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The U.S. Treasury's Calculation of the Current National Debt
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Major Economists

Dr. Ravi Batra Page

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	"Three Great Economists: Smith, Malthus, Keynes" [1997] by D.D. Raphael, Donald Winch & Robert Skidelsky "Indispensable for the beginner ... also a delight to read." Oxford Univ Press 7¾x5 pb [5/97] out of print/used see also Maison d'Κtre's John Maynard Keynes [1883-1946] Page see also Maison d'Κtre's Adam Smith [1723-90] Page
	"A Brief History of Economics: Artful Approaches To The Dismal Science" [orig 1994, rev 2001] by E. Ray Canterbery individuals covered include: Jeremy Bentham, John Kenneth Galbraith, Robert Heilbroner, John Maynard Keynes, Thomas Robert Malthus, Alfred Marshall, Karl Marx, John Stuart Mill, David Ricardo, Joseph A. Schumpeter, Adam Smith & Thor-stein Veblen; other topics covered include: Capitalism, The Casino Economy, Feudalism, The Global Economy, The Great Depression & The Jazz Age World Scientific Publng 8½x6 pb [7/2001] for $32.72
	"Money Masters of Our Time" [orig 1994, rev 2000] by John Train Author provides new and updated appraisals of the investment techniques and methods of acknowledged 'money masters', including Warren Buffett, Paul Cabot, Philip Carret, Philip Fisher, Benjamin Graham, Mark Lightbrown, Peter Lynch, John Neff, T. Rowe Price, Richard Rainwater, Julian Robertson, Jim Rogers, George Soros, Michael Steinhardt, John Templeton, Ralph Wanger & Robert Wilson. Harper 8x5¼ pb [5/2003] for $10.65 HarperBusiness hardcover [8/2000] out of print/used
	"Inside The Economist's Mind: Conversations With Eminent Economists" [2006] Edited by Paul A. Samuelson & William A. Barnett Wiley & Sons hardcover [10/2006] for $19.77 interviewees include Robert Aumann, David Cass, Jacques Dreze, Martin Feldstein, Stanley Fischer, Milton Friedman, Janos Kornai, Wassily Leontief, Robert E. Lucas Jr., Franco Modigliani, Paul A. Samuelson (by Barnett}, Thomas J. Sargent, Robert J. Shiller, Christopher A. Sims, James Tobin & Paul A. Volcker Barnett's blog
	"The Soulful Science: What Economists Really Do & Why It Matters" [2007] by Diane Coyle Princeton Univ Press pb [1/2008] for $13.57 Princeton Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2007] for $18.45
	"Investment Legends: The Wisdom that Leads to Wealth" [2008] by Barrie Dunstan, Foreword by Charles D. Ellis "The World's Greatest Money Managers ... How They Did It, What They Believe"; featuring Peter Bernstein, Barton Biggs, Jack Bogle, Anthony Bolton, Sir Ron Brierley, Gary Brinson, Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger, Abby Joseph Cohen, Ray Dalio, Marc Faber, David Fisher, Jeremy Grantham, Bill Gross, Martin Leibowitz & Lew Sanders Wrightbooks 9x5¾ pb [10/2008] for $21.12

Major Economists, A to Z

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Dr. Roger A. Arnold, PhD: author of very popular college textbooks
browse books • faculty webpage at Cal State San Marcos

	"Economics, 9th Edition" [2008] Thomson South-Western Cengage 10x8½ hardcover [12/2008] for $168.76 "Economics, Concise Edition" with InfoTrack disk [2006] Thomson South-Western Cengage 10x8¼ pb [1/2006] for $121.50
	"Macroeconomics, 9th Edition" [2008] Thomson South-Western Cengage 10x8½ pb [12/2008] for $143.05 "Microeconomics, 9th Edition" [2008] Thomson South-Western Cengage 10x8½ pb [12/2008] for $143.05
	"How To Think Like An Economist" (for instructors) [2004] Thomson South-Western Cengage 8¾x5¾ pb [1/2004] for $19.75
	"Economics In Our Times" high school textbook [pre-1990] Thomson South-Western Cengage 10x8¼ pb [12/99] for $89.42 National Textbook Co. hardcover [6/2001] for $95.99

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Dr. George B.N. Ayittey
browse books • Free Africa Foundation • faculty webpage

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Frιdιric Bastiat [1801-50]
books • Wikipedia

Bastiat Committee website
Bastiat Prize for Journalism [est. 2002]
Le Cercle Frιdιric Bastiat (in French or English)

"The Law: The Classic Blueprint For A Free Society" [original title "La Loi" 1849] Ludwig von Mises Institute 8¼x5¼ pb [6/2007] for $6.00 B&N Publng 8¼x5¼ pb [6/2007] for $11.04 B&N Publng 8½x5¾ hardcover [1/2005] for $14.99 book entry at Wikipedia

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Dr. Reveendra N. {'Ravi'} Batra Page

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William J. Baumol
browse books • N.Y.U. faculty homepage • Wikipedia

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Prof. Bernard C. Beaudreau
Professor of Economics at Universitι Laval, Quebec City, Canada

"How The Republicans Caused The Stock Market Crash of 1929: GPT's, Failed Transitions, and Commercial Policy"
[12/2005] by Bernard C. Beaudreau
http://www.amazon.com/Republicans-Caused-Stock-Market-Crash/dp/0595379087/

"The National Industrial Recovery Act Redux: Technology and Transitions" [12/2005] by Bernard C. Beaudreau
http://www.amazon.com/National-Industrial-Recovery-Act-Redux/dp/0595379028/

"The Economic Consequences of Mr. Keynes: How The Second Industrial Revolution Passed Great Britain"
[2006} by Bernard C. Beaudreau

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Dr. Ben S. Bernanke
Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, from Feb 2006
books • official homepage • Wikipedia

Time Magazine 'Person of The Year' for 2009

	"Essays On The Great Depression" [2000] by Ben S. Bernanke Princeton Univ Press 9x6 pb [1/2004] for $21.56 Princeton Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [4/2000] out of print/used see also Spirit of America's 'Great Depression' [1929-39] Page
	"Principles of Economics" [2001] by Robert H. Frank & Ben S. Bernanke McGraw-Hill/Irwin 4th edition 11x8¾ hardcover [8/2008] for $143.80 McGraw-Hill/Irwin 3rd edition 11x8½ hardcover [12/2005] for $143.80 "Principles of Economics: Brief Edition" [2008] McGraw-Hill/Irwin 11x8¾ hardcover w/2009 update [7/2009] for $157.81 McGraw-Hill/Irwin 11x8¾ hardcover [9/2008] for $111.90

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Jared Bernstein, ex-EPI

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Peter L. Bernstein
browse books • official website • Wikipedia

	"A Primer On Government Spending" [1963] by Robert L. Heilbroner & Peter L. Bernstein Random House 8x5 pb [1971] out of print/used Vintage Books mass pb [1963] out of print/used Random House hardcover [1963] out of print/used
	Peter L. Bernstein Classics Boxed Set: "Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street" [1992], "Against The Gods: The Remark-able Story of Risk" [1996] & "The Power of Gold: The History of An Obsession" [2000] Wiley Classics 9x6 pb box set [10/2005] for $26.37
	"Capital Ideas Evolving" [2007] an update of 1992's 'Capital Ideas' Wiley & Sons 9x6 hardcover [5/2007] for $19.77

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mutual fund pioneer John C. Bogle
browse books by John Bogle • books about John Bogle • official website • Wikipedia

	"Enough: True Measures of Money, Business, and Life" [2008] by John C. Bogle Wiley 6¾x4¾ pb [6/2010] for $10.76 Wiley 7x5¼ hardcover [11/2008] for $16.47
	"The Battle For The Soul of Capitalism: How The Financial System Undermined Social Ideals, Damaged Trust In The Markets, Robbed Investors of Trillions — And What To Do About It" [2005] by John C. Bogle Yale Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [11/2006] for $12.00 Yale Univ Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [11/2005] for $25.60

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capitalist Warren E. Buffett Page
at Spirit of America Bookstore

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Douglas R. 'Doug' Casey
browse books • official website • entry at Wikipedia

	"The International Man: The Complete Guidebook To The World's Last Frontiers - For Freedom Seekers, Investors, Adventurers, Speculators & Expatriates" [1978] by Douglas R. Casey, Preface by Harry Brown, Foreword by Harry D. Schultz out of print/rare: not available on Amazon
	"Crisis Investing: Opportunities and Profits In The Coming Great Depression" [Stratford Press 1979] Pocket pb [2/83] out of print/many, many used HarperCollins 8½x5½ hardcover [7/80] out of print/used the best-selling financial book in history, remaining #1 on the New York Times bestseller list for a then-record 29 weeks
	"International Investing: The Complete Databook To The World's Last Frontiers For Smart Money Management Overseas" [1981] Everest House 10¾x8½ pb [6/81] out of print/used
	"Strategic Investing" [1982 national bestseller] "Discover the four-part, money-making program [that] you must follow for financial success in our perilous economy!" Pocket mass pb [2/83] out of print/used Pocket mass pb [2/83] out of print/many used Simon & Schuster 8½x5½ hardcover [3/82] out of print/many, many used
	"Crisis Investing For The Rest of The 90s" [1993] Carol Publng 9x6 pb [rev 3/95] out of print/many used Carol Publng 9x6 hardcover [10/93] out of print/many used

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Ray Dalio
Wikipedia • Bridgewater Associates hedge fund [est. 1975]: official website + Wikipedia

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ecological economist Herman E. Daly
browse books • Wikipedia

"Toward A Steady-State Economy" [1973] as editor
"Steady-State Economics" [1977]
"For The Common Good" [1989] with theologian John B. Cobb, Jr. {received the Grawemeyer Award}
"Valuing The Earth" [1993] with Kenneth Townsend
"Beyond Growth" [1996]
"Ecological Economics and The Ecology of Economics" [1999]
"The Local Politics of Global Sustainability" [2000] with Thomas Prugh & Robert Costanza
"Ecological Economics: Principles and Applications" [2003] with Joshua Farley

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Dr. W. Edwards Deming [1900-93] Page

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Peter F. Drucker [1909-2005]
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	"Concept of The Corporation" [orig 1946] by Peter F. Drucker Transaction Publrs 9x6 pb [1993] for $17.96 John Day Co. hardcover [10/72] out of print/used
	"Post-Capitalist Society" [1993 bestseller] Collins 8x5¼ pb [4/94] for $11.70 HarperCollins 9½x5½ hardcover [4/93] out of print/used

"The Essential Drucker: The Best of Sixty Year..." [2001] by Peter F. Drucker
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Drucker-Druckers-Management-Essentials/dp/0061345016/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0066210879/nordellbookst-20

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Ralph N. Elliott [1871-1948]
bio • 'Masterworks' • RBG's essay [12/2002]

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Charles D. 'Charley' Ellis
Wikipedia {empty} • Greenwich Associates hedge fund [est. 1972]: official website + Wikipedia

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Irving Fisher [1867-1947]
Both Milton Friedman and James Tobin called Fisher
'the greatest economist [that] the United States has ever produced'.
browse books • Wikipedia
http://www.newschool.edu/nssr/het/profiles/fisher.htm

"Elementary Principles of Economics" [1913] by Irving Fisher
http://www.amazon.com/Elementary-Principles-of-Economics-ebook/dp/B001AZS1LY/

"The Money Illusion" [1928] by Irving Fisher
http://www.amazon.com/Money-Illusion-Irving-Fisher/dp/1891396900/

"Booms & Depressions: Some First Principles" [1932] by Irving Fisher
http://www.amazon.com/Booms-Depressions-Some-First-Principles/dp/1453697640/

"The Debt-Deflation Theory of Great Depressions" [1933] by Irving Fisher Kindle Edition from ThaiSunset Publns [8/2010] for $6.95 Martino Fine Books 8¼x5¾ pb [3/2011] for $5.95 CreateSpace 8½x5½ pb [6/2010] for $8.85

"100% Money and The Public Debt" [1935] by Irving Fisher
http://www.amazon.com/100-Money-Public-Irving-Fisher/dp/1449590292/

"The Works of Irving Fisher" in 14 volumes [Pickering & Chatto 1996]
Edited by William J. Barber, et al

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Robert H. Frank of Cornell University
browse books • official website • Wikipedia

"The Winner-Take-All Society: Why The Few At The Top Get So Much More
Than The Rest of Us" [9/1996] /0140259953/
"Luxury Fever: Money and Happiness In An Era of Excess" [Princeton Univ Press 2000]

	"Principles of Economics" [2001] by Robert H. Frank & Ben S. Bernanke McGraw-Hill/Irwin 4th edition 11x8¾ hardcover [8/2008] for $143.80 McGraw-Hill/Irwin 3rd edition 11x8½ hardcover [12/2005] for $143.80 "Principles of Economics: Brief Edition" [2008] McGraw-Hill/Irwin 11x8¾ hardcover w/2009 update [7/2009] for $157.81 McGraw-Hill/Irwin 11x8¾ hardcover [9/2008] for $111.90
	"Falling Behind: How Rising Inequality Harms The Middle Class" [2007] by Robert H. Frank Univ CA Press 8x5 pb [7/2007] for $13.57 Univ CA Press 8½x5½ hardcover [7/2007] for $50.00

"The Economic Naturalist: In Search of Solutions To Everyday Enigmas" [Basic Books 2007]
"The Return of the Economic Naturalist: How Economics Helps Make Sense of Your World"
[Virgin Books 2009] ISBN 978-0-753519660
"The Darwin Economy: Liberty, Competition, and The Common Good" [8/2011] /0691153191/

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Milton Friedman [1912-2006]
browse books • Stanford/Hoover biopage • Wikipedia
1976 Nobel Prize for Economics
http://www.freetochoose.net/

	"Free To Choose: A Personal Statement" [1980 international bestseller] by Milton & Rose Friedman Companion book to the TV series (below) - or vice versa Kindle Edition from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt [1990 edition] for $7.83 Mariner Books 8x5½ pb [11/90] for $8.24 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich mass pb [1980] out of print/used Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 8½x6 hardcover [1980] out of print/dozens used
	"Free To Choose: The Complete Television Series" [PBS 1980] Ten hour-long programs, filmed on location around the world: "The Power of The Market", "The Tyranny of Control", "Anatomy of A Crisis", "From Cradle To Grave", "Created Equal", "What's Wrong with Our Schools?", "Who Protects the Consumer?", "Who Protects The Worker?", "How To Cure Inflation", and "How To Stay Free" Directed by Peter Robinson; written by & starring Milton Friedman Free To Choose Media color DVD [1990] for $95.00 from producer series credits at IMDb
	"Free To Choose: The Updated and Revised Television Series" [indep 1990] The 1980 TV series re-edited into 5 shorter 'volumes', each with a companion book; featuring Steve Allen, David Friedman, Ronald Reagan, Arnold Schwarzenegger & George Shultz Free To Choose Media color DVD [2009] for $75.00 from producer
	"The Power of Choice: The Life and Ideas of Milton Friedman" [public TV Jan 2007] 90-minute TV special, with bonus interview Free To Choose Media color DVD [undated] for $24.95 from producer no entry at IMDb

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John Kenneth Galbraith [1908-2006] Page

{JKG's son} macro-economist James K. Galbraith

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'Dean of Wall Street' Benjamin Graham [1894-1976]
browse books • $treet Authority page • Wikipedia

New School bio

	"The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book On Value Investing" [orig 1949] updated with new commentary by Jason Zweig; Preface & Appendix by Warren E. Buffett HarperBusiness Essentials pb [2/2006] for $13.57
	"Benjamin Graham On Value Investing: Lessons From The Dean of Wall Street" [1994] by Janet Lowe Penguin 7½x5 pb [3/96] for $10.17 Dearborn Trade Publn 9x6 hardcover [10/94] out of print/used
	"The Rediscovered Benjamin Graham: Selected Writings of The Wall Street Legend" [199] by Janet Lowe Wiley 9x6 9x6 hardcover [4/99] for $29.83
	"How To Think Like Benjamin Graham and Invest Like Warren Buffett" [2001] by Lawrence A. Cunningham McGraw-Hill 9x6 pb [9/2002] for $16.46 McGraw-Hill 9¼x5¾ hardcover [1/2001] out of print/used Warren Buffett Page at Spirit of America Bookstore

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Alan Greenspan
former Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, 1987-2006
Maison d'Κtre's Alan Greenspan Page

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F.A. {Friedrich August} Hayek [1858-1940]
books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia
won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1974

"The Road To Serfdom" [1944 classic] by F.A. Hayek "Morally & philosophically, I find myself in agreement with the whole of [Hayek's "Road To Serfdom"]." — John Maynard Keynes [1883-1946] Univ of Chicago Press 8x5 pb [9/94] for $9.48 Univ of Chicago Press hardcover [9/94] for $19.25 Blackstone UNABR audio [8/97] for $49.95

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New School educator Robert L. Heilbroner [1919-2005] Page

"Economics Explained: Everything You Need To Know About How The Economy Works & Where It's Going" [1982] by Robert L. Heilbroner & Lester Thurow Touchstone 8½x5½ 4th edition pb [5/98] for $10.87 Prentice Hall Trade 9x6 hardcover [3/82] out of print/used

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John Atkinson Hobson [1858-1940]
books • Wikipedia

online text of Hobson's "Work and Wealth: A Human Valuation" [1914]

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Geoffrey M. Hodgson
books • Wikipedia

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Jane Jacobs [1916-2006]
browse books • Ideas That Matter • Wikipedia • Zompist fansite

	"The Economy of Cities" [1969 classic] by Jane Jacobs Vintage mass pb [2/70] for $10.78 Random House hardcover [2/69] out of print/used
	"Cities and The Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life" [1984 classic] by Jane Jacobs Vintage mass pb [3/85] for $9.63 Random House hardcover [5/84] out of print/many used

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Eliot Janeway [1913-93]
browse books • Wikipedia

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British economist John Maynard Keynes [1883-1946] Page

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Paul Krugman
browse books • Wikipedia

won Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2008
Paul Krugman's New York Times column
Paul Krugman's Princeton webpage
unofficial Paul Krugman archive

	"The Return of Depression Economics" [1999] by Paul Krugman W.W. Norton & Co. 8x5½ pb [5/2000] out of print/many used W.W. Norton & Co. 8½x6 hardcover [4/99] out of print/many used see also greatly-updated edition issued in 2008 {below}
	"The Return of Depression Economics and The Crisis of 2008" [2008 New York Times bestseller] by Paul Krugman W.W. Norton & Co. 8¼x5½ pb [9/2009] for $11.32 W.W. Norton & Co. hardcover [12/2008] for $14.99

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Deirdre N. McCloskey
Prof. McCloskey plans a six-volume study on the Bourgeois Era; two are now published.
browse books • author's official website Wikipedia

	"The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics For An Age of Commerce" [2006] by Deirdre N. McCloskey Univ Chicago Press 9x6½ pb [10/2007] for $15.44 Univ Chicago Press 9x6¾ hardcover [7/2006] for $23.90
	"Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain The Modern World" [2010] by Deirdre N. McCloskey Univ Chicago Press pb [9/2011] for $15.30   Univ Chicago Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [11/2010] for $23.10

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C. Wright Mills [1916-1962] Page

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tv economics guru Suze Orman
browse books • official website • Wikipedia
listed among Time Magazine 100 Most Influential People in 2008 & 2009

	"Suze Orman's Action Plan: New Rules For New Times" [2010]   Spiegel & Grau mass pb [rev 3/2010] for $9.99 "Suze Orman's 2009 Action Plan: Keeping Your Money Safe & Sound" [2009 bestseller] Spiegel & Grau mass pb [12/2008] for $9.99
	"The Best of The Suze Orman Collection" DVD Box Set [2004] includes "The Courage To Be Rich" [1999], "The Road To Wealth" [2001], "The 9 Steps To Financial Freedom" [2003], and "The Laws of Money" [2004] PBS Direct color DVD set [12/2004] 4 disks - out of prodn/scarce

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Henry M. 'Hank' Paulson, Jr.
Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs {hired 1974, promoted 1999, left 2006}
U.S. Treasury Secretary, 2006-2009
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	"You, Me & The U.S. Economy: A Plainspoken Story of Financial Crisis" [2010] by Stacy Carlson, Foreword by Henry M. Paulson, Jr. The author was Speechwriter to Treasury Secretary Paulson from May 2007 until 20 January 2009. RosettaBooks 8¾x6 pb [1/2010] for $17.95 official book site
	"On The Brink: Inside The Race To Stop The Collapse of   The Global Financial System" [2010] by Henry M. Paulson Business Plus 9x6 pb [2/2010] imported/new-used Business Plus 9x6¼ hardcover [2/2010] for $15.94

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Judge Richard Allen Posner of Chicago
very concerned with the relationship between law and economics
browse books • official website • official blog • Wikipedia

	"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
	"The Crisis of Capitalist Democracy" [2010] by Richard A. Posner Harvard Univ Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [3/2010] for $17.13

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Raghuram G. Rajan of Chicago
browse books • Chicago Booth faculty homepage • Wikipedia

"Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten The World Economy" [2010] Princeton Univ Press 9¼x6 hardcover [5/2010] for $17.79

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Nouriel Roubini
browse books • homepage at NYU/Stern • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

has a cameo role in Oliver Stone's "Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps" [2010]
Roubini Global Economics official website

"Crisis Economics: A Crash Course In The Future of Finance" [2010] by Nouriel Roubini & Stephen Mihm Penguin Press 9¼x6 hardcover [5/2010] for $16.34

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Louis Rukeyser [1933-2003]
books & audio

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Paul A. Samuelson [1915-2009]
books • Wikipedia

1970 Nobel Prize for Economics

"Economics: An Introductory Analysis" [1948 classic] by Paul A. Samuelson 800-page 18th edition, co-authored by William D. Nordhaus McGraw-Hill/Irwin 10¼x8 hardcover [7/2004] for $123.75 !! 1948 original McGraw-Hill/Irwin hardcover [12/97] out of print/used

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Joseph A. Schumpeter [1883-1950]
"Probably the second most influential economist of the 20th century, after Keynes."
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	"Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy" [1942 bestseller & classic] by Joseph A. Schumpeter Harper Perennial 7¾x5¼ pb [11/2008] for $10.87 Harper Perennial 3rd edition pb [12/62] out of print/many used Peter Smith Publng 8x5½ hardcover [6/84] out of print/used
	"Can Capitalism Survive?: Creative Destruction & The Future of The Global Economy" [orig 1978] by Joseph A. Schumpeter Harper Perennial mass pb [9/2009] for $8.00
	"Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter & Creative Destruction" [2007] by Thomas K. McCraw Belknap Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [4/2007] for $23.10

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Amartya Sen
browse books • Harvard faculty homepage • Wikipedia

won Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998
trustee of Economists for Peace and Security [est. 1989]
listed on Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential Persons In The World" in 2006

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philosopher-economist Adam Smith [1723-1790]
"For [Adam] Smith, the market moves toward monopoly; it is the job of the philosopher
to define, and of the soveriegn state to restore, fair play." — Adam Gopnik, in 2010

Maison d'Κtre Bookstore's Adam Smith Page

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Joseph E. Stiglitz
browse books • Columbia faculty homepage • Wikipedia

won shared Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2001

	"Globalization and Its Discontents" [2002 bestseller] W.W. Norton 8½x5½ pb [4/2003] for $10.85 W.W. Norton 9½x6½ hardcover [6/2002] for $16.47
	"Making Globalization Work" [2006] follow-up to "Globalization and Its Discontents" [2002 bestseller] above W.W. Norton 9¼x6½ hardcover [9/2006] for $17.79 co-winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics
	"The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of The Iraq Conflict" [2008] by Joseph E. Stiglitz & Linda J. Bilmes W.W. Norton 8x5½ pb [9/2008] for $10.85 W.W. Norton 8½x5¾ hardcover [3/2008] for $14.65
	"Freefall: America, Free Markets & The Sinking of The World Economy" [2010] by Joseph E. Stiglitz W.W. Norton 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2010] for $16.34

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Prof. Lester C. Thurow of M.I.T./Sloan
browse books • official website • Wikipedia

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James Tobin [1918-2002] of Harvard & Yale
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won Nobel Prize for Economics in 1981

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The 'Turtle Trading' Experiment
The 1980s 'Turtle Trading' experiment of Richard Dennis & William Eckhardt is documented by
participant Michael Covel and others; any 'system' is suspect, but this one still has a good reputation.

Michael W. Covel
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Richard Dennis

William Eckhardt

Curtis M. Faith

	"The Complete TurtleTrader: How 23 Novice Investors Became Overnight Millionaires" [2007] by Michael W. Covel Harper 8x5½ pb [2/2009] for $10.62 HarperBusiness 9x6 hardcover [10/2007] for $17.15
	"Way of The Turtle: The Secret Methods That Turned Ordinary People Into Legendary Traders" [2007] by Curtis M. Faith The author was 19 years old when he was recruited as a Turtle Trader, and the record shows that he made some $30 million in profits McGraw-Hill 9x6 hardcover [3/2007] for $18.45

"The Original Turtle Trading Rules" [indep video release 2008] Appears to be an incomplete, quickie video by someone fired by Mr. Dennis Directed by Jody Costa, featuring Russell Sands; not listed on IMDb Marketplace Books color DVD [12/2008] for $99.00 official website

"Broke: The New American Dream" [Documentary Channel 2009] 'Explores human behavior during the 2007-2009 market crash' Directed by Michael Covel; featuring 'top traders' David Harding, Larry Hite, Bill Miller, Mark Mobius & Jim Rogers, and Nobel Prize winners Dr. Harry Markowitz & Dr. Vernon Smith Nature Nurture Prodns color DVD [2009] direct from producer via Amazon for $19.99 not listed on IMDb • official movie site

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Thorstein B. Veblen [1857-1929] Page

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Paul A. Volcker [b. 1927]
President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 1975–79
Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, 1979-87
listed on Time Magazine 100 for 2010
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Walter E. Williams
entry at Wikipedia
While positioning himself as a libertarian and as an economist, Prof. Williams spews right-wing tropes
that debase democracy. (Clue: He is a regular on the Limp Rushbaugh radio propaganda show.)

Links About Economics
Summation of Keynes's theories at Biz Ed Institute, U.K.
The Brandt Equation: Blueprint for the New Global Economy
The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics {online}
Economy.com & Dismal Scientist
Francisco's 'Money' Speech from "Atlas Shrugged"
glossary of economic terms (at W.W. Norton)
History of Economic Thought (at New School University)
[U.S.] Job Watch website
F.I.N.C.A. Village Banking [est. 1985]
Library of Economics & Liberty
Moving Ideas {The Electronic Policy Network} economics links
National Center for Employee Ownership
National Endowment For Financial Education & Get Smart About Your Money
Natural Capitalism
Nobel Prizes in Economics [est. 1969]
ONE.org - The Campaign to Make Poverty History
Program on Corporations, Law & Democracy [est. 1994]
Progressive Utilization Theory website
Responsible Wealth Project
Thinkers 50: global ranking of business thinkers
United for a Fair Economy
World Economic Forum in Switzerland
Economic Principles independent weekly journal [est. 3/2002]
Bastiat Prize for Journalism [est. 2002]
American Economics Assn. [est. 1885]
Economists For Peace and Security [est. 1989]: in USA • in Europe

AEAweb AEA's EconLit site

     
Economic Policy Institute blog 'Working Economics' [launched 9/2011]  

Working Minds Philosophy ezine Essay #54: "F*** The Fed", Sept 2005

"Dismantling The Temple" article by Wm. Greider in The Nation Magazine, Aug 2009

Federal Reserve Board website
Federal Reserve entry at Wikipedia

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Capitalism

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

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

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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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Classic Works on Economics

... including works by Fanon, Friedman, Galbraith, Hayek, Heilbroner, Keynes, Malkiel,
Menger, Ayn Rand, Samuelson, Adam Smith, Veblen, von Mises & others
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