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Hamilton's Blessing / National Debt book by John Steele Gordon   "Hamilton's Blessing: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Our National Debt" [1997]
by John Steele Gordon

Walker & Co. 8x5½ pb [rev 3/2010] for $10.88  
Penguin 7¾x5 pb [1/98] out of print/used
Diane Publng 8½x5¼ hardcover [2/97] for $21.00
author's official website
Pseudo-Capitalism, Socialism For The Rich book by Stephen Bindman  
"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
No One Would Listen Financial Thriller book by Harry Markopolos  "No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller" [2010]  
by Harry Markopolos

Independent financial fraud investigator Markopolos and his 'Fox Hounds' team investigated, documented, and reported Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme to newspapers and to the S.E.C.; the warnings were ignored repeatedly, until the scheme fell apart as the world's largest financial fraud ever.
Wiley 9x6½ hardcover [3/2010] for $15.37

Money Makers book by David Snider & Chris Howard  "Money Makers: Inside The New World of Finance and Business" [2010]
by David Snider & Dr. Chris Howard

Illuminates the histories, mechanics, operations & challenges of investment banking, venture capital, private equity, hedge funds, management consulting, and the management of Fortune 500 companies.
Palgrave Macmillan hardcover [2/2010] for $18.48
Economics for the Rest of Us book by Moshe Adler  "Economics For The Rest of Us: Debunking The Science  
That Makes Life Dismal" [2009]
by Moshe Adler

New Press 7¼x5½ hardcover [12/2009] for $16.47
The Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System book by Henry M. Paulson  "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
Inside Look at Why Amish Businesses Thrive book by Erik Wesner  "Success Made Simple: An Inside Look At Why Amish  
Businesses Thrive" [2010]
by Erik Wesner

Jossey-Bass 9x6 hardcover [3/2010] for $16.47
Lords of Finance book by Liaquat Ahamed  "Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke The World" [2009]
by Liaquat Ahamed

listed Best of 2009 by Time Magazine
Penguin 8½x5½ pb [12/2009] for $9.79  
Penguin Press 9½x6½ hardcover [1/2009] for $21.75
Looting of America book by Les Leopold  "The Looting of America: How The Game of Fantasy Finance Destroyed Our Jobs, Pensions & Prosperity, and What We Can Do About It" [2009]
by Les Leopold

Chelsea Green Publng 8¼x5¼ pb [6/2009] for $10.17
End of Wall Street book by Roger Lowenstein  "The End of Wall Street" [2010]  
by Roger Lowenstein

Penguin Press 9½x6½ hardcover [4/2010] for $9.99
Crash of 2008 & What It Means book by George Soros  "The Crash of 2008 and What It Means: The New Paradigm For Financial Markets" [2009]
by George Soros

PublicAffairs 7½x5 pb [3/2009] for $10.17
Plunder and Blunder, The Bubble Economy book by Dean Baker  "Plunder and Blunder: The Rise & Fall of The Bubble Economy" [2009]
by Dean Baker

The author is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC; the book "documents the fundamental policy changes since 1980 that destabilized the economy and eroded the broad prosperity of the post-war period"
Polipoint Press 8½x5½ pb [1/2009] for $10.85
Making America Corporate book by Olivier Zunz  "Making America Corporate, 1870-1920" [1990]
by Olivier Zunz

Univ Chicago Press 9¼x6 pb [8/92] for $23.50
Univ Chicago Press hardcover [12/90] out of print/used
Stock Market Course books by George Fontanills & Tom Gentile   "The Stock Market Course" [2001]
by George A. Fontanills & Tom Gentile

Wiley & Sons 9x6¼ hardcover [2/2001] for $31.50
"The Stock Market Course Workbook" [2001]
Wiley & Sons 8¾x6 pb [2/2001] for $28.55
How Markets Fail book by John Cassidy   "How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities" [2009]
by John Cassidy

Picador pb [DUE 11/2010] for $16.00
FS&G 9x6 hardcover [11/2009] for $18.48
This Time is Different / Eight Centuries of Financial Folly book by Carmen Reinhart & Kenneth Rogoff   "This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly" [2009]
by Carmen M. Reinhart & Kenneth Rogoff

"This is quite simply the best empirical investigation of financial crises ever published. Covering hundreds of years and bringing together a dizzying array of data, Reinhart and Rogoff have made a truly heroic contribution to financial history. This single marvelous volume is worth a thousand mathematical models." — Niall Ferguson
Princeton Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/2009] for $19.25
One Cent, Two Cents, All About Money children's book by Bonnie Worth  
"One Cent, Two Cents, Old Cent, New Cent: All About Money"
[ages 4-8; 2008] by Bonnie Worth, Illustrated by Aristides Ruiz & Joe Mathieu

Random House Books for Young Readers 9x6½ hardcover [9/2008] for $8.99
based on characters created by Dr. Seuss
Macroeconomic Issues book by Nicholas Jewczyn  "Macroeconomic Issues: Their Relationship to Fiscal Policy Formulation, Forecasting, Prediction, and Computer Simulation Modeling" [2009]
by Nicholas Jewczyn

iUniverse 8x5 pb [7/2009] for $19.95
author's website
Golden Fetters book by Barry J. Eichengreen   "Golden Fetters: The Gold Standard and The Great Depression,
1919-1939" [1992]
by Barry Eichengreen

Oxford Univ Press 8¾x6 pb [2/96] for $22.00
Oxford Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [5/92] out of print/used
The Gold Standard in Theory & History book edited by Barry Eichengreen & Marc Flandreau   "The Gold Standard In Theory and History" [1985]
Edited by Barry Eichengreen & Marc Flandreau

Routledge 2nd edition 9x6 pb [9/97] for $71.13
Routledge 2nd edition 9¼x6 library hardcover [9/97] for $220.00
Scroogenomics For The Holidays book by Joel Waldfogel  "Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents  
For The Holidays" [2009]
by Joel Waldfogel

Princeton Univ Press 6¼x4 hardcover [10/2009] for $9.95
Principles of Economics book by Robert H. Frank & Ben S. Bernanke   "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
Ascent of Money book by Niall Ferguson  
"The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of The World"
[2008 bestseller] by Niall Ferguson

Penguin 8½x5½ pb [10/2009] for $10.88  
Penguin Press 9x6 hardcover [11/2008] for $19.77
Penguin Press hardcover [11/2008] out of print/used
Principles of Economics book by N. Gregory Mankiw  "Principles of Economics" [1997] by N. Gregory Mankiw
Cengage / South-Western 4th edition 10x8½ hardcover [2/2006] for $150.44
Cengage / South-Western Intl Student Edition pb [12/2008] out of print/used
author'e blog [est. 3/2006] • author'e Harvard faculty page
Road to Financial Reformation book by Henry Kaufman   "The Road to Financial Reformation: Warnings, Consequences, Reforms" [2009]
by Henry Kaufman, Foreword by Niall Ferguson

Wiley & Sons 9x6 hardcover [8/2009] for $19.77
Frozen Desire, The Meaning of Money book by James Buchan   "Frozen Desire: An Inquiry Into The Meaning of Money" [1997]
by James Buchan

Welcome Rain Publrs 8x5¼ pb [11/2001] for $10.20
FS&G 9¼x6½ hardcover [10/97] out of print/many used
Think Like Benjamin Graham, Invest Like Warren Buffett book by Lawrence Cunningham   "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
The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates book by Peter T. Leeson  "The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates" [2009]
by Peter T. Leeson

Princeton Univ Press 8½x5½ hardcover [4/2009] for $16.47
Economics Very Short Introduction book by Partha Dasgupta   "Economics: A Very Short Introduction" [2007]
by Partha Dasgupta

Oxford Univ Press mass pb [3/2007] for $9.56

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Art of the Trade book by Jason Alan Jankovsky  "The Art of The Trade: What I Learned (and Lost) Trading The Chicago Futures Markets" [2008]
by Jason Alan Jankovsky

Wiley & Sons 9x6 hardcover [10/2008] for $21.86
Plunder book by Danny Schechter  "Plunder: Investigating Our Economic Calamity & The Sub Crime Scandal" [2008]
by Danny Schechter

Cosimo Books 8½x5½ pb [9/2008] for $13.45
Cosimo Books 8¾x5¾ hardcover [9/2008] for $29.95
official bookpage
Bad Money / Global Crisis of American Capitalism book by Kevin Phillips  "Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics & The Global Crisis of American Capitalism" [2008]
by Kevin Phillips

Penguin 8½x5½ pb [3/2009] for $10.88
Viking 9x6½ hardcover [4/2008] for $15.57
Unequal Democracy / The New Gilded Age book by Larry M. Bartels   "Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of The New Gilded Age" [2008]
by Larry M. Bartels

Princeton Univ Press 9¼x6 hardcover [4/2008] for $19.77
Trillion Dollar Meltdown book by Charles R. Morris   "The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers & The Great Credit Crash" [2008]
by Charles R. Morris

PublicAffairs 8x5½ pb [2/2009] for $11.16
PublicAffairs 8¼x5½ hardcover [3/2008] for $15.22
Free Lunch book by David Cay Johnston  "Free Lunch: How The Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves At Government Expense (and Stick You With The Bill)" [2007]
by {New York Times journalist} David Cay Johnston

Portfolio Trade 8½x5½ pb [12/2008] for $10.88
Portfolio 9x6 hardcover [12/2007] for $15.72
Penguin ABR audio CD read by the author [12/2007] out of prodn/used
Squandering of America book by Robert Kuttner  "The Squandering of America: How The Failure of Our Politics Undermines Our Prosperity" [2007]
by Robert Kuttner

{co-founder of The American Prospect & of The Economic Policy Institute}
Vintage 8x5 pb [11/2008] for $10.85
Knopf 9x6½ hardcover [11/2007] for $20.48
Speculation Economy book by Lawrence E. Mitchell   "The Speculation Economy: How Finance Triumphed Over Industry"
[2007] by Lawrence E. Mitchell

Berrett-Koehler Currents 9¼x6½ hardcover [10/2007] for $23.10

Essay "The Stock Market Casino" [Dec 2001] by G.E. Nordell

Shock Doctrine book by Naomi Klein   "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism" [2007]
by Naomi Klein

Picador 8x5½ pb [6/2008] for $9.60
Metropolitan Books hardcover [9/2007] for $18.48
author's book site
short film by Alfonso Cuarσn
see the 6-minute short • full credits at IMDb
Are The Rich Necessary? book by Hunter Lewis  
"Are The Rich Necessary?: Great Economic Arguments & How They Reflect Our Personal Values" [2007]
by Hunter Lewis

Axios Press hardcover [9/2007] for $13.60
official booksite
Story of the Bilderberg Group book by Daniel Estulin   "The True Story of the Bilderberg Group" [2007]
by Daniel Estulin

Trine Day Publng 2nd edition 9x6 pb [2/2009] for $16.47
Trine Day Publng 9x6 pb [9/2007] out of print/used

Bilderberg Group [est. 1954] entry at Wikipedia

Panic of 1907 / Lessons Learned book by Robert F. Bruner & Sean D. Carr  "The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned From The Market's Perfect Storm" [2007]
by Robert F. Bruner & Sean D. Carr

Wiley 9x6 hardcover [8/2007] for $19.77
book excerpt (text) at N.P.R.
Web of Debt / How We Can Break Free book by Ellen Hodgson Brown   "The Web of Debt: The Shocking Truth About Our Money System – The Sleight of Hand That Has Trapped Us In Debt & How We Can Break Free" [2007]
by Ellen Hodgson Brown, LD

Third Millennium Press 8¾x6 revised & updated pb [1/2008] for $14.62
Third Millennium Press 8¾x6 pb [7/2007] for $22.95
Farewell To Alms tripe by Gregory Clark  "A Farewell To Alms: A Brief Economic History of The World"
[July 2007] by Gregory Clark

wrong-headed Social Darwinism disguised as economic history:
DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!
Good Capitalism Bad Capitalism book by William J. Baumol, Robert E. Litan & Carl J. Schramm   "Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism and The Economics of Growth & Prosperity" [2007]
by William J. Baumol, Robert E. Litan & Carl J. Schramm

Yale Univ Press 9x6 pb [10/2009] for $15.84  
Yale Univ Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [5/2007] for $16.29

Working Minds Essay #40 "Paleo-Capitalism" [Feb 2004] by G.E. Nordell

Deep Economy book by Bill McKibben  
"Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities & The Durable Future"
[2007] by Bill McKibben

Holt 8x5¼ pb [3/2008] for $11.20
Times Books 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2007] for $15.00
Making of An Economist, Redux book by David Colander   "The Making of An Economist, Redux" [2007]
by David Colander

A thorough update of the 1990 classic "Making of An Economist" by Colander & Arjo Klamer
Princeton Univ Press 9x6 pb [11/2008] for $18.95
Princeton Univ Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [3/2007] for $24.95
Maxed Out Predatory Lenders book by James D. Scurlock   "Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit & The Era of Predatory Lenders" [2007] by James D. Scurlock
Scribner 8¼x5½ pb [12/2007] for $11.20
Scribner 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2007] for $18.00
documentary film [indep March 2007]
Co-produced, written & directed by James D. Scurlock
Magnolia widescreen color DVD [6/2007] for $17.99
full credits at IMDb • official movie site {requires Flash}
Plutonomics Theory of Wealth book by S.E. Harrison  
"Plutonomics: A Unified Theory of Wealth" [2006]
by S.E. Harrison

ePoet LLC 8¼x5½ pb [11/2006] for $16.95
Trading Rules That Every Trader Must Master book by Jason Alan Jankovsky   "Trading Rules That Work: The 28 Lessons Every Trader Must Master" [2006]
by Jason Alan Jankovsky

Wiley & Sons 9x6 hardcover [11/2006] for $43.97
American Dream vs. Gospel of Wealth book by Norton Garfinkle  "The American Dream vs. The Gospel of Wealth: The Fight For A Productive Middle-Class Economy" [2006]
by Norton Garfinkle

Yale Univ Press pb [12/2007] for $12.48
Yale Univ Press 8¼x5¾ hardcover [10/2006] for $14.96
Great Risk Shift / Decline of The American Dream book by Jacob S. Hacker  "The Great Risk Shift: The New Economic Insecurity & The Decline of The American Dream" [2006]
by Jacob S. Hacker

Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [1/2008] for $10.85
Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/2006] for $15.60
Adam's Fallacy / Economic Theology book by Duncan K. Foley   "Adam's Fallacy: A Guide To Economic Theology" [2006]
by Duncan K. Foley

Belknap Press 7¾x5 pb [4/2008] for $12.21
Belknap Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [9/2006] for $18.94
Prof. Foley's official homepage at New School University
Long Tail / The Future of Business book by Chris Anderson   "The Long Tail: Why The Future of Business Is Selling Less of More" [2006]
by Chris Anderson

Hyperion 9½x6¾ hardcover [7/2006] for $14.97
Hyperion UNABR audio CD [7/2006] for $25.19
Knowledge & Wealth of Nations book by David Warsh   "Knowledge and The Wealth of Nations: A Story of Economic Discovery" [2006] by David Warsh
An explanation of economic 'new growth theory' from Paul Romer's 1990 breakthrough to its use today in mainstream economics.
W.W. Norton 8x5½ pb [5/2007] for $9.60
W.W. Norton 8¾x6 hardcover [5/2006] for $18.45
DW's independent weekly economics journal
Other Side of the Coin book by David Orrell  
"The Other Side of The Coin: The Emerging Vision of Economics & Our Place In The World" [2008]
by David Orrell

Key Porter Books 8½x5¾ hardcover [5/2006] for $17.79
Common Sense For A Fair Economy book by Jared Bernstein  "All Together Now: Common Sense For A Fair Economy" [2006]
by Jared Bernstein

Berrett-Koehler 8½x5½ pb [5/2006] for $10.20
official booksite
Environmental Endgame book by Robert L. Nadeau  "The Environmental Endgame: Mainstream Economics, Ecological Disaster & Human Survival" [2006]
by Robert L. Nadeau

"a stimulating and radically new approach to sustainability"
Rutgers Univ Press 9x6¼ hardcover [4/2006] for $16.47
Planet of Slums book by Mike Davis   "Planet of Slums" [2006]
by Mike Davis

Verso 8½x6 hardcover [3/2006] for $15.60
Generation Debt book by Anya Kamenetz   "Generation Debt: Why Now Is A Terrible Time To Be Young"
[2006] by Anya Kamenetz

Riverhead 9¼x6¾ hardcover [2/2006] for $15.57
author's book-blog
How Bush Bankrupted America book by Bruce Bartlett  "Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America & Betrayed The Reagan Legacy" [2006]
by Bruce Bartlett

Doubleday 9½x6½ hardcover [2/2006] for $17.16
Strapped / Can't Get Ahead book by Tamara Draut  "Strapped: Why America's 20- & 30-Somethings Can't Get Ahead"
[2006] by Tamara Draut

Anchor 8x5¼ pb [1/2007] for $11.16
Doubleday 8¼x4¾ hardcover [1/2006] for $22.95
Plan B 2.0 book by Lester R. Brown   "Plan B 2.0: Rescuing A Planet Under Stress & A Civilization In Trouble" [2006]
by Lester R. Brown
{founder & president of the Earth Policy Institute}
W.W. Norton 9x6 pb [1/2006] for $11.53
W.W. Norton 9½x6½ hardcover [1/2006] for $21.54
"Plan B: Rescuing A Planet Under Stress" [2003]
W.W. Norton 8½x5¼ pb [9/2003] for $12.44
W.W. Norton 8½x5½ hardcover [9/2003] for $27.95


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