Economic Policy & Development Books


Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism Best Price: $7.54 Kevin Phillips describes immediate problems with the economy, that is, energy shortage, dollar...	The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time Best Price: $6.75 Jeffrey Sachs uses his broad knowledge to frame the context of a call for action to end extreme...	Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet Best Price: $12.49 This is yet another classic from Jeffrey Sachs. Here is the most comprehensive and compelling...	Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America Best Price: $18.45 Thomas L. Friedman’s phenomenal number-one bestseller The World Is Flat has helped...	FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics Best Price: $7.61 When the Americans For Fair Taxation (AFFT) people first set out to reform taxation, they began...



The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It Best Price: $15.77 What do we do with them? Prof. Collier of Oxford University, has done years of research,...	Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty Best Price: $7.22 This audio book was absolutely wonderful. I found it really inspiring and engaging. I was...	Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future Best Price: $7.86 I must admit, I wasn't particularly enthused about "Deep Economy" when I picked it...	The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business (Collins Business Essentials) Best Price: $3.94 OK, I admit, some of it can be a bit boring, especially the first couple of chapters. But the...	High Wire: The Precarious Financial Lives of American Families Best Price: $14.45 This is a GREAT book and I would encourage every citizen of America to read it, young or old. ...



Greenspan's Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve Best Price: $10.94 The book appears to contain a few things of substance, but you have to look so hard to get past...	Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence Best Price: $14.66 Bryce positions the book as a comprehensive treatise on energy independence, and it's not. ...	Screwed: The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class - And What We Can Do about It (BK Currents (Paperback)) Best Price: $4.99 Thom Hartmann has a fairly simple message, and fortunately he provides evidence for this thesis...	A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship Best Price: $12.38 I could hardly get through this ponderous tome. Unlike his book "The Revolution: A...	The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World Best Price: $7.95 this is a very intertesting book for me because present a high perfomance for the our future

Development as Freedom Best Price: $7.33 If you only have a passing interest in development theory, you may find this book terribly...	The Road to Serfdom Best Price: $18.08 Another book that Dr. L had us read. During the 2008 presidential debate I see one party is...	China Shakes the World: A Titan's Rise and Troubled Future -- and the Challenge for America Best Price: $3.54 Writing this in 2008, May, I have to say that I enjoyed the book, it left me with an idea of...	Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results Best Price: $15.77 I am taking a Health Care Management Strategy class and this book was recommended by our...	The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies Best Price: $10.13 This book is one of the many that Heinberg has written on the topic of Peak Oil, in addition of...

Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures--and Yours Best Price: $16.85 Before starting the book, I was suspicious of an Indian man (albeit a scholar) writing about...	Forgive Us Our Debts: The Intergenerational Dangers of Fiscal Irresponsibility Best Price: $11.50 Yarrow, a former NY Times journalist, with a masters in public policy from the Kennedy School at...	Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age (Russell Sage Foundation Co-Pub) Best Price: $18.65 Larry Bartels's book is one of the most important written works on economic inequality issues...	A Brief History of Neoliberalism Best Price: $13.06 I'm going to do something here that I rarely do: attempt a short review. There are many...	Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Best Price: $7.98 "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" is an interesting book that sheds some light on...

One Economics, Many Recipes: Globalization, Institutions, and Economic Growth Best Price: $20.50 I might not agree with significant parts of the book, but it is interesting and, as is true with...	Obamanomics: How Bottom-Up Economic Prosperity Will Replace Trickle-Down Economics Best Price: $10.04 When I pick up political books, I look forward to strong and concise arguments instead of ad...	Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One Best Price: $13.95 This book is absolutely fantastic. Thomas Sowell is truly an intellectual of the highest breed....	The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics Best Price: $12.00 Easterly is a brilliant and talented writer, as one would expect from the World Bank. At times,...	The Commanding Heights : The Battle for the World Economy Best Price: $6.00 A book from Dr. L's class that help to shape my belief in freedom in the marketplace. A very...

Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity Best Price: $15.50 Good Capitalism Bad Capitalism is an excellent book which provided the beginner economic student...	The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too Best Price: $16.50 The cult of the free market has dominated economic policy-talk since the Reagan revolution of...	Winning the Future: A 21st Century Contract with America Best Price: $6.09 Newt makes so much sense in his spoken word as well as here in his book. I only wish more...	Stabilizing an Unstable Economy Best Price: $18.43 “Mr. Minsky long argued markets were crisis prone. His 'moment' has...	America's Great Depression Best Price: $29.00 We all understand that particular industries and markets may go through hard times at one point...

The Tragedy of Great Power Politics Best Price: $12.25 While it is cunningly realistic to contend that trying to make China wealthy and democratic will...	The Way of Ignorance: And Other Essays Best Price: $8.46 The Way of Ignorance and Other Essays is an anthology of writings by cultural critic Wendell...	Freedom From Oil: How the Next President Can End the United States' Oil Addiction Best Price: $7.96 ALL THESE BOOKS ON OIL AND GAS ARE SAME STORY TOLD OVER AND OVER AGAIN. GOOD TO TALK ABOUT IT I...	Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (The Institution for Social and Policy St) Best Price: $14.14 Scott's work is a meticulously-detailed analysis of the blinding effects of big-picture...	Black Gold Stranglehold Best Price: $7.39 BLACK GOLD STRANGLEHOLD is an interesting and illuminating book about the origins of Oil and the...

Mr. China: A Memoir Best Price: $4.00 Tim Clissold's Mr. China provides an excellent view of how business was done in China in the...	The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies Best Price: $17.36 Okay, all hyperbole aside, Dr. Caplan raises some excellent points, but everything he raises has...	Outrage: How Illegal Immigration, the United Nations, Congressional Ripoffs, Student Loan Overcharges, Tobacco Companies, Trade Protection, and Drug Companies Are Ripping Us Off . . . And Best Price: $4.74 This book should be a must for all Americans as it reveals just how we are being ripped off,...	Rulers and Ruled in the US Empire: Bankers, Zionists and Militants Best Price: $10.47 This is the second book that I have read by James Petras- the first was 'The Power of Israel in...	The Divine Right of Capital: Dethroning the Corporate Aristocracy Best Price: $10.02 Marjorie Kelly co-founded the magazine Business Ethics in 1987 and was its editor until 2006. ...

China Rising: Peace, Power, and Order in East Asia Best Price: $15.24 China may be the United States' "strategic rival," but Kang prefers to examine East...	The Competitive Advantage of Nations Best Price: $24.99 One of my favorites titles. I started my experience about Porter's Competitiveness by this book.	The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics (BK Currents (Hardcover)) Best Price: $15.15 In The Real Wealth of Nations, Dr. Riane Eisler has created a powerful piece of critical...	India: The Emerging Giant Best Price: $30.04 Among all the books on India written by economists (recently there have been quite a few) this...	International Economics: Theory and Policy (7th Edition) (Addison-Wesley Series in Economics) Best Price: $24.99

Reinventing Foreign Aid Best Price: $35.00 The urgency of reducing poverty in the developing world has been the subject of a public...	Monetary Policy, Inflation, and the Business Cycle: An Introduction to the New Keynesian Framework Best Price: $39.99 The New Keynesian framework has emerged as the workhorse for the analysis of monetary policy and...	7 Winning Strategies for Trading Forex: Real and Actionable Techniques for Profiting from the Currency Markets Best Price: $21.94 It is refreshing to see a book like this on the topic of forex trading, a book which is written...	The FairTax Book Best Price: $3.98 There are many reasons this book is essentially worthless: 1. No corporate taxes? Great, I'll...

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