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"Excellent . . . I highly recommend this book." -RON PAUL
Why is the boom-and-bust cycle so persistent? Why did economists fail to predict the economic meltdown that began in 2007-or to pull us out of the crisis more quickly? And how can we prevent future calamities?
Mainstream economics has no adequate answers for these pressing questions. To understand how we got here, and how we can ensure prosperity, we must turn to an alternative to...
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Leviathan is back
The threat of statism has reemerged in force. The federal government has radically expanded its power-through bailouts, "stimulus" packages, a trillion-dollar health-care plan, "jobs bills," massive expansions of the money supply, and much more. But such interventionism did not suddenly materialize with the recent economic collapse. The dangerous trends of government growth, debt increases, encroachments on individual liberty,...
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How did China grow from an impoverished country to become the second largest economy in the world in just over four decades? And how did this economic miracle come to an end, as seems the case today?To understand the story of China's rapid rise and equally rapid fall, author Anne Stevenson-Yang takes us back to the beginning, when Deng Xiaoping took over and opened its moribund economy to Western money and know-how. Stevenson-Yang, who lived and worked...
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¿Cuáles son las causas de la pobreza? ¿Son inevitables las crisis cíclicas en una economía de mercado? ¿Es beneficiosa la intervención del Estado en la economía o, por el contrario, es fuente de problemas? Aunque las respuestas a estas preguntas básicas nos conciernen a todos, el vocabulario económico puede ser un obstáculo para muchos. Breve historia de la Economía, escrito de forma amena y accesible, está pensado para todos aquellos...
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"[Following the financial crisis], some 95% of 2009-2012 income gains went to the wealthiest 1%"--The Wall Street Journal
You've heard about million-dollar football contracts. You scoff at CEOs making tens of millions per year. You know that Warren Buffett has made billion-dollar trades with companies like Apple. Yet, these stories only have one thing in common, and it relates to a word you think about every day: value.
Whether you earn a salary,...
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LA ECONOMÍA EN LA PREHISTORIA Y LA ANTIGÜEDADEUROPA PREINDUSTRIALLA CRISIS DEL SIGLO XVIILA REVOLUCIÓN INDUSTRIAL: LAS POSIBLES DEFINICIONES Y EL DEBATE HISTORIOGRÁFICOEN LOS ORÍGENES DE LA REVOLUCIÓN INDUSTRIALFACTORES CONDICIONANTES DEL PROCESO DE INDUSTRIALIZACIÓNLA PRIMERA REVLUCIÓN INDUSTRIAL (1750-1850)EL COMIENZO DEL PROCESO DE INDUSTRIALIZACIÓN EN EL CONTINENTE EUROPEOLA INDUSTRIALIZACIÓN EN GRAN BRETAÑA, BÉLGICA, FRANCIA, ALEMANIA...
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Until the 1950s, the struggle to feed, clothe, and employ the nation drove most of American political life. From slavery to the New Deal, political parties organized around economic interests and engaged in fervent debate over the best allocation of agonizingly scarce resources. But with the explosion of the nation's economy in the years after World War II, a new set of needs began to emerge-a search for meaning and self-expression on one side, and...
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The term "capitalism" is generally applied to the system under which the instruments of production are the property of private owners, who usually employ managers and manual workers to carry out production by their means…
A word first of all to indicate clearly the point of view which characterizes the study. I shall not enter into the question of the formation of capital itself, that is, of the sum total of the goods employed by their possessor...
9) Bad News
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Where was the business press in the weeks and months leading up to the deepest financial crisis since the Great Depression? As our economy unraveled, journalists struggled to keep up with the story of the century, grappling with an alphabet soup of derivatives, backroom deals, and toxic financial instruments. But many fault the media itself for having helped to create the bubble in the first place. Did the press fail its mandate as an engine of truth...
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In this bold history and manifesto, a former White House director of economic policy exposes the economic, political, and cultural cracks that wealthy nations face and makes the case for transforming those same vulnerabilities into sources of strength-and the foundation of a national renewal.
America and other developed countries, including Germany, Japan, France, and Great Britain are in desperate straits. The loss of community, a contracting jobs...
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ECONOMICS 101
In Popular Economics: What the Rolling Stones, Downton Abbey, and LeBron James Can Teach You About Economics (Regnery Publishing; April 13, 2015; $27.99) Tamny translates the so-called difficult and intimidating subject of economics into plain language, revealing that there is nothing mysterious about finance, commerce, and budgets. In fact, we are all microeconomists in our daily lives.
"Economics is easy, and its lessons are...
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"Silber is a charming narrator, and the stories in this book range from the Montgomery bus boycott to the mating habits of spiders to the sinking of the Lusitania. The insight linking these episodes is both simple and profound: when people (or spiders) have nothing to lose, caution deserts them. Refugees seeking asylum, presidents facing term limits, patients with terminal illnesses, Adolf Hitler in December 1944: all illustrate how desperate people...
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Christopher Maule a été membre du département d'économie de Carleton de 1962 à 1964 et de 1970 à 1995, date à laquelle il s'est retiré de l'enseignement à plein temps. De 1988 à 1993, il a été directeur de la Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, période durant laquelle l'accent a été mis sur l'économie. Avant cela, il a enseigné l'économie à l'Université McMaster. Maule a obtenu un baccalauréat de l'Université de...
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In the United States at the height of the Cold War, roughly between the end of World War II and the early 1980s, a new project of redefining rationality commanded the attention of sharp minds, powerful politicians, wealthy foundations, and top military brass. Its home was the human sciences-psychology, sociology, political science, and economics, among others-and its participants enlisted in an intellectual campaign to figure out what rationality...
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"Written with verve and passion. . . . offers a remarkable array of insights into the history of American capitalism." - Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History, Columbia University
"Big, boisterous, biting, and brilliant. . . . both page-turner and scholarly tour de force." - Walter A. McDougall, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Freedom Just Around the Corner
"Remarkable. . . . Fraser tells the tale in high style." - Sean Wilentz, Dayton-Stockton...
17) Uncle Sam Can't Count: A History of Failed Government Investments, from Beaver Pelts to Green Energy
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Drawing on examples from the nation's past and present-the fur trade to railroads, cars and chemicals, aviation to Solyndra-Uncle Sam Can't Count a sweeping work of conservative economic history that explains why the federal government cannot and should not pick winners and losers in the private sector, including the Obama administration.
From the days of George Washington through World War II to today, government subsidies have failed dismally argue...
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"Discover the blueprint for a sustainable maritime industry in this groundbreaking book. From innovative ship designs to international regulations and market opportunities, it provides a roadmap for reducing environmental impact while maximizing economic benefits. Packed with real-world case studies and best practices, this essential guide is a must-have for industry professionals and policymakers alike. Join the movement towards a greener and more...
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In this timely new P.I. Guide, Murphy reveals the stark truth: free market failure didn't cause the Great Depression and the New Deal didn't cure it. Shattering myths and politically correct lies, he tells why World War II didn't help the economy or get us out of the Great Depression; why it took FDR to make the Depression Great; and why Herbert Hoover was more like Obama and less like Bush than the liberal media would have you believe. Free-market...
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How didthe banking sector grow from a supporter of business to the biggest business in the world? Financial journalist Nicholas Shaxson takes us on a terrifying journey through the world economy, exposing tax havens, monopolists, megabanks, private equity firms, Eurobond traders, lobbyists, and a menagerie of scoundrels quietly financializing our entire society, hurting both business and individuals.
Shaxson shows how we got here, telling the story...
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