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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Road to Prosperity: How to Grow Our Economy and Revive the American Dream

de Patrick J. Toomey

Praise for The Road to Prosperity

"With clarity, verve, and polish, Pat Toomey brilliantly propounds the principles and practical policies needed to make America—and the world—prosperous again. Ronald Reagan,...

The Economic Consequences of the Peace

de John Maynard Keynes

The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) both written and published by John Maynard Keynes. Keynes attended the Versailles Conference as a delegate of the British Treasury and argued for a much more generous...

101 Ways to Save Money in a Recession

de Tom Winnifrith

With fears of a double dip recession just around the corner, Tom Winnifrith provides a very timely and inspirational handbook to keeping hold of your money. Bang up to date, with all the latest tips and advice...

Comeback America: Turning the Country Around and Restoring Fiscal Responsibility

de David Walker

He's one of America's most capable, canny, candid, and independent financial experts. Now David M. Walker sounds a call to action. Comeback America is a tough-minded, innovative, inspiring guide to help us...

Street Smarts: Adventures on the Road and in the Markets

de Jim Rogers

Wall Street legend and bestselling author Jim Rogers offers investing insights and economic, political, and social analysis, drawing on lessons and observations from his lifetime in the markets. 

Jim Rogers,...

Reset: How This Crisis Can Restore Our Values and Renew America

de Kurt Andersen & Tom Brokaw

“This is the end of the world as we’ve known it,” Kurt Andersen writes in Reset. “But it isn’t the end of the world.” In this smart and refreshingly hopeful book, Andersen–a brilliant analyst and...

101 Things Everyone Needs to Know about the Global Economy: The Guide to Understanding International Finance, World Markets, and How They Can Affect Y

de Michael Taillard

The principles of global economics in easy-to-understand terms!

The news is full of accounts of the rise and fall of economies around the world, but you may not know how these changes can affect your life. 101...