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Biography of the Dollar
Biography of the Dollar
Written by Craig Karmin
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307339874
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Biography of the Dollar
How the Mighty Buck Conquered the World and Why It's Under Siege
Written by Craig Karmin


Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $13.95

“A remarkable historical, political, and economic
examination of the dollar.” –Booklist

Craig Karmin’s in-depth “biography” of the dollar examines the power of the Federal Reserve, the inner sanctums of foreign central banks that stockpile currency, and the little-known circles of foreign exchange traders who determine a currency’s worth. It’s “a surprisingly entertaining... Read more >
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The Origin of Financial Crises
The Origin of Financial Crises
Written by George Cooper
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307473684
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The Origin of Financial Crises

Written by George Cooper


Format: eBook
On Sale: December 9, 2008
Price: $12.95

In a series of disarmingly simple arguments financial market analyst George Cooper challenges the core principles of today's economic orthodoxy and explains how we have created an economy that is inherently unstable and crisis prone. With great skill, he examines the very foundations of today's economic philosophy and adds a compelling... Read more >
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The Origin of Financial Crises
The Origin of Financial Crises
Written by George Cooper
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ISBN: 9780307473455
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The Origin of Financial Crises
Central Banks, Credit Bubbles, and the Efficient Market Fallacy
Written by George Cooper


Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: October 29, 2008
Price: $12.95

In a series of disarmingly simple arguments financial market analyst George Cooper challenges the core principles of today's economic orthodoxy and explains how we have created an economy that is inherently unstable and crisis prone. With great skill, he examines the very foundations of today's economic philosophy and adds a compelling... Read more >
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Dangerous Business
Dangerous Business
Written by Pat Choate
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307266842
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Dangerous Business
The Risks of Globalization for America
Written by Pat Choate


Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: August 12, 2008
Price: $25.95

From one of the most respected and vigorous economic thinkers in Washington, a wake-up call about the perils of unfettered globalization. In this impassioned, prescient book, Pat Choate shows us that while increased worldwide economic integration has some benefits for our fiscal efficiency, it also creates dependencies, vulnerabilities, national security risks... Read more >
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Dangerous Business
Dangerous Business
Written by Pat Choate
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307269331
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Dangerous Business

Written by Pat Choate


Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: August 12, 2008
Price: $25.95

From one of the most respected and vigorous economic thinkers in Washington, a wake-up call about the perils of unfettered globalization. In this impassioned, prescient book, Pat Choate shows us that while increased worldwide economic integration has some benefits for our fiscal efficiency, it also creates dependencies, vulnerabilities, national security risks... Read more >
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China Road
China Road
Written by Rob Gifford
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780812975246
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China Road
A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power
Written by Rob Gifford


Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: June 3, 2008
Price: $17.00

Route 312 is the Chinese Route 66. It flows three thousand miles from east to west, passing through the factory towns of the coastal areas, through the rural heart of China, then up into the Gobi Desert, where it merges with the Old Silk Road. The highway witnesses every part of... Read more >
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Biography of the Dollar
Biography of the Dollar
Written by Craig Karmin
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307339867
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Biography of the Dollar
How the Mighty Buck Conquered the World and Why It's Under Siege
Written by Craig Karmin


Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2008
Price: $25.95

Will the sun set on the greatest currency in the history of the world?

For decades the dollar has been the undisputed champ. It’s not only the currency of America but much of the world as well, the fuel of global prosperity. As the superengine of the world’s only superpower, it’s accepted... Read more >
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Biography of the Dollar
Biography of the Dollar
Written by Craig Karmin
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307409812
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Biography of the Dollar
How the Mighty Buck Conquered the World and Why It's Under Siege
Written by Craig Karmin


Format: eBook
On Sale: February 26, 2008
Price: $13.95

Will the sun set on the greatest currency in the history of the world?

For decades the dollar has been the undisputed champ. It’s not only the currency of America but much of the world as well, the fuel of global prosperity. As the superengine of the world’s only superpower, it’s accepted... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover and a trade paperback.
Dark Age Ahead
Dark Age Ahead
Written by Jane Jacobs
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307425454
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Dark Age Ahead

Written by Jane Jacobs


Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.95

A dark age is a culture’s dead end. In North America, for example, we live in a virtual graveyard of lost and destroyed aboriginal cultures. In this powerful and provocative book, renowned author Jane Jacobs argues convincingly that we face the coming of our own dark age.

Throughout history, there have been... Read more >
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The Mind and the Market
The Mind and the Market
Written by Jerry Z. Muller
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307428998
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The Mind and the Market
Capitalism in Western Thought
Written by Jerry Z. Muller


Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $16.95

Capitalism has never been a subject for economists alone. Philosophers, politicians, poets and social scientists have debated the cultural, moral, and political effects of capitalism for centuries, and their claims have been many and diverse. The Mind and the Market is a remarkable history of how the idea of capitalism has... Read more >
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Why Most Things Fail
Why Most Things Fail
Written by Paul Ormerod
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307430236
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Why Most Things Fail
Evolution, Extinction and Economics
Written by Paul Ormerod


Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $24.95

With the same originality and astuteness that marked his widely praised Butterfly Economics, Paul Ormerod now examines the “Iron Law of Failure” as it applies to business and government–and explains what can be done about it.

“Failure is all around us,” asserts Ormerod. For every General Electric–still going strong after more than... Read more >
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China Road
China Road
Written by Rob Gifford
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781400064670
Our Price: $26.95
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China Road
A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power
Written by Rob Gifford


Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2007
Price: $26.95

Route 312 is the Chinese Route 66. It flows three thousand miles from east to west, passing through the factory towns of the coastal areas, through the rural heart of China, then up into the Gobi Desert, where it merges with the Old Silk Road. The highway witnesses every part of... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.
China Road
China Road
Written by Rob Gifford
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781588366344
Our Price: $17.00
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more>>
China Road
A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power
Written by Rob Gifford


Format: eBook
On Sale: May 29, 2007
Price: $17.00

Route 312 is the Chinese Route 66. It flows three thousand miles from east to west, passing through the factory towns of the coastal areas, through the rural heart of China, then up into the Gobi Desert, where it merges with the Old Silk Road. The highway witnesses every part of... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover and a trade paperback.
Why Most Things Fail
Why Most Things Fail
Written by Paul Ormerod
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780375424052
Our Price: $24.95
 Quantity: 1 
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Why Most Things Fail
Evolution, Extinction and Economics
Written by Paul Ormerod


Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: February 28, 2006
Price: $24.95

With the same originality and astuteness that marked his widely praised Butterfly Economics, Paul Ormerod now examines the “Iron Law of Failure” as it applies to business and government–and explains what can be done about it.

“Failure is all around us,” asserts Ormerod. For every General Electric–still going strong after more than... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Dark Age Ahead
Dark Age Ahead
Written by Jane Jacobs
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781400076703
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Dark Age Ahead

Written by Jane Jacobs


Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: May 17, 2005
Price: $13.95

In this indispensable book, urban visionary Jane Jacobs--renowned author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities and The Economy of Cities--convincingly argues that as agrarianism gives way to a technology-based future, we stand on the brink of a new dark age, a period of cultural collapse. Jacobs pinpoints five... Read more >
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While Canada Slept
While Canada Slept
Written by Andrew Cohen
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780771022760
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While Canada Slept
How We Lost Our Place in the World
Written by Andrew Cohen


Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: March 16, 2004
Price: $15.95

For how much longer can Canada expect to get a free ride?

With 9/11 and the international “war on terrorism,” the time has come to ask some hard questions. Should we continue to starve our military, reduce our humanitarian assistance, dilute our diplomacy, and absent ourselves from global intelligence-gathering? Can we expect... Read more >
The Mind and the Market
The Mind and the Market
Written by Jerry Z. Muller
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780385721660
Our Price: $17.95
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The Mind and the Market
Capitalism in Western Thought
Written by Jerry Z. Muller


Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2003
Price: $17.95

Capitalism has never been a subject for economists alone. Philosophers, politicians, poets and social scientists have debated the cultural, moral, and political effects of capitalism for centuries, and their claims have been many and diverse. The Mind and the Market is a remarkable history of how the idea of capitalism has... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Spend Your Way to Wealth
Spend Your Way to Wealth
Written by Mike Schiano
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781581152722
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Spend Your Way to Wealth
A Complete New Approach to Retirement and Investment Planning That Really Works
Written by Mike Schiano


Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2003
Price: $21.95

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Das Geld der Zukunft
Das Geld der Zukunft
Written by Bernard A. Lietaer
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781400039425
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Das Geld der Zukunft

Written by Bernard A. Lietaer


Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2002
Price: $23.00

Today’s financial system is seen by the most as having a fixed size. Bernard A. Litaer challenges this perspective by showing that there were different economic systems in history and that our present system has arisen from a tacit and problematic collective acceptance. He sees the future in the development of... Read more >
Feng Shui and Money
Feng Shui and Money
Written by Eric Shaffert
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781581152395
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Feng Shui and Money
A Nine-Week Program for Creating Wealth Using Ancient Principles and Techniques
Written by Eric Shaffert


Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2002
Price: $16.95

Develop wealth and prosperity using the easy-to-apply feng shui principles contained in this unique guide. Easy to understand and fun to read, this entertaining volume helps readers to connect to the spiritual and psychological dimensions of their financial lives using the proven principles of feng shui. With the history of feng... Read more >
Öko-Kapitalismus
Öko-Kapitalismus
Written by Paul Hawken, Amory B. Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781400039418
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Öko-Kapitalismus
Die industrielle Revolution des 21. Jahrhunderts
Written by Paul Hawken, Amory B. Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins


Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2002
Price: $27.00

In Öko- Kapitalismus, three top strategists show how leading hedge companies are practicing "a new type of industrialism" that is more efficient and profitable, while saving the environment and creating jobs. Paul Hawken and Amory and Hunter Lovins write that in the next century cars will get 200 miles per gallon... Read more >
The Nature of Economies
The Nature of Economies
Written by Jane Jacobs
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781400033089
Our Price: $13.95
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The Nature of Economies

Written by Jane Jacobs


Format: eBook
On Sale: August 13, 2002
Price: $13.95

Nearly forty years after The Death and Life of Great American Cities forever changed the field of urban studies, Jane Jacobs--one of the few contemporary thinkers whose works will remain in print for generations--brings us a modern classic on economies and ecology. Original and eloquent, this new book looks at the... Read more >
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The Nature of Economies
The Nature of Economies
Written by Jane Jacobs
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780375702433
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The Nature of Economies

Written by Jane Jacobs


Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2001
Price: $13.95

From the revered author of the classic The Death and Life of Great American Cities comes a new book that will revolutionize the way we think about the economy.

Starting from the premise that human beings "exist wholly within nature as part of natural order in every respect," Jane Jacobs has focused... Read more >
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