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Continuation: 2005 back to 1976
 | "Pump and Dump: The Rancid Rules of The New Economy" [2005] by Robert H. Tillman & Michael L. Indergaard Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [12/2005] for $17.13 |
 | "The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why The Rich Are Rich, The Poor Are Poor – and Why You Can Never Buy A Decent Used Car!" [2005] by Tim Harford Random House Trade 8x5¼ pb [1/2007] for $10.17 Oxford Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [11/2005] for $17.16 author's website |
 | "Empire of Debt: The Rise Of An Epic Financial Crisis" [2005] by Bill Bonner & Addison Wiggin Wiley 9½x6 hardcover [11/2005] for $18.45 their 'Agora Financial' website their 'Daily Reckoning' website |
 | "An End to Poverty?: A Historical Debate" [2005] by Gareth Stedman Jones Columbia Univ Press 7x6½ hardcover [10/2005] for $29.50 |
 | "The United States As A Debtor Nation: Risks & Policy Reform" [2005] by William R. Cline Institute for Intl. Economics pb [9/2005] for $26.95 |
 | "Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of The Scientific Betting System That Beat The Casinos & Wall Street" [2005] by William Poundstone Hill & Wang pb [10/2006] for $10.20 Hill & Wang 9½x6¼ hardcover [9/2005] for $17.01 'Kelly criterion' entry at Wikipedia Working Minds Essay #18 'The Stock Market Casino' [Dec 2001] |
 | "A Brief History of Neoliberalism" [2005] by David Harvey Neoliberalism is the doctrine that market exchange is an ethic in itself, capable of acting as a guide for all human action Oxford Univ Press 7½x5 pb [12/2006] for $16.95 Oxford Univ Press 8½x5½ hardcover [8/2005] for $29.95 |
 | "Offshore: The Dark Side of The Global Economy" [2005] by William Brittain-Catlin "A potent critique of globalization, exposing how corporations hide money in foreign tax shelters, leaving the citizenry holding the bag." — David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times Book Review FS&G hardcover [7/2005] for $16.50 |
 | "United Arab Emirates Central Bank & 9/11 Financing" [2005] by Iqbal Ismail Hakim G.A.A.P. Publng pb [7/2005] for $19.95 author's website |
 | "Class Matters" [2005] by correspondents of the New York Times; Introduction by Bill Keller Times Books 8x6½ pb [8/2005] for $10.78 |
 | "The Plot Against Social Security: How The Bush Plan Is Endangering Our Financial Future" [2005] by Michael A. Hiltzik {Pulitzer-winning L.A. Times columnist] HarperCollins 9¼x6¼ hardcover [5/2005] for $16.47 |
 | "Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction & Economics" [2005] by Paul Ormerod Pantheon 8½x5¾ hardcover [2/2006] for $18.21 Faber & Faber 8½x5½ hardcover [4/2005] out of print/used |
 | "The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities For Our Time" [2005] by Jeffrey D. Sachs Penguin 9½x6½ hardcover [3/2005] for $18.45 official bookpage author's page at The Earth Institute of Columbia University United Nations Millennium Project website Time Magazine cover story / book excerpt [March 2005] listed as one of the Time Magazine 100 (April 2005) |
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"The Syndicate: The Story of The Coming World Government" [2004] by Nicholas Hagger O Books 8¾x6 pb [11/2004] for $13.46 |
 | "America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming Our Wealth, Our Liberty & Our Democracy" [2004] by Gar Alperovitz John Wiley & Sons pb [4/2006] for $10.61 John Wiley & Sons 8¾x6 hardcover [10/2004] for $16.47 official booksite author's U.M.D. faculty homepage |
 | "An Empire of Wealth: The Epic History of American Economic Power, 1607-2001" [2004] by John Steele Gordon "[a] fresh, interesting, and informative ... economic biography of our country" Harper Perennial 8x5½ pb [11/2005] for $10.37 HarperCollins 9¼x6½ hardcover [10/2004] for $16.98 |
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"Pay It Down!: From Debt To Wealth On $10 a Day" [2004] by Jean Chatzky Portfolio 7¼x5 pb [1/2006] for $10.36 Portfolio 7½x5¼ hardcover [9/2004] for $13.57 author website |
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"The Fortune At The Bottom of The Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits" [2004] by C.K. Prahalad Wharton School 9x6¼ pb [1/2006] for $11.04 Wharton School hardcover {book & CD-ROM} [8/2004] for $18.89 |
 | "Running On Empty: How The Democratic & Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future & What Americans Can Do About It" [2004] by Peter G. Peterson "It's a rare pleasure to see both political parties chastised equally." — Howard S. Marks, Los Angeles Times Book Review Picador 8½x5½ pb [7/2005] for $10.20 FS&G hardcover [7/2004] for $16.32 |
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"Greed and Good: Understanding & Overcoming The Inequality That Limits Our Lives" [2004] by Sam Pizzigati CIPA-Apex Press hardcover [5/2004] for $34.95 official booksite |
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"Take The Rich Off Welfare" [1996; rev 2004] by Mark Zepezauer South End Press 8½x5½ pb [4/2004] for $10.50 South End Press 8x6½ hardcover [4/2004] for $40.00 |
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"The Coming Generational Storm: What You Need To Know About America's Economic Future" [2004] by Laurence J. Kotlikoff & Scott Burns "On balance, the book does an excellent job of preaching two economic basics. First, our promise of Social Security & Medicare benefits in their current form to all retired Americans, regardless of means, is unsustainable. ... Second, individuals & families need to save more for their futures." — Los Angeles Times Book Review M.I.T. Press 9x6¼ pb [1/2005] for $11.53 M.I.T. Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [4/2004] for $17.61 |
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"What's Class Got To Do With It?: American Society In The Twenty-First Century" [2004] Edited by Michael Zweig I.L.R. Press 9x6 pb [3/2004] for $17.95 I.L.R. Press 9¼x6 hardcover [3/2004] out of print/used |
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"The Working Poor: Invisible In America" [2004] by David K. Shipler {Pulitzer-winning former New York Times reporter} Vintage 8x5¼ pb [1/2005] for $10.50 Knopf 9.6x6.6 hardcover [2/2004] for $16.50 |
 | "Veblen, Dewey, and Mills: An Intellectual Relationship" [2003] by Rick Tilman Rowman & Littlefield 9x6 hardcover [12/2003] for $65.00 |
 | "Perfectly Legal: The Secret Campaign To Rig Our Tax System To Benefit The Super Rich - and Cheat Everybody Else" [2003] by New York Times reporter David Cay Johnston Portfolio 9¼x6.4 hardcover [12/2003] for $18.16 official booksite |
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"The New Ruthless Economy: Work Power In The Digital Age" [2003] by Simon Head Oxford Univ Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [11/2003] for $19.60 |
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"Poverty In America: A Handbook" [2003] by John Iceland Univ CA Press 9x6¼ pb [10/2003] for $13.97 Univ CA Press 9¼x5¾ hardcover [10/2003] for $50.00 |
 | "After The New Economy: The Binge & The Hangover That Won't Go Away" [2003] by Doug Henwood New Press 7½x5¼ pb [6/2005] for $11.53 New Press 8x5¼ hardcover [10/2003] for $15.72 author's website |
 | "The Smartest Guys In The Room: The Amazing Rise & Scandalous Fall of Enron" [2003] by Bethany McLean & Peter Elkind Portfolio 8½x5½ pb [9/2004] for $10.88 Portfolio 9½x6½ hardcover [9/2003] for $17.79 see also Corporations vs. America / Enron Scandal Section at Working Minds |
 | "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" [docu feature April 2005] Co-written & directed by Alex Gibney; based on the book Magnolia widescreen color Blu-ray [9/2006] for $14.49 Magnolia widescreen color DVD [1/2006] for $13.76 full credits from IMDb |
 | "The Betrayal of Work: How Low-Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans & Their Families" [2003] by Beth Shulman New Press 7&frav34x5½ hardcover [9/2003] for $18.17 |
 | "Financial Reckoning Day: Surviving The Soft Depression of The 21st Century" [2003] by William Bonner & Addison Wiggin Wiley 8¾x5¾ pb [12/2004] for $11.53 Wiley 9&fracx6¼ hardcover [9/2003] for $18.45 |
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"Low-Wage America: How Employers Are Reshaping Opportunity In The Workplace" [2003] Edited by Eileen Appelbaum, Annette Bernhardt & Richard J. Murnane "Nearly 24 percent of the labor force earn less than $8.70 an hour, not enough to keep a family of four out of poverty, even working full-time year-round." Russell Sage Fndtn 9½x6.3 hardcvr [9/2003] for $45.00 publisher's bookpage |
 | "The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book On Value Investing" [orig 1949; rev 2003] by Benjamin Graham {'pioneer of value investing'} updated with new commentary by Jason Zweig HarperBusiness 8x 5.3 pb [7/2003] for $13.97 PerfectBound Adobe Reader ebook [7/2003] for $19.95 PerfectBound M/S Reader ebook [7/2003] for $19.95 classic original [Harper & Bros. 1949] "By far the best book on investing ever written." — Warren E. Buffett HarperBusiness 8½x5¾ hardcover [1985] for $21.00 HarperCollins hardcover [1/97] out of print/used |
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"Corporateering: How Corporate Power Steals Your Personal Freedom ... and What You Can Do About It" [2003] by Jamie Court; Foreword by Michael Moore In 1999, "fifty-one of the largest 100 economies in the world were corporations." {the other 49 being sovereign nations} Tarcher 8¼x5½ pb [6/2004] for $11.17 Tarcher 8¾x5½ hardcover [5/2003] for $17.46 Court is president of The Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights |
 | "Eco-Nomics: What Everyone Should Know About Economics & The Environment" [2003] by Richard L. Stroup Cato Institute 9x6 pb [5/2003] for $8.96 |
 | "The Laws of Money, The Lessons of Life: Keep What You Have & Create What You Deserve" [2003] by Suze Orman Free Press 8½x5½ pb [3/2004] for $10.40 Free Press hardcover [2/2003] for $15.60 S&S ABR audio [2/2003] for $18.20 S&S ABR audio CD [2/2003] for $21.00 Warner color VHS [4/2003] for $14.95 Warner color DVD [4/2003] for $17.98 Suze Orman website |
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"A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption In Postwar America" [2003] by Lizabeth Cohen Vintage 8x5¼ pb [12/2003] for $11.02 Knopf 9½c6½ hardcover [1/2003] for $35.00 |
 | "After Capitalism: Prout's Vision For A New World" [2003] by Dada Maheshvarananda contributors include Noam Chomsky & Dr. Ravi Batra Proutist Universal pb [1/2003] for $14.95 ProUT {Progressive Utilization Theory} website |
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"The Historian's Wizard of Oz: Reading L. Frank Baum's Classic As A Political & Monetary Allegory" [2002] Edited by Ranjit S. Dighe Praeger Publrs 9x6 pb [6/2002] for $24.32 Praeger Publrs 9¼x6 hardcover [6/2002] for $76.40 L. Frank Baum [1856-1919] Page at Spirit of America Bookstore |
 | "Conquer The Crash: You Can Survive & Prosper In A Deflationary Depression" [2002] by Robert R. Prechter Wiley 9¼x6 'expanded & updated' pb [11/2003] for $13.57 Wiley hardcover [6/2002] out of print/used |
 | "Wealth and Democracy: How Great Fortunes & Government Created America's Aristocracy" [2002] by Kevin Phillips listed in 'L.A. Times 100 Best Books of 2002' Broadway Books hardcover [5/2002] for $20.97 |
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"Economics" [orig 1993; 3rd edition 2002] by Joseph E. Stiglitz {2001 Nobel co-winner} & Carl E. Walsh {U.C.S.C. professor} W.W. Norton 10¼x8¾ hardcover [4/2002] for $133.50! free student website [requires Flash] |
 | "Income Inequality: Issues & Policy Options" [2002] by Alan Greenspan Books For Business 8½x5½ pb [3/2002] for $37.50 online text of speech by Greenspan [Aug 98] |
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"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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"Socially Responsible Investing: Making a Difference & Making Money" [2001] by Amy Domini, (founder of The Domini Social Investments Fund) Kaplan Business 9x6 pb [1/2001] for $12.97 Domini Social Equity Fund "Ethical Investing: How To Make Profitable Investments Without Sacrificing Your Principles" [1986] by Amy L. Domini & Peter D. Kinder Addison Wesley pb [1/86] out of print/used Addison Wesley hardcover [1/86] out of print/used |
 | "The Divine Right of Capital: Dethroning The Corporate Aristocracy"
[2001] by Marjorie Kelly (editor of Business Ethics) Berrett-Koehler pb [1/2003] for $12.57 Berrett-Koehler 9½x6½ hardcover [10/2001] for $17.47 official booksite |
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"Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic" [2001] by John De Graaf, David Wann & Thomas H. Naylor Berrett-Koehler 9½x6½ pb [8/2002] out of print/used Berrett-Koehler 9½x7 hardcover [8/2001] out of print/used expanded from the P.B.S. program [9/97] & the sequel "Escape From Affluenza" [7/98] |
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"Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America" [2001] by Barbara Ehrenreich winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize April 2002 Picador 10th Anniv Edition pb with new Afterword [8/2011] for $9.59 Owl Books 9x5 pb [5/2002] for $7.80 Metropolitan 9x5¾ hardcover [5/2001] for $16.10 author's website "Nickel & Dimed: The Play" [2002] |
 | "Motley Fool Money Guide: Answers To Your Questions About Saving, Spending & Investing" [2001] by Selena Maranjian Motley Fool 9x6 pb [2/2001] for $10.50 |
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"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 |
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"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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"Credit Card Nation: The Consequences of America's Addiction To Credit" [2000] by Robert D. Manning Basic Books 8x5 pb [12/2001] for $13.50 Basic Books 9½x6½ hardecover [12/2000] out of print/many used official booksite |
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"Basic Economics: A Citizens Guide To The Economy, Revised & Expanded" [2000] by Thomas Sowell Basic Books 9½x6½ hardcover [rev 12/2003] for $23.80 at Amazon Basic Books 9½x6¼ hardcover [12/2000] out of print/used at Amazon |
 | "One Market Under God: Extreme Capitalism, Market Populism & The End of Economic Democracy" [2000] by Thomas C. Frank Anchor Books 8x5 pb [9/2001] for $11.96 Doubleday 8½x6 hardcover [10/2000] for $18.20 |
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"Small Is Beautiful: Economics As If People Mattered - 25 Years Later ... With Commentaries" [1999] by E.F. Schumacher Hartley & Marks 9¼x7.4 pb [rev 12/99] for $19.95 original edition [1974] HarperCollins 8x5¼ pb [8/89] for $10.50 |
 | "The New World Order: An Economic Global Regime" [1999] by Carlo James, MA Dissertation 8½x5½ pb [10/99] for $19.95 |
 | "The Real Estate Game: The Intelligent Guide To Decision Making & Investment" [1999]
by [Harvard professor] William J. Poorvu, with Jeffrey L. Cruikshank Free Press 9&frac2x6½ hardcover [9/99] for $18.48 |
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"Deflation: How to Survive & Thrive In The Coming Wave of Deflation" [1999] by A. Gary Shilling McGraw-Hill 9x5½ pb [1/2002] for $10.47 McGraw-Hill 9x6 hardcover [6/99] out of print/used McGraw-Hill MS Reader ebook [6/99] for $24.95 McGraw-Hill Adobe Reader ebook [6/99] for $24.95 |
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"Greed Is Good: The Capitalist Guide To Investing" [1999] by Jonathan Hoenig HarperBusiness 9x7¼ pb [5/99] for $10.50 Harper ABR audio [5/99] for $12.00 |
 | "The Post-Corporate World: Life After Capitalism" [1999] by David C. Korten While Korten provides no solution in this book, his description of the problem is useful. Berrett-Koehler 9½x6 pb [9/2000] for $13.57 Berrett-Koehler 9½x6½ hardcover [3/99] for $19.01 |
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"Financing The American Dream: A Cultural History of Consumer Credit" [1999] by Lendol Calder Princeton Univ Press 9x6 pb [1/2001] for $29.95 Princeton Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [2/99] out of print/used |
 | "The Commanding Heights: The Battle Between Government & The Marketplace That Is Remaking The Modern World" [1998] by Daniel Yergin, with Joseph Stanislaw Touchstone 9¼x6¼ pb [rev 4/2002] for $11.20 S&S 9½x6½ hardcover [2/98] for $26.00 BooksOnTape audio [1/2000] out of stock/used |
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"Commanding Heights: The Battle For The World Economy" PBS 6-hour tv mini-series [April 2002] WGBH color DVD [5/2002] 3 disks for $33.99 WGBH color VHS [5/2002] 3 tapes for $10.99 PBS series webpages |
 | "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 |
 | "The Overspent American: Upscaling, Downshifting & The New Consumer" [1998] by Juliet B. Schor Perennial 8x5¼ pb [5/99] for $10.40 Basic Books 9¾x6½ pb [5/98] out of print/used |
 | "The Wealth & Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich & Some So Poor" [1998] by David S. Landes W.W.Norton 9¼x6 pb [5/99] for $11.87 W.W.Norton 9.6x6.6 hardcover [3/98] out of print/used |
 | "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 |
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"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 |
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"An Economic Theory of Democracy" [1997] by Anthony Downs Addison Wesley 8x5½ pb [1/97] for $60.60 |
 | "The History of Money" [1997] by Jack Weatherford Three Rivers Press 8x5¼ pb [3/98] for $10.01 Crown 9½x6 hardcover [1/97] out of print/used |
 | "What You Need to Know Before You Invest" [1996] by Rod Davis Barrons 7¾x5 pb 3rd edition [7/2003] for $8.96 |
 | "When Corporations Rule The World" [1995] by David C. Korten Kumarian Press 9x6 pb [2nd edition 5/2001] for $11.17 Kumarian/Berrett-Koehler hardcover [9/95] out of print/used |
 | "A History of Money: From Ancient Times To The Present Day" [1994] by Glyn Davies Univ Of Wales Press 9½x5*frac14 pb [11/2002] for $34.95 Paul & Co. 9½x6½ hardcover [7/94] out of print/used |
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"The American Economy: Government's Role, Citizen's Choice" [orig 1994?] by Tiffany D. Farrell Close Up Foundation 8½x8 pb 4th edition [10/2004] for $13.95 Close Up Foundation website |
 | "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 |
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"The Territorial Imperative: Pluralism, Corporatism & Economic Crisis" [1992] by Jeffrey J. Anderson
A sophisticated analysis of comparative political economy and the complex political conflicts generated by declining regional economies. Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 pb [4/2007] for $45.00 Cambridge Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [2/92] for $95.00 |
 | "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 |
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"New Ideas From Dead Economists: An Introduction To Modern Economic Thought" [orig 1989; rev 1999] by Todd G. Buchholz Plume 8x5¼ pb [4/99] for $10.40 Penguin pb [8/99] for $14.79 |
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"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 |
 | "The Zurich Axioms: The Rules of Risk & Reward Used By Generations of Swiss Bankers" [1985] by Max Gunther Harriman House 9x6 pb [12/2004] for $19.99 |
 | "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 pb [5/98] for $10.50 Prentice Hall pb [1/85] out of print/rare Prentice Hall pb [1982] out of print/used |
 | "The Joyless Economy: The Psychology of Human Satisfaction" [1976; rev 1992] by Tibor Scitovsky "One of the 100 most influential works of the post-WWII era." — London Times Literary Supplement (1995) Oxford Univ Press 8½x5½ pb [3/92] for $17.95 Oxford Univ Press hardcover [3/76] out of print/used |
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