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  • Demand Management (Routledge Revivals)

    Stagflation - Volume 2

    by David A Vines, J. M. Maciejowski, J. E. Meade ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals: Stagflation
    First published in 1983, this is the second of two volumes on the causes and cure of stagflation – that combination of mass unemployment and rapid inflation that is currently afflicting the mixed economies of the industrially developed world. The authors deplore the unemployment due to the failure of governments to adopt Keynesian measures for the expansion of economic activity, but recognise that ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

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  • Over the Cliff?

    Acting Now to Avoid New Brunswick's Bankruptcy

    by Richard Saillant ...
    Series series Roméo LeBlanc Series
    In this important and timely study, Richard Saillant provides a compelling account of New Brunswick's perilous fiscal situation. In an engaging and accessible style, he explains how we got there and where we are headed unless we change course soon. Saillant provides New Brunswickers with a roadmap to steer away from the cliff and ensure that we do not bequeath an unmanageable burden to future ... Read more

    $9.95 CAD

  • The High-Beta Rich

    How the Manic Wealthy Will Take Us to the Next Boom, Bubble, and Bust

    by Robert Frank ...
    The rich are not only getting richer, they are becoming more dangerous. Starting in the early 1980s the top one percent (1%) broke away from the rest of us to become the most unstable force in the economy. An elite that had once been the flat line on the American income charts - models of financial propriety - suddenly set off on a wild ride of economic binges.Not only do they control more than a ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Capitalism 4.0

    The Birth of a New Economy in the Aftermath of Crisis

    by Anatole Kaletsky ...
    In this controversial book, Anatole Kaletsky puts the upheavals of 2007-2009 in historical and ideological perspective. He shows how the forces that precipitated the financial meltdown are now creating a new and stronger version of the global capitalist system-- one that will continue to be led and shaped by the U.S. if its businesses and politicians play their cards well. This is Capitalism 4.0, ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Age of Oversupply

    Overcoming the Greatest Challenge to the Global Economy

    by Daniel Alpert ...
    The invisible hand of capitalism is broken. Economic and political forces are preventing markets from correcting themselves, and we're now living in an unprecedented age of oversupply.Governments and central banks across the developed world have tried every policy tool imaginable, yet our economies remain sluggish or worse. Howdid we get here, and how can advanced nations compete and prosper once ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Why Capitalism?

    by Allan H. Meltzer ...
    A review of the headlines of the past decade seems to show that disasters are often part of capitalist systems: the high-tech bubble, the Enron fraud, the Madoff Ponzi scheme, the great housing bubble, massive lay-offs, and a widening income gap. Disenchantment with the market economy has reached the point that many even question capitalism itself. Allan H. Meltzer disagrees, passionately and ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

  • Uncontrolled Risk: Lessons of Lehman Brothers and How Systemic Risk Can Still Bring Down the World Financial System

    by Mark Williams ...
    How Excessive Risk Destroyed Lehman and Nearly Brought Down the Financial Industry“Uncontrolled Risk will ruffle feathers—and for good reason—as voters and legislators learn the diffi cult lessons of Lehman’s collapse and demand that we never forget them.”Dr. David C. Shimko, Board of Trustees, Global Association of Risk Professionals“Uncontrolled Risk is a drama as gripping as any work of fiction ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • The Future of Success

    by Robert B. Reich ...
    If you think it’s getting harder to both make a living and make a life, economist and former secretary of labor Robert Reich agrees with you. Americans may be earning more than ever before, but we’re paying a steep price: we’re working longer, seeing our families less, and our communities are fragmenting.With the clarity and insight that are his hallmarks, Reich delineates what success has come to ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • No-Nonsense Guide to Global Finance

    by Peter Stalker ...
    Series Book 8 - No-Nonsense Guides
    Meltdown, crisis, downturn, and the dreaded R-word: recession. These words have migrated from business sections to headline news.From barter to coins, from the origins of banking to todays credit crunch, this highly topical book explores cash, borrowing, and lending, and delves into the dark side of the global financial system.But as we teeter on the brink of a global depression, space develops ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Cultures Merging

    A Historical and Economic Critique of Culture

    by Eric L. Jones ...
    Series series The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
    "Economists agree about many things--contrary to popular opinion--but the majority agree about culture only in the sense that they no longer give it much thought." So begins the first chapter of Cultures Merging, in which Eric Jones--one of the world's leading economic historians--takes an eloquent, pointed, and personal look at the question of whether culture determines economics or is instead ... Read more

    $84.69 CAD

  • The Mess We're In

    Why Politicians Can't Fix Financial Crises

    by Guy Fraser-Sampson ...
    An insightful analysis by the bestselling author Guy Fraser-Sampson of the reasons why politicians have put the world into financial ruin and have found no way outAround the world, countries are struggling to deal with the aftermath of the 2007–08 banking crisis, hefty budget deficits, the threat of ongoing recession, and the rising costs of pension provision. The news is full of doom and gloom ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Baby Boomer Bust?

    How the Generation of Promise Became the Generation of Panic

    by Roger Chiocchi ...
    "A lucid and vivid account of the combined flawed social policies and ingrained corporate attitudes that have brought the US economy to its knees." —Dr. Ronald Manheimer, former executive director, North Carolina Center for Creative RetirementBaby Boomer Bust? examines and analyzes the meltdown of 2008/2009 from economic, political, and social perspectives and illuminates how the meltdown has ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus