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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Professor Daron Acemoglu 9780307719218
RRP: $64.35$38.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307719218Author Daron AcemogluFormat HardbackPage Count 544Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 833gDimensions(mm) 239mm *... -
Hyper-Capitalism: the modern economy, its values, and how to change them by Larry Gonick 9781911617488
RRP: $29.23$21.02An acerbic graphic takedown of capitalism. In Hyper-Capitalism, cartoonist Larry Gonick and psychologist Tim Kasser offer a vivid and an accessible new way to understand how global, privatising, market-worshipping hyper-capitalism is threatening... -
The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens Our Businesses, Infantilizes Our Governments, and Warps Our Economies by Mariana Mazzucato
RRP: $58.50$38.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593492673Author Mariana MazzucatoFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 235mm... -
No Trade Is Free: Changing Course, Taking on China, and Helping America's Workers by Robert Lighthizer 9780063282131
RRP: $48.75$32.04America is the first country in history to fund the rise of its rivals. We need to stop now, before it's too late. One of the most consequential U.S. Trade Representatives in our history, Robert Lighthizer led a great reset of American trade policy that... -
Universal Basic Income by Karl Widerquist 9780262546898
RRP: $31.18$21.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262546898Author Karl WiderquistFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise by Christopher Marquis
RRP: $48.75$33.11A thoroughly researched assessment of how China's economic success continues to be shaped by the communist ideology of Chairman Mao A Financial Times "Best Book of 2022" Tied for the 2023 Axiom Gold Medal, sponsored by Axiom Business Book Awards It... -
A Brief History of Equality by Thomas Piketty
RRP: $46.70$34.22A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA Public Books Best Book of the Year"An opportunity for readers to see Piketty bring his larger argument about the origins of inequality and his program for fighting it into high relief."-Nicholas Lemann, New... -
How to Make an Entrepreneurial State: Why Innovation needs Bureaucracy by Rainer Kattel
RRP: $39.00$36.70WINNER OF THE ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT'S 2023 GEORGE R. TERRY BOOK AWARD A groundbreaking account which shows how the public sector must adapt, but also persevere, in order to advance technology and innovation From self-driving cars to smart grids,... -
Political Economy for Public Policy by Ethan Bueno de Mesquita 9780691168746
RRP: $81.90$64.02This textbook uses modern political economy to introduce students of political science, government, economics, and public policy to the politics of the policymaking process. The book's distinct political economy approach has two virtues. By developing... -
The Case for a Job Guarantee by Tcherneva Pavlina R. 9781509542109
RRP: $19.48$17.45One of the most enduring ideas in economics is that unemployment is both unavoidable and necessary for the smooth functioning of the economy. This assumption has provided cover for the devastating social and economic costs of job insecurity. It is also... -
End This Depression Now! by Paul Krugman 9780393345087
RRP: $25.33$21.12The Great Recession is more than four years old-and counting. Yet, as Paul Krugman points out in this powerful volley, "Nations rich in resources, talent, and knowledge-all the ingredients for prosperity and a decent standard of living for all-remain in... -
Money and Power: The World Leaders Who Changed Economics by Vince Cable
RRP: $21.43$14.27Through economics, our politicians have the power to transform people's lives for better or worse. Think Deng Xiaoping who lifted millions out of poverty by opening up China; Franklin D Roosevelt whose 'New Deal' helped the USA break free of the Great... -
Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism by Quinn Slobodian
RRP: $38.90$28.59George Louis Beer Prize WinnerWallace K. Ferguson Prize FinalistA Marginal Revolution Book of the Year"A groundbreaking contribution...Intellectual history at its best."-Stephen Wertheim, Foreign AffairsNeoliberals hate the state. Or do they? In the... -
Value by Pitts
RRP: $29.23$26.48'Value' seems like an elusive and abstract concept. Nonetheless, notions of value underpin how we understand our lives, from discussions about the economic contribution of different kinds of work and productive activity, to the prices we pay for the... -
Why Philanthropy Matters: How the Wealthy Give, and What It Means for Our Economic Well-Being by Zoltan Acs 9780691177960
RRP: $42.90$38.79Philanthropy has long been a distinctive feature of American culture, but its crucial role in the economic well-being of the nation--and the world--has remained largely unexplored. Why Philanthropy Matters takes an in-depth look at philanthropy as an... -
Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy by Raghuram G. Rajan
RRP: $29.23$23.26Raghuram Rajan was one of the few economists who warned of the global financial crisis before it hit. Now, as the world struggles to recover, it's tempting to blame what happened on just a few greedy bankers who took irrational risks and left the rest of... -
The Chile Project: The Story of the Chicago Boys and the Downfall of Neoliberalism by Sebastian Edwards
RRP: $54.60$42.18How Chile became home to the world’s most radical free-market experiment—and what its downfall suggests about the fate of neoliberalism around the globeIn The Chile Project, Sebastian Edwards tells the remarkable story of how the neoliberal economic... -
The World's Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations by Sebastian Mallaby 9780300116762
$71.37Appointed president of the World Bank in 1995, James Wolfensohn struck it like a whirlwind, determined to reinvent the institution founded by Franklin Roosevelt and his world War II allies. Wolfensohn embraced debt relief for the poorest countries, put... -
End The Fed by Ron Paul
RRP: $25.33$16.77During the 2008 presidential campaign over 4,000 students gathered at the University of Michigan to hear Republican candidate Ron Paul speak. As he began to address the topics of monetary policy and the coming depression, a chant came from the crowd,... -
Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society by Eric A. Posner
RRP: $48.75$38.18Revolutionary ideas on how to use markets to bring about fairness and prosperity for allMany blame today's economic inequality, stagnation, and political instability on the free market. The solution is to rein in the market, right? Radical Markets turns... -
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate by Naomi Klein 9781451697391
RRP: $38.98$25.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451697391Author Naomi KleinFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 140mm... -
The Uncounted by Alex Cobham 9781509536023
RRP: $29.23$26.48What we count matters - and in a world where policies and decisions are underpinned by numbers, statistics and data, if you're not counted, you don't count. Alex Cobham argues that systematic gaps in economic and demographic data not only lead us to... -
The Green New Deal: Why the Fossil Fuel Civilization Will Collapse by 2028, and the Bold Economic Plan to Save Life on Earth by Jeremy Rifkin
RRP: $40.93$38.24While the Green New Deal has become a lightning rod in the political sphere, there is a parallel movement emerging within the business community that will shake the very foundation of the global economy in coming years. The key sectors that make up the... -
Corporate Crime and Punishment: The Politics of Negotiated Justice in Global Markets by Cornelia Woll 9780691250328
RRP: $68.25$53.06The geopolitics of American law enforcement and how it changed corporate criminal accountability in other countriesOver the past decade, many of the world's biggest companies have found themselves embroiled in legal disputes over corruption, fraud,... -
Fictitious Capital: How Finance is Appropriating Our Future by Cedric Durand
RRP: $29.23$25.17The 2007-08 credit crisis and the long recession that followed brutally exposed the economic and social costs of financialization. Understanding what lay behind these events, the rise of "fictitious capital" and its opaque logic, is crucial to grasping... -
The Ethics of Influence: Government in the Age of Behavioral Science by Cass R. Sunstein
RRP: $44.85$36.68In recent years, 'nudge units' or 'behavioral insights teams' have been created in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and other nations. All over the world, public officials are using the behavioral sciences to protect the environment,... -
A Postcapitalist Politics by J. K. Gibson-Graham
RRP: $42.88$36.64Is there life after capitalism? In this creatively argued follow-up to their book The End of Capitalism (As We Knew It), J. K. Gibson-Graham offer already existing alternatives to a global capitalist order and outline strategies for building alternative... -
Housing for Hope and Wellbeing by Flora Samuel
RRP: $38.98$34.50Housing and neighbourhoods have an important contribution to make to our wellbeing and our sense of our place in the world. This book, written for a lay audience (with policy makers firmly in mind) offers a useful and intelligible overview of our housing... -
When More Is Not Better: Overcoming America's Obsession with Economic Efficiency by Roger L. Martin
RRP: $42.90$30.99American democratic capitalism is in danger. How can we save it?For its first two hundred years, the American economy exhibited truly impressive performance. The combination of democratically elected governments and a capitalist system worked, with... -
Germany, Russia, and the Rise of Geo-Economics by Stephen F. Szabo 9781472596314
$53.43This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Having emerged from the end of the Cold War as a unified country, Germany has quickly become the second largest... -
A World of Insecurity: Democratic Disenchantment in Rich and Poor Countries by Pranab Bardhan
RRP: $46.70$36.54An ambitious account of the corrosion of liberal democracy in rich and poor countries alike, arguing that antidemocratic sentiment reflects fear of material and cultural loss, not a critique of liberalism's failure to deliver equality, and suggesting... -
What’s the Matter with Delaware?: How the First State Has Favored the Rich, Powerful, and Criminal—and How It Costs Us All by Hal Weitzman 9780691235745
RRP: $33.13$26.01How the "First State" has enabled international crime, sheltered tax dodgers, and diverted hard-earned dollars from the rest of usThe legal home to over a million companies, Delaware has more registered businesses than residents. Why do virtually all of... -
The Wealth Hoarders: How Billionaires Pay Millions Millions to Hide Trillions by Collins
RRP: $31.18$21.31For decades, a secret army of tax attorneys, accountants and wealth managers has been developing into the shadowy Wealth Defence Industry. These 'agents of inequality' are paid millions to hide trillions for the richest 0.01%. In this book, inequality... -
Collected Works: Volume 3 by V.I. Lenin
RRP: $58.48$50.64Among the most influential political and social forces of the twentieth century, modern communism rests firmly on philosophical, political, and economic underpinnings developed by Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, later known as Lenin. For anyone who seeks to... -
A Companion to Marx's Capital by David Harvey 9781844673599
RRP: $46.78$39.18"My aim is to get you to read a book by Karl Marx called Capital, Volume 1, and to read it on Marx's own terms."The biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression has generated a surge of interest in Marx's work in the effort to understand the... -
The New Economics: A Manifesto by Steve Keen 9781509545285
RRP: $78.00$50.99In 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the wall of Wittenberg church. He argued that the Church's internally consistent but absurd doctrines had pickled into a dogmatic structure of untruth. It was time for a Reformation. Half a millennium later,... -
Stronger: Adapting America's China Strategy in an Age of Competitive Interdependence by Ryan Hass
RRP: $38.98$38.59An examination of how America can strengthen its approach to China by building on its existing advantages"This book is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding how the United States can renew its advantages in its competition with China... -
The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America by Gabriel Winant 9780674292192
RRP: $33.05$23.89Winner of the Frederick Jackson Turner AwardWinner of the Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial PrizeWinner of the C. L. R. James AwardA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA ProMarket Best Political Economy Book of the Year"The Next Shift is an... -
The Costs of Inequality in Latin America: Lessons and Warnings for the Rest of the World by Diego Sánchez-Ancochea 9781838606237
RRP: $46.78$40.83From the United States to the United Kingdom and from China to India, growing inequality has led to social discontent and the emergence of populist parties, also contributing to economic crises. We urgently need a better understanding of the roots and... -
Take Back the Economy: An Ethical Guide for Transforming Our Communities by J. K. Gibson-Graham
RRP: $33.13$28.74In the wake of economic crisis on a global scale, more and more people are reconsidering their role in the economy and wondering what they can do to make it work better for humanity and the planet. In this innovative book, J. K. Gibson-Graham, Jenny...