14 books in Business & Economics - Economic History
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The History of Money
Written by Jack Weatherford
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: September 23, 2009
Price: $14.95
In his most widely appealing book yet, one of today's leading authors of popular anthropology looks at the intriguing history and peculiar nature of money, tracing our relationship with it from the time when primitive men exchanged cowrie shells to the imminent arrival of the all-purpose electronic cash card. 320 pp... Read more >
Written by Jack Weatherford
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: September 23, 2009
Price: $14.95
In his most widely appealing book yet, one of today's leading authors of popular anthropology looks at the intriguing history and peculiar nature of money, tracing our relationship with it from the time when primitive men exchanged cowrie shells to the imminent arrival of the all-purpose electronic cash card. 320 pp... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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A Future Perfect
The Challenge and Promise of Globalization
Written by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $16.95
A Future Perfect is the first comprehensive examination of the most important revolution of our time—globalization—and how it will continue to change our lives. Do businesses benefit from going global? Are we creating winner-take-all societies? Will globalization seal the triumph of junk culture? What will happen to individual careers? Gathering evidence... Read more >
The Challenge and Promise of Globalization
Written by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $16.95
A Future Perfect is the first comprehensive examination of the most important revolution of our time—globalization—and how it will continue to change our lives. Do businesses benefit from going global? Are we creating winner-take-all societies? Will globalization seal the triumph of junk culture? What will happen to individual careers? Gathering evidence... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath
The Past and Future of American Affluence
Written by Robert J. Samuelson
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $26.00
It’s a giant gap in our history. The Great Inflation, argues award-winning columnist Robert J. Samuelson in this provocative book, was the worst domestic policy blunder of the postwar era and played a crucial role in transforming American politics, economy, and everyday life–and yet its story is hardly remembered or appreciated... Read more >
The Past and Future of American Affluence
Written by Robert J. Samuelson
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $26.00
It’s a giant gap in our history. The Great Inflation, argues award-winning columnist Robert J. Samuelson in this provocative book, was the worst domestic policy blunder of the postwar era and played a crucial role in transforming American politics, economy, and everyday life–and yet its story is hardly remembered or appreciated... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath
The Past and Future of American Affluence
Written by Robert J. Samuelson
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $26.00
It’s a giant gap in our history. The Great Inflation, argues award-winning columnist Robert J. Samuelson in this provocative book, was the worst domestic policy blunder of the postwar era and played a crucial role in transforming American politics, economy, and everyday life–and yet its story is hardly remembered or appreciated... Read more >
The Past and Future of American Affluence
Written by Robert J. Samuelson
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $26.00
It’s a giant gap in our history. The Great Inflation, argues award-winning columnist Robert J. Samuelson in this provocative book, was the worst domestic policy blunder of the postwar era and played a crucial role in transforming American politics, economy, and everyday life–and yet its story is hardly remembered or appreciated... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Age of Betrayal
The Triumph of Money in America, 1865-1900
Written by Jack Beatty
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $16.95
Age of Betrayal is a brilliant reconsideration of America's first Gilded Age, when war-born dreams of freedom and democracy died of their impossibility. Focusing on the alliance between government and railroads forged by bribes and campaign contributions, Jack Beatty details the corruption of American political culture that, in the words of... Read more >
The Triumph of Money in America, 1865-1900
Written by Jack Beatty
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $16.95
Age of Betrayal is a brilliant reconsideration of America's first Gilded Age, when war-born dreams of freedom and democracy died of their impossibility. Focusing on the alliance between government and railroads forged by bribes and campaign contributions, Jack Beatty details the corruption of American political culture that, in the words of... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth
Written by Benjamin M. Friedman
Format: Trade Paperback, 592 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2006
Price: $17.95
From the author of Day of Reckoning, the acclaimed critique of Ronald Reagan’s economic policy (“Every citizen should read it,” said The New York Times): a persuasive, wide-ranging argument that economic growth provides far more than material benefits.
In clear-cut prose, Benjamin M. Friedman examines the political and social histories of... Read more >
Written by Benjamin M. Friedman
Format: Trade Paperback, 592 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2006
Price: $17.95
From the author of Day of Reckoning, the acclaimed critique of Ronald Reagan’s economic policy (“Every citizen should read it,” said The New York Times): a persuasive, wide-ranging argument that economic growth provides far more than material benefits.
In clear-cut prose, Benjamin M. Friedman examines the political and social histories of... Read more >
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The Wisdom of Crowds
Written by James Surowiecki
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: August 16, 2005
Price: $15.00
In this fascinating book, New Yorker business columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea: Large groups of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant–better at solving problems, fostering innovation, coming to wise decisions, even predicting the future.
With boundless erudition and in delightfully clear prose, Surowiecki... Read more >
Written by James Surowiecki
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: August 16, 2005
Price: $15.00
In this fascinating book, New Yorker business columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea: Large groups of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant–better at solving problems, fostering innovation, coming to wise decisions, even predicting the future.
With boundless erudition and in delightfully clear prose, Surowiecki... Read more >
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The Wisdom of Crowds
Written by James Surowiecki
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 16, 2005
Price: $14.95
In this fascinating book, New Yorker business columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea: Large groups of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant–better at solving problems, fostering innovation, coming to wise decisions, even predicting the future.
With boundless erudition and in delightfully clear prose, Surowiecki... Read more >
Written by James Surowiecki
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 16, 2005
Price: $14.95
In this fascinating book, New Yorker business columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea: Large groups of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant–better at solving problems, fostering innovation, coming to wise decisions, even predicting the future.
With boundless erudition and in delightfully clear prose, Surowiecki... Read more >
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Beating the Business Cycle
How to Predict and Profit From Turning Points in the Economy
Written by Lakshman Achuthan and Anirvan Banerji
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: May 18, 2004
Price: $24.95
How can you make wise decisions about your company and your personal future when you have no idea where the economy is headed?
The answer is, you can’t. But you can learn how to accurately predict turns in the economy so that you can see the road ahead. And Beating The Business... Read more >
How to Predict and Profit From Turning Points in the Economy
Written by Lakshman Achuthan and Anirvan Banerji
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: May 18, 2004
Price: $24.95
How can you make wise decisions about your company and your personal future when you have no idea where the economy is headed?
The answer is, you can’t. But you can learn how to accurately predict turns in the economy so that you can see the road ahead. And Beating The Business... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Beating the Business Cycle
How to Predict and Profit From Turning Points in the Economy
Written by Lakshman Achuthan and Anirvan Banerji
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 18, 2004
Price: $24.95
How can you make wise decisions about your company and your personal future when you have no idea where the economy is headed?
The answer is, you can’t. But you can learn how to accurately predict turns in the economy so that you can see the road ahead. And BEATING THE BUSINESS... Read more >
How to Predict and Profit From Turning Points in the Economy
Written by Lakshman Achuthan and Anirvan Banerji
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 18, 2004
Price: $24.95
How can you make wise decisions about your company and your personal future when you have no idea where the economy is headed?
The answer is, you can’t. But you can learn how to accurately predict turns in the economy so that you can see the road ahead. And BEATING THE BUSINESS... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Secret Ingredients
The Brave New World of Industrial Farming
Written by Stuart Laidlaw
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: April 6, 2004
Price: $16.95
You are what you eat, but do you know what is in the food you’re eating – or how it’s grown?
Chicken, corn, potatoes, a slice of bread, and a glass of milk. Where does a meal like this come from? Who and what is involved in getting it to your table?... Read more >
The Brave New World of Industrial Farming
Written by Stuart Laidlaw
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: April 6, 2004
Price: $16.95
You are what you eat, but do you know what is in the food you’re eating – or how it’s grown?
Chicken, corn, potatoes, a slice of bread, and a glass of milk. Where does a meal like this come from? Who and what is involved in getting it to your table?... Read more >
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Marx for Beginners
Written by Rius
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: July 15, 2003
Price: $12.00
A cartoon book about Marx? Are you sure it's Karl, not Groucho? How can you summarize the work of Karl Marx in cartoons? It took Rius to do it. He's put it all in: the origins of Marxist philosophy, history, economics; of capital, labor, the class struggle, socialism. And there's a... Read more >
Written by Rius
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: July 15, 2003
Price: $12.00
A cartoon book about Marx? Are you sure it's Karl, not Groucho? How can you summarize the work of Karl Marx in cartoons? It took Rius to do it. He's put it all in: the origins of Marxist philosophy, history, economics; of capital, labor, the class struggle, socialism. And there's a... Read more >
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A Future Perfect
The Challenge and Promise of Globalization
Written by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: March 11, 2003
Price: $16.95
A Future Perfect is the first comprehensive examination of the most important revolution of our time—globalization—and how it will continue to change our lives. Do businesses benefit from going global? Are we creating winner-take-all societies? Will globalization seal the triumph of junk culture? What will happen to individual careers? Gathering evidence... Read more >
The Challenge and Promise of Globalization
Written by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: March 11, 2003
Price: $16.95
A Future Perfect is the first comprehensive examination of the most important revolution of our time—globalization—and how it will continue to change our lives. Do businesses benefit from going global? Are we creating winner-take-all societies? Will globalization seal the triumph of junk culture? What will happen to individual careers? Gathering evidence... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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India Unbound
The Social and Economic Revolution from Independence to the Global Information Age
Written by Gurcharan Das
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2002
Price: $15.95
India today is a vibrant free-market democracy, a nation well on its way to overcoming decades of widespread poverty. The nation’s rise is one of the great international stories of the late twentieth century, and in India Unbound the acclaimed columnist Gurcharan Das offers a sweeping economic history of India from... Read more >
The Social and Economic Revolution from Independence to the Global Information Age
Written by Gurcharan Das
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2002
Price: $15.95
India today is a vibrant free-market democracy, a nation well on its way to overcoming decades of widespread poverty. The nation’s rise is one of the great international stories of the late twentieth century, and in India Unbound the acclaimed columnist Gurcharan Das offers a sweeping economic history of India from... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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