century more books like this by William Bonner, Addison Wiggin add to wishlist Looking into the trends of economic history, the authors foresee a "soft" Depression in the cards for the 21st century, and show investors how to stay ahead of financial disaster--and, in fact, to profit. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.61! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Bernanke's Test: Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, and the Drama of the Central Banker more books like this by Johan Van Overtveldt add to wishlist This title offers an up-to-the-minute look at the challenge facing Fed chair Ben Bernanke in trying to clean up the problems affecting the U.S. economy that he inherited from his predecessor, Alan Greenspan, informed by a historical look at how other central bankers have dealt with similar crises. The current crises facing the economy in have ... see all copies from $10.94! new only from $14.75! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Why Stock Markets Crash: Critical Events in Complex Financial Systems more books like this by Didier Sornette add to wishlist The scientific study of complex systems has transformed a wide range of disciplines in recent years, enabling researchers in both the natural and social sciences to model and predict phenomena as diverse as earthquakes, global warming, demographic patterns, financial crises, and the failure of materials. In this book, Didier Sornette boldly ... see all copies from $13.50! new only from $19.95! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Crash Proof 2.0: How to Profit from the Economic Collapse more books like this by Peter D Schiff, John Downes add to wishlist This is a fully updated follow-up to Peter Schiff's bestselling financial survival guide - "Crash Proof", which described the U.S. economy as a house of cards on the verge of collapse, with over 80 pages of new material. The economic and monetary disaster which seasoned Wall Street prognosticator Peter Schiff predicted is no longer hypothetical - ... see all copies from $16.93! new only from $16.93! \| SVS
21 view cover	The Looting of America: How Wall Street's Game of Fantasy Finance Destroyed Our Jobs, Pensions, and Prosperity--And What We Can Do about It more books like this by Les Leopold add to wishlist "I loved this book. A worms'-eye dissection of the Wall Street crisis from a very sharp and very knowledgeable labor economist. Here's hoping that before the Washington consensus gets set in stone, policymakers will read it and reflect on the havoc the masters of the universe have wreaked on ordinary people." --Charles Morris, author of The ... see all copies from $3.87! new only from $8.86! \| SVS
22 view cover	Foreclosure Nation: Mortgaging the American Dream more books like this by Shari B Olefson add to wishlist The family residence is the backbone of the American economy, the most valuable and enduring asset for those who have achieved a financial foothold. Yet today record numbers of households confront foreclosure. In the next year it is estimated that over two million Americans will lose their homes and almost two billion dollars of wealth will ... see all copies from $5.85! new only from $6.69! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	And Then the Roof Caved in: How Wall Street's Greed and Stupidity Brought Capitalism to Its Knees more books like this by David Faber add to wishlist CNBC's David Faber takes an in-depth look at the causes and consequences of the recent financial collapse. "And Then the Roof Caved In" lays bare the truth of the credit crisis, whose defining emotion at every turn has been greed, and whose defining failure is the complicity of the U.S. government in letting that greed rule the day. Written by ... see all copies from $16.33! new only from $16.33! \| SVS
24 view cover	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
25 view cover	Obama's Challenge: America's Economic Crisis and the Power of a Transformative Presidency more books like this by Robert Kuttner add to wishlist Barack Obama approaches the Presidency at a critical moment in American history, facing simultaneous crises of war, the environment, health care, but most especially in the economy. If he is able to rise to the moment, he could join the ranks of a small handful of previous presidents who have been truly transformative, succeeding in fundamentally ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.31! \| SVS

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