Commerce & Économie / Conditions économiques

13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown

de Simon Johnson & James Kwak

Even after the ruinous financial crisis of 2008, America is still beset by the depredations of an oligarchy that is now bigger, more profitable, and more resistant to regulation than ever. Anchored by six megabanks—Bank...

Stone Age Economics

de Marshall Sahlins

This book addresses a central problem of anthropology: the nature and appropriate analysis of economic life. It consists of a set of detailed and closely related studies of tribal economies: of domestic production...

Nickel and Dimed

Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest 2001

de Barbara Ehrenreich

Our sharpest and most original social critic goes "undercover" as an unskilled worker to reveal the dark side of American prosperity.

Millions of Americans work full time, year round, for poverty-level wages....

The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity

de Jeffrey D. Sachs

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

“Succinct, humane, and politically astute . . . Sachs lays out a detailed path to reform, regulation,...

Barbarians of Oil: How the World's Oil Addiction Threatens Global Prosperity and Four Investments to Protect Your Wealth

de Sandy Franks & Sara Nunnally

An engaging look at the global oil industry and how to navigate the price volatility and new policies associated with it

Oil is?a constantly changing industry, and with the?recent BP oil spill in?the Gulf of...

Economics Without Illusions: Debunking the Myths of Modern Capitalism

de Joseph Heath

"Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man."  -- Henry Hazlitt, Economics in One Lesson (1946)

Every day economic claims are used by the media or in conversation to support social...

Selling America Short: The SEC and Market Contrarians in the Age of Absurdity

de Richard C. Sauer

An industry insider reveals the inner workings of our financial system and the agencies who attempt to control it

During his dozen years as an SEC attorney, author Richard Sauer opened and supervised some of...

Re-Made in the USA: How We Can Restore Jobs, Retool Manufacturing, and Compete with the World

de Todd Lipscomb

A business-based rallying cry to reclaim the US economy

There is a nagging feeling that the U.S. is slipping as a nation and our people are powerless to do anything to fix it. Issues such as jobs, product quality...

More Than Good Intentions: Improving the Ways the World's Poor Borrow, Save, Farm, Learn, and Stay Healthy

de Dean Karlan & Jacob Appel

A revolutionary approach to poverty that takes human irrationality into account-and unlocks the mystery of making philanthropic spending really work.

American individuals and institutions spent billions of...

Boom and Bust: Financial Cycles and Human Prosperity

de Alex J. Pollock

In Understanding Financial Crises, Alex J. Pollock explains that while economic downturns can be frightening and difficult, people living in free markets economies today enjoy greater health and longevity, have...

Escaping Oz

de Jim Mosquera

The financial shocks to our economy left the public dazed and confused. How could this happen? Can't the Federal Government and the Federal Reserve fix this? Who is responsible for this mess? What can I do to...

Escaping Oz

de Jim Mosquera

The financial shocks to our economy left the public dazed and confused. How could this happen? Can't the Federal Government and the Federal Reserve fix this? Who is responsible for this mess? What can I do to...

Beyond the Crash: Overcoming the First Crisis of Globalisation

de Gordon Brown

The international financial crisis that has held our global economy in its grip for too long still seems to be in full stride. Former British Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown believes...

The Shadow Market: How a Group of Wealthy Nations and Powerful Investors Secretly Dominate the World

de Eric J Weiner

Acclaimed financial journalist Eric J. Weiner reveals how foreign countries and private investors are increasingly controlling the global economy and secretly wresting power from the United States in ways that...

The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050

de Joel Kotkin

A visionary social thinker reveals how the addition of one hundred million Americans by midcentury will transform the way we live, work, and prosper.

In stark contrast to the rest of the world's advanced nations,...

The Buyout of America: How Private Equity Is Destroying Jobs and Killing the American Economy

de Joshua Kosman

An authoritative exposé of the mysterious and potentially dangerous world of private equity.

Marquee private equity firms such as Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group, and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts have grown bigger...

Endless Money: The Moral Hazards of Socialism

de William Baker & Addison Wiggin

A detailed look at how, and why, the American financial system has reached its current state

Today's economy and capital markets are faced with the long-term buildup of public and private credit. Furthermore,...

Architects of Ruin

de Peter Schweizer

Was the financial collapse caused by free-market capitalism and deregulation run amok, as liberals claim?

Not on your life, says Peter Schweizer. What we are really witnessing is a massive failure of social engineering...

An Empire of Wealth

de John Steele Gordon

Throughout time, from ancient Rome to modern Britain, the great empires built and maintained their domination through force of arms and political power. But not the United States. America has dominated the world...

Introduction to Political Economy (Routledge Revivals)

de E. J. Mishan

First published in 1982, Introduction to Political Economy is a clear and concise introduction to the normative aspects of economics by one of the world's leading authorities on the subject. In this highly readable...