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Monsoon
The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power
Written by Robert D. Kaplan
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $17.00
The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power
Written by Robert D. Kaplan
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $17.00
On the world maps common in America, the Western Hemisphere lies front and center, while the Indian Ocean region all but disappears. This convention reveals the geopolitical focus of the now-departed twentieth century, but in the twenty-first century that focus will fundamentally change. In this pivotal examination of the countries known...
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Debt
The First 5,000 Years
Written by David Graeber
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 12, 2011
Price: $32.00
Before there was money, there was debt
Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was invented to replace onerous and complicated barter systems—to relieve ancient people from having to haul their goods to market. The problem with this version of history? There’s not a shred of evidence to support it.
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The First 5,000 Years
Written by David Graeber
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 12, 2011
Price: $32.00
Before there was money, there was debt
Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was invented to replace onerous and complicated barter systems—to relieve ancient people from having to haul their goods to market. The problem with this version of history? There’s not a shred of evidence to support it.
... Read more >
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Sacred Economics
Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition
Written by Charles Eisenstein
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: July 12, 2011
Price: $22.95
Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, and necessitated endless growth. Today, these trends have reached their extreme—but in the wake of their collapse, we may find great opportunity to... Read more >
Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition
Written by Charles Eisenstein
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: July 12, 2011
Price: $22.95
Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, and necessitated endless growth. Today, these trends have reached their extreme—but in the wake of their collapse, we may find great opportunity to... Read more >
Also available as an
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Sacred Economics
Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition
Written by Charles Eisenstein
Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: July 12, 2011
Price: $22.95
Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, and necessitated endless growth. Today, these trends have reached their extreme—but in the wake of their collapse, we may find great opportunity to... Read more >
Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition
Written by Charles Eisenstein
Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: July 12, 2011
Price: $22.95
Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, and necessitated endless growth. Today, these trends have reached their extreme—but in the wake of their collapse, we may find great opportunity to... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Selling Out a Superpower
Where the U.S. Economy Went Wrong and How We Can Turn It Around
Written by Ronald R. Pollina
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $11.99
In 1968, there were sixty-two lobbyists in Washington; today there are thirty-four thousand, outnumbering members of Congress and their staffers two to one. By 2008, these lobbyists were spending approximately $8.2 million for influence per day. Few, if any, of these lobbyists represent the majority of Americans in the middle class... Read more >
Where the U.S. Economy Went Wrong and How We Can Turn It Around
Written by Ronald R. Pollina
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $11.99
In 1968, there were sixty-two lobbyists in Washington; today there are thirty-four thousand, outnumbering members of Congress and their staffers two to one. By 2008, these lobbyists were spending approximately $8.2 million for influence per day. Few, if any, of these lobbyists represent the majority of Americans in the middle class... Read more >
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While Canada Slept
How We Lost Our Place in the World
Written by Andrew Cohen
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 4, 2011
Price: $11.99
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 >
How We Lost Our Place in the World
Written by Andrew Cohen
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 4, 2011
Price: $11.99
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 >
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The Good Life and Its Discontents
The American Dream in the Age of Entitlement
Written by Robert J. Samuelson
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: January 5, 2011
Price: $11.99
A New York Times Business Book Bestseller
"Shrewd and optimistic. . . . [The Good Life and Its Discontents] combines first-rate analysis with persuasive historical, political and sociological insights."
--The New Republic
Today Americans are wealthier, healthier, and live longer than at any previous time in our history. As a society, we have never... Read more >
The American Dream in the Age of Entitlement
Written by Robert J. Samuelson
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: January 5, 2011
Price: $11.99
A New York Times Business Book Bestseller
"Shrewd and optimistic. . . . [The Good Life and Its Discontents] combines first-rate analysis with persuasive historical, political and sociological insights."
--The New Republic
Today Americans are wealthier, healthier, and live longer than at any previous time in our history. As a society, we have never... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
India Divided
Diversity and Democracy Under Attack
Written by Vandana Shiva
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $12.95
In India Divided, environmental, human rights, and antiglobalization activist Vandana Shiva chronicles the internal battles of a nation that is both the world's largest democracy and a leading nuclear power. Shiva describes a society where traditional cultures collide with the new economy of globalization, and charts the course of India's war... Read more >
Diversity and Democracy Under Attack
Written by Vandana Shiva
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $12.95
In India Divided, environmental, human rights, and antiglobalization activist Vandana Shiva chronicles the internal battles of a nation that is both the world's largest democracy and a leading nuclear power. Shiva describes a society where traditional cultures collide with the new economy of globalization, and charts the course of India's war... Read more >
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trade paperback.
Iraq, Inc.
A Profitable Occupation
Written by Pratap Chatterjee
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $11.95
More than one year after the "fall of Baghdad," the reconstruction of Iraq was failing terribly. Ordinary Iraqis waited in line for basic necessities like clean water and fuel, while the number of civilians and soldiers killed escalated in tandem with the billions of U.S. tax dollars spent. In Iraq, Inc.... Read more >
A Profitable Occupation
Written by Pratap Chatterjee
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $11.95
More than one year after the "fall of Baghdad," the reconstruction of Iraq was failing terribly. Ordinary Iraqis waited in line for basic necessities like clean water and fuel, while the number of civilians and soldiers killed escalated in tandem with the billions of U.S. tax dollars spent. In Iraq, Inc.... Read more >
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trade paperback.
Obamanomics
How Bottom-Up Economic Prosperity Will Replace Trickle-Down Economics
Written by John R. Talbott
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $16.95
Bestselling author John R. Talbott, who predicted the housing and mortgage crisis, pictures in Obamanomics--written well in advance of the historic 2008 elections--a Barack Obama presidency based on justice and cooperation—principles that have not held sway in Washington, DC, for quite some time. Talbott's powerful grasp of finance allows him to... Read more >
How Bottom-Up Economic Prosperity Will Replace Trickle-Down Economics
Written by John R. Talbott
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $16.95
Bestselling author John R. Talbott, who predicted the housing and mortgage crisis, pictures in Obamanomics--written well in advance of the historic 2008 elections--a Barack Obama presidency based on justice and cooperation—principles that have not held sway in Washington, DC, for quite some time. Talbott's powerful grasp of finance allows him to... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Remembering Tomorrow
From SDS to Life After Capitalism: A Memoir
Written by Michael Albert
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $22.95
In this lucid political memoir, veteran anti-capitalist activist Michael Albert offers an ardent defense of the project to transform global inequality. Albert, a uniquely visionary figure, recounts a life of uncompromising commitment to creating change one step at a time. Whether chronicling the battles against the Vietnam War, those waged on... Read more >
From SDS to Life After Capitalism: A Memoir
Written by Michael Albert
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $22.95
In this lucid political memoir, veteran anti-capitalist activist Michael Albert offers an ardent defense of the project to transform global inequality. Albert, a uniquely visionary figure, recounts a life of uncompromising commitment to creating change one step at a time. Whether chronicling the battles against the Vietnam War, those waged on... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Rogue Economics
Written by Loretta Napoleoni
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $16.95
What do Eastern Europe's booming sex trade, America's subprime mortgage lending scandal, China’s fake goods industry, and celebrity philanthropy in Africa have in common? With biopirates trolling the blood industry, fish-farming bandits ravaging the high seas, pornography developing virtually in Second Life, and games like World of Warcraft spawning online sweatshops... Read more >
Written by Loretta Napoleoni
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $16.95
What do Eastern Europe's booming sex trade, America's subprime mortgage lending scandal, China’s fake goods industry, and celebrity philanthropy in Africa have in common? With biopirates trolling the blood industry, fish-farming bandits ravaging the high seas, pornography developing virtually in Second Life, and games like World of Warcraft spawning online sweatshops... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
Terrorism and the Economy
How the War on Terror is Bankrupting the World
Written by Loretta Napoleoni
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $13.95
Economist and best-selling author Loretta Napoleoni traces the link between the finances of the war on terror and the global economic crisis, finding connections from Dubai to London to Las Vegas that politicians and the media have at best ignored. In launching military and propaganda wars in the Middle East, America... Read more >
How the War on Terror is Bankrupting the World
Written by Loretta Napoleoni
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $13.95
Economist and best-selling author Loretta Napoleoni traces the link between the finances of the war on terror and the global economic crisis, finding connections from Dubai to London to Las Vegas that politicians and the media have at best ignored. In launching military and propaganda wars in the Middle East, America... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Comeback America
Turning the Country Around and Restoring Fiscal Responsibility
Written by David Walker
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: September 28, 2010
Price: $15.00
He's one of America's most capable, canny, candid, and independent financial experts. Now David M. Walker sounds a call to action. Comeback America is a tough-minded, innovative, inspiring guide to help us avoid the approaching economic abyss and put the country back on track again.
As comptroller general of the United States... Read more >
Turning the Country Around and Restoring Fiscal Responsibility
Written by David Walker
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: September 28, 2010
Price: $15.00
He's one of America's most capable, canny, candid, and independent financial experts. Now David M. Walker sounds a call to action. Comeback America is a tough-minded, innovative, inspiring guide to help us avoid the approaching economic abyss and put the country back on track again.
As comptroller general of the United States... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
Aftershock
The Next Economy and America's Future
Written by Robert B. Reich
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $11.99
A brilliant new reading of the economic crisis—and a plan for dealing with the challenge of its aftermath—by one of our most trenchant and informed experts.
When the nation’s economy foundered in 2008, blame was directed almost universally at Wall Street. But Robert B. Reich suggests a different reason for the meltdown... Read more >
The Next Economy and America's Future
Written by Robert B. Reich
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $11.99
A brilliant new reading of the economic crisis—and a plan for dealing with the challenge of its aftermath—by one of our most trenchant and informed experts.
When the nation’s economy foundered in 2008, blame was directed almost universally at Wall Street. But Robert B. Reich suggests a different reason for the meltdown... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Selling Out a Superpower
Where the U.S. Economy Went Wrong and How We Can Turn It Around
Written by Ronald R. Pollina
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2010
Price: $26.00
In 1968, there were sixty-two lobbyists in Washington; today there are thirty-four thousand, outnumbering members of Congress and their staffers two to one. By 2008, these lobbyists were spending approximately $8.2 million for influence per day. Few, if any, of these lobbyists represent the majority of Americans in the middle class... Read more >
Where the U.S. Economy Went Wrong and How We Can Turn It Around
Written by Ronald R. Pollina
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2010
Price: $26.00
In 1968, there were sixty-two lobbyists in Washington; today there are thirty-four thousand, outnumbering members of Congress and their staffers two to one. By 2008, these lobbyists were spending approximately $8.2 million for influence per day. Few, if any, of these lobbyists represent the majority of Americans in the middle class... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Economics in One Lesson
The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics
Written by Henry Hazlitt
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: August 11, 2010
Price: $11.99
A million copy seller, Henry Hazlitt’s Economics in One Lesson is a classic economic primer. But it is also much more, having become a fundamental influence on modern “libertarian” economics of the type espoused by Ron Paul and others.
Considered among the leading economic thinkers of the “Austrian School,” which includes Carl... Read more >
The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics
Written by Henry Hazlitt
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: August 11, 2010
Price: $11.99
A million copy seller, Henry Hazlitt’s Economics in One Lesson is a classic economic primer. But it is also much more, having become a fundamental influence on modern “libertarian” economics of the type espoused by Ron Paul and others.
Considered among the leading economic thinkers of the “Austrian School,” which includes Carl... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The End of Capitalism
Written by Robert H. Parks, Ph.D.
Format: Hardcover, 504 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2010
Price: $26.99
US capitalism has long been ranked first among nations in production, jobs, wealth, power, and individual freedom. Is this level of preeminence likely to continue? In this candid, sobering assessment of our current fiscal maladies, economist Robert H. Parks explains why he predicts capitalism is now rushing to its demise.
A strong... Read more >
Written by Robert H. Parks, Ph.D.
Format: Hardcover, 504 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2010
Price: $26.99
US capitalism has long been ranked first among nations in production, jobs, wealth, power, and individual freedom. Is this level of preeminence likely to continue? In this candid, sobering assessment of our current fiscal maladies, economist Robert H. Parks explains why he predicts capitalism is now rushing to its demise.
A strong... Read more >
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Terrorism and the Economy
How the War on Terror is Bankrupting the World
Written by Loretta Napoleoni
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: April 6, 2010
Price: $13.95
Economist and best-selling author Loretta Napoleoni traces the link between the finances of the war on terror and the global economic crisis, finding connections from Dubai to London to Las Vegas that politicians and the media have at best ignored. In launching military and propaganda wars in the Middle East, America... Read more >
How the War on Terror is Bankrupting the World
Written by Loretta Napoleoni
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: April 6, 2010
Price: $13.95
Economist and best-selling author Loretta Napoleoni traces the link between the finances of the war on terror and the global economic crisis, finding connections from Dubai to London to Las Vegas that politicians and the media have at best ignored. In launching military and propaganda wars in the Middle East, America... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Comeback America
Turning the Country Around and Restoring Fiscal Responsibility
Written by David Walker
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 12, 2010
Price: $11.99
He's one of America's most capable, canny, candid, and independent financial experts. Now David M. Walker sounds a call to action. Comeback America is a tough-minded, innovative, inspiring guide to help us avoid the approaching economic abyss and put the country back on track again.
As comptroller general of the United States and head... Read more >
Turning the Country Around and Restoring Fiscal Responsibility
Written by David Walker
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 12, 2010
Price: $11.99
He's one of America's most capable, canny, candid, and independent financial experts. Now David M. Walker sounds a call to action. Comeback America is a tough-minded, innovative, inspiring guide to help us avoid the approaching economic abyss and put the country back on track again.
As comptroller general of the United States and head... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
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Comeback America
Turning the Country Around and Restoring Fiscal Responsibility
Written by David Walker
Read by Bob Walter
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: January 12, 2010
Price: $20.00
He's one of America's most capable, canny, candid, and independent financial experts. Now David M. Walker sounds a call to action. Comeback America is a tough-minded, innovative, inspiring guide to help us avoid the approaching economic abyss and put the country back on track again.
As comptroller general of the United States... Read more >
Turning the Country Around and Restoring Fiscal Responsibility
Written by David Walker
Read by Bob Walter
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: January 12, 2010
Price: $20.00
He's one of America's most capable, canny, candid, and independent financial experts. Now David M. Walker sounds a call to action. Comeback America is a tough-minded, innovative, inspiring guide to help us avoid the approaching economic abyss and put the country back on track again.
As comptroller general of the United States... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Rogue Economics
Written by Loretta Napoleoni
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2009
Price: $16.95
What do Eastern Europe's booming sex trade, America's subprime mortgage lending scandal, China’s fake goods industry, and celebrity philanthropy in Africa have in common? With biopirates trolling the blood industry, fish-farming bandits ravaging the high seas, pornography developing virtually in Second Life, and games like World of Warcraft spawning online sweatshops... Read more >
Written by Loretta Napoleoni
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2009
Price: $16.95
What do Eastern Europe's booming sex trade, America's subprime mortgage lending scandal, China’s fake goods industry, and celebrity philanthropy in Africa have in common? With biopirates trolling the blood industry, fish-farming bandits ravaging the high seas, pornography developing virtually in Second Life, and games like World of Warcraft spawning online sweatshops... Read more >
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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 >
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
Written by George Cooper
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 9, 2008
Price: $11.99
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 >
Written by George Cooper
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 9, 2008
Price: $11.99
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 >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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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: $13.95
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 >
Central Banks, Credit Bubbles, and the Efficient Market Fallacy
Written by George Cooper
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: October 29, 2008
Price: $13.95
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 >
Also available as an
eBook.
