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“Capitalism is the creation of jobs and products and services.”
— G.E. Nordell

WMail ezine Issue #40: "Paleo-Capitalism" [Feb 2004]

“I believe totally in a Capitalist System, I only wish that someone would try it.”
— Frank Lloyd Wright [1867-1959]

“These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people.”
—Abraham Lincoln [1809-65]

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Natural Capitalism
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Books  About  Capitalism

Recent  Additions

	"Global Capitalism: Its Fall and Rise In The Twentieth Century" [2006] by Jeffry A. Frieden W.W. Norton & Co. 8¼x5½ pb [4/2007] for $13.29 W.W. Norton & Co. 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2006] out of print/many used
	"The New Capitalist Manifesto: Building A Disruptively Better   Business" [2011] by Umair Haque Harvard Business Press 8¼x5½ hardcover [1/2011] for $17.79
	"Fixing Capitalism: Toward The Next Step In The Evolution of Economics" [2002] by Jonathan Carr Lulu.com 2nd Edition pb [3/2011] ISBN 978-0-578-07702-4 not on Amazon or B&N Xlibris 8½x5½ pb [12/2002] out of print/used Xlibris 8½x5½ hardcover [12/2002] for $31.99 official book site
	"Capitalism: Unjust, Unstable and Unsustainable - Henry George & Jean-Baptiste Say Revisited" [2009] by Ben Battersby iUniverse 9x6 pb [11/2009] for $15.95 iUniverse 9¼x6¼ hardcover [11/2009] for $25.95
	"23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism" [2011]   by Ha-Joon Chang Bloomsbury Press 8¼x5¾ hardcover [1/2011] for $10.80
	"The Enigma of Capital and The Crises of Capitalism" [2010] by David Harvey Oxford Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [9/2010] for $16.26 Profile Books, Ltd. 8½x5½ hardcover [4/2010] out of print/used
	"The Free Market Capitalist's Survival Guide: How To Invest and Thrive In An Era of Rampant Socialism" [2011] by TV news hack Jerry Bowyer What to do if you believe the fallacy that President Obama is a socialist. (Since that is not true, the book is worthless!) — DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK !
	"Capitalism Hits The Fan: The Global Economic Meltdown and What To Do About It" [2009] by Prof. Richard D. Wolff of UMass Olive Branch Press 9x6 pb [10/2009] for $12.24 Richard Wolff 'Capitalism Hits The Fan' lecture on DVD [2009] Media Education Foundation hour-long color DVD [3/2009] for $17.99 author's official website
	"Pseudo-Capitalism: Socialism For The Rich"[2008] by Stephen Bindman Xlibris 8¾x6 pb [10/2008] for $19.98 Xlibris hardcover [10/2008] for $29.99
	"The Road From Ruin: How To Revive Capitalism and Put America Back On Top" [2010] by Matthew Bishop & Michael Green Crown Business 9¼x6½ hardcover [1/2010] for $17.82
	"After The Fall: Saving Capitalism From Wall Street and Washington" [2009] by Nicole Gelinas Encounter Books 9½x6½ hardcover [11/2009] for $16.29
	"Relentless Revolution: A History of Capitalism" [2010] by Joyce Appleby Kindle Edition from W.W. Norton & Co. [1/2010] for $16.47 W.W. Norton & Co. 8¼x5½ pb [3/2011] for $11.96 W.W. Norton & Co. 9x6½ hardcover [1/2010] for $19.77

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"Capitalism II" video game [2001] Amazon.com ranking 8/2002 = 174!; 2005 ranking 825 Enlight Interactive game for Windows [11/2003] for $1.99 U.B.I. Soft game for Windows [12/2001] for $3.95

"Capitalism: A Love Story" [Dog Eat Dog/Weinstein Oct 2009] Back in 2008, Michael Moore described his next film as being about 'the wonders of capitalism'. However, fate provided him with the 'G.O.P. Meltdown', the still-rolling collapse of the U.S. and worldwide economy. The American Dream is looking like a nightmare for more and more ordinary people whose lives have been turned upside down, as families pay the price each day with their jobs, their homes and their savings – the disastrous impact of unregulated corporate dominance and scared politicians seeking re-election over mystified & angry citizens across America. Co-produced, written & directed by & starring Michael Moore; interviewees include Cong. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, Cong. Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, Wallace Shawn & Elizabeth Warren, with archive footage of Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Ronald Reagan & Franklin Delano Roosevelt; won 2 awards at the Venice Film Festival Starz / Anchor Bay widescreen color Blu-ray [3/2010] for $24.99 Starz / Anchor Bay widescreen color DVD [3/2010] for $17.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie site

Wall Street

"We've created a [market] system based on witchcraft."
— mutual fund pioneer John Bogle

WMail ezine Issue #18: "The Stock Market Casino" [Dec 2001]

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	"The Pecora Report: The Report On The Practices of Stock Exchanges From The 'Pecora Commission'" [1934] by U.S. Senate Committee on Banking and Currency CreateSpace / Aquitaine Media 10x7 pb [9/2009] for $25.95 Pecora Commission entry at Wikipedia
	"Where Are The Customers' Yachts?: or, A Good Hard Look At Wall Street" [1940 classic] by Fred Schwed, Jr., illustrated by Peter Arno, Introduction by Jason Zweig Wiley Investment Classics 8½x5½ pb [1/2006] for $13.41 Wiley / Marketplace 8½x5½ hardcover [2/95] for $156.26 {sic}
	"Elliott Wave Principle: Key To Market Behavior" [1985] by Robert R. Prechter Jr & A. J. Frost John Wiley & Sons 9x6 pb [1/2001] for $34.95 New Classics Library 9¾x6½ hardcover [6/98] out of print/used
	"Wall Street: How It Works and For Whom" [1997] by Doug Henwood Verso 9¼x6 pb [5/98] out of print/used Verso 9½x6¼ hardcover [6/97] for $16.50 author's website
	"Wall Street: A History" [1997 & 2004] by Charles R. Geisst Oxford Univ Press rev & expanded 9x6 pb [4/2004] for $20.81 Oxford Univ Press rev & expanded 9¾x6¼ hardcover [4/2004] out of print/used Oxford Univ Press 9x6 pb [5/99] out of print/many used Oxford Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [9/97] for $80.00
	"The Coffeehouse Investor: How To Build Wealth, Ignore Wall Street & Get On With Your Life" [1998] by Bill Schultheis recommended by John C. Bogle in August 2005 Time Magazine interview Palouse Press 8½x5½ pb 2nd edition [5/2005] for $15.00 Longstreet Press 7¾x5¼ hardcover [11/98] for $13.60 official booksite
	"Goldman Sachs: The Culture of Success" [1999] by Lisa Endlich Touchstone 9¼x6 pb [3/2000] for $11.52 Knopf 9½x6½ hardcover [2/99] out of print/many used Little, Brown 9¼x6¼ hardcover [2/99] out of print/used
	"The Great Game: The Emergence of Wall Street As A World Power, 1653-2000" [1999] by John Steele Gordon Scribner 8¼x6¼ pb [11/2000] out of print/used Scribner 9½x6½ hardcover [11/99] out of print/used
	"Lessons From The Legends of Wall Street: How Warren Buffett , Benjamin Graham, Phil Fisher, T. Rowe Price & John Templeton Can Help You Grow Rich" [2000] by Nikki Ross Kaplan Business 9x6 hardcover [6/2000] for $25.00
	"100 Years of Wall Street" [2000 bestseller] by Charles R. Geisst, Foreword by Richard A. Grasso {chair/CEO New York Stock Exchange, 1995-2003} McGraw-Hill 9½x7¾ pb [12/2000] out of print/used McGraw-Hill 10x8 hardcover [12/2000] out of print/many used
	"Take On The Street: What Wall Street and Corporate America Don't Want You To Know & What You Can Do To Fight Back" [2002] by Arthur Levitt (former chairman Securities & Exchange Commission) with Paula Dwyer Vintage 8x5¼ pb [11/2003] for $10.50 Pantheon 9½x6½ hardcover [10/2002] for $16.97 BooksOnTape UNABR audio [2/2003] for $52.56
	"Every Man A Speculator: A History of Wall Street In American Life" [2005] by Steve Fraser "A comprehensive cultural history of Wall Street." — Los Angeles Times Book Review (Feb 2005) Harper Perennial pb [2/2006] for $12.89 HarperCollins 9x6½ hardcover [2/2005] for $19.77 bargain price hardcover [2/2005] for $9.99
	"Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story" [N.Y. Times bestseller 2005] by Kurt Eichenwald "Behind thick corporate walls, in the shadows of Wall Street, along the corridors of political power, a scandal is brewing ..." Broadway Books 9x6 pb [12/2005] for $12.21 Broadway Books 9½x6½ hardcover [3/2005] out of print/hundreds used
	"Confessions of A Wall Street Analyst: A True Story of Inside Information & Corruption In The Stock Market" [2006] by Daniel Reingold, with Jennifer Reingold Collins pb [1/2007] for $10.61 Collins 9¼x6½ hardcover [2/2006] for $16.35
	"When Washington Shut Down Wall Street: The Great Financial Crisis of 1914 and The Origins of America's Monetary Supremacy" [2007] by William L. Silber After the outbreak of war in Europe, money moved toward gold, sending the world market value of the dollar into a tailspin. U.S. Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo closed the New York Stock Exchange for four months, beginning on 31 July 1914, and consolidated power in the new Federal Reserve. Princeton Univ Press 8¾x5¾ pb [7/2008] for $14.78 Princeton Univ Press 9¼x6 hardcover [1/2007] for $27.95
	"Naked Option: A Novel" [2007] by Joe Kolman Wall Street trader Dave Ackerman's ill-considered naked option trade fails, to the tune of $112 million, and he loses his job; desperate for a paycheck, he takes a bank auditing job even though something smells fishy; he and his new lover-partner discover an elegant embezzlement scheme, are soon fired, and then someone is murdered ... Harriman House hardcover [9/2007] for $18.25
	"Blue Blood and Mutiny: The Fight For The Soul of Morgan Stanley" [2007] by Patricia Beard Harper Perennial 7¾x5¼ pb [10/2008] for $11.48 Wm. Morrow 9x6 hardcover [9/2007] out of print/used
	"A Failure of Capitalism: The Crisis of '08 and The Descent Into Depression" [2008] by Richard A. Posner Harvard Univ Press hardcover [4/2008] for $16.29
	"Wall Street: America's Dream Palace" [2008] by Steve Fraser Yale Univ Press 8¼x5½ pb [4/2009] for $11.90 Yale Univ Press 8¼x5½ hardcover [4/2008] for $16.58
	"The Partnership: The Making of Goldman Sachs" [2008, rev 2009] by Charles D. Ellis Penguin Revised Edition 8½x5½ pb [9/2009] for $13.60 Penguin Press 9½x6 hardcover [10/2008] for $25.05
	"The Losing Game: Why You Can't Beat Wall Street" [2008] by T.E. Scott, with Stephen Edds Kindle Edition from Hidden Truth Publng [12/2008] for $5.95 Hidden Truth Publng 8¼x5½ pb [12/2008] for $11.21
	"Agenda For A New Economy: A Declaration of Independence From Wall Street" [2009] by David C. Korten Berrett-Koehler Publrs 2nd Edition 8½x5½ pb [8/2010] for $14.66
	"The 86 Biggest Lies On Wall Street" [2009] by John R. Talbott Seven Stories Press 7½x5 pb [undated] out of print/used Seven Stories Press 8¼x5¾ hardcover [4/2009] for $16.01
	"Two Trillion With A T: How You Bought Wall Street" Special Report [Fox News 14 March 2009] Hosted by Bret Baier; exclusive interviews include George W. Bush, his Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, House Banking Chairman Barney Frank, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, among others Fox News 42-minute color DVD [6/2009] for $19.95 not listed on IMDb • official movie site
	"American Ca$ino" documentary feature [indep Aug 2009] This film finally explains how and why the global financial system crumbled from the subprime loan market 'bubble' and over $12 trillion of our money vanished into the pockets of Wall Street titans. Co-written & directed by Leslie Cockburn; co-written by Andrew Cockburn; faeturing Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, Mayor of Baltimore Sheila Dixon, former Senator Phil Gramm, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson & Congressman Henry Waxman DVD/Blu-ray not available at Amazon • full credits at IMDb • official movie site Working Minds Philosophy Essay #18 "The Stock Market Casino" [Dec 2001]
	"Too Big To Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought To Save The Financial System – and Themselves" [2009] by Andrew Ross Sorkin, columnist for The New York Times Viking 9¼x6½ hardcover [10/2009] for $13.00
	"The Sellout: How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed & Government Mismanagement Destroyed The Global Financial System" [2009] by Charles Gasparino HarperBusiness 9x6¼ hardcover [11/2009] for $15.39
	"Bought and Paid For: The Unholy Alliance Between Barack Obama and Wall Street" [2010] by Charles Gasparino Sentinel 9¼x6 hardcover [10/2010] for $17.79
	"The Hellhound of Wall Street: How Ferdinand Pecora's Investigation of The Great Crash Forever Changed American Finance" [2010] by Michael Perino Penguin pb [DUE Sept 2011] for $11.56   Penguin Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/2010] for $12.99
	"Too Big To Fail" TV movie [H.B.O. May 2011] Directed by Curtis Hanson; based on the book by Andrew Ross Sorkin; starring William Hurt {as Hank Paulson}, Ed Asner, Kathy Baker, Billy Crudup, Topher Grace, Paul Giamatti {as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke}, Topher Grace, Dan Hedaya, Cynthia Nixon, Matthew Modine, Bill Pullman, Tony Shalhoub & James Woods {as Lehman Brothers CEO Dick Fuld}; nominated for 11 Emmy Awards H.B.O. Studios color Blu-ray [not yet released] for $25.99 H.B.O. Studios color DVD [not yet released] for $19.99 full credits at IMDb • official movie site
	"The Fear Index" novel [2011] by Robert Harris "The day has come to make a killing" A hedge fund billionaire is woken in the night by an intruder at his supposedly secure palace in Switzerland; his investigation of the incident quickly leads to the discovery that he is not as in control of his life as he had thought ... Hutchinson 9x6 pb [1/2012] out of print/used Knopf deckle-edge 9½x6½ hardcover [1/2012] for $14.97 Hutchinson 9¼x6 hardcover [10/2011] out of print/used
	"Red-Blooded Risk: The Secret History of Wall Street" [2011] by Aaron Brown, Illustrated by Erik Kim Starting in the late 1960s, a loose group of mathematicians constructed a theory of risk analysis that used precisely-calculated quantitative guidance to predict 'the market'. They started with gambling in Las Vegas, Nevada and did so well that they were run out of the casinos. Then they tried sports betting, and again made a fortune. (By this time they were known as 'quants'.) Their computerized secret let tiny quantitative edges create hedge fund billionaires, and created the powerful modern global derivatives economy. Wiley & Sons 9x6½ hardcover [10/2011] for $23.07

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