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The Only Game in Town: Central Banks, Instability, and Avoiding the Next Collapse by Mohamed A. El-Erian
RRP: $27.28$24.07An incisive analysis of the state of the global economy and what the future holds.Surrounded by sluggish growth, high rates of unemployment, rising inequality, growing financial instability and increased social tensions, pessimism about our future... -
Remaking English Society: Social Relations and Social Change in Early Modern England Steve Hindle (Customer) 9781783270170
RRP: $52.50$51.91Written by leading authorities, the volume can be considered a standard work on seventeenth-century English social history. A tribute to the work of Keith Wrightson, Remaking English Society re-examines the relationship between enduring structures and... -
Growth for Good: Reshaping Capitalism to Save Humanity from Climate Catastrophe by Alessio Terzi
RRP: $52.40$42.42A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the YearFrom the front lines of economics and policymaking, a compelling case that economic growth is a force for good and a blueprint for enrolling it in the fight against climate change.Economic growth is wrecking the... -
Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times by Nancy Koehn
RRP: $31.48$21.11'A close analysis of five gritty leaders whose extraordinary passion and perseverance changed history . . . a gripping read on a timeless and timely topic!'Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of GritTen years in the writing, Forged in Crisis, by... -
Democracy: A User's Guide by Joss Sheldon 9781716792052
$38.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781716792052Author Joss SheldonFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 703gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 22mm -
Is Capitalism Broken? by Yanis Varoufakis
RRP: $16.78$11.36'We need to organise politically to defend the weak, empower the many and prepare the ground for reversing the absurdities of capitalism.' - Yanis Varoufakis 'Capitalism over the past twenty-five years has been an incredible moral good.' - David... -
The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by Edward E. Baptist
RRP: $35.68$28.41Americans tend to cast slavery as a pre-modern institution,the nation's original sin, perhaps, but isolated in time and divorced from America's later success. But to do so robs the millions who suffered in bondage of their full legacy. As historian... -
The Moon: A History for the Future by Oliver Morton
RRP: $20.98$15.37A Sunday Times must read book of 2019 'An out-of-this-world read ... brilliant and compelling. Morton is a high-octane British science journalist, and every chapter is littered with material that strikes, amazes or haunts ... this is a book filled... -
Taxation: A Very Short Introduction by Stephen Smith
RRP: $18.88$13.97Taxation is crucial to the functioning of the modern state. Tax revenues pay for public services - roads, the courts, defence, welfare assistance to the poor and elderly, and in many countries much of health care and education too. More than one third of... -
Compact Wales: Llyn, The Peninsula and Its past Explored by Ioan Roberts
RRP: $12.50$11.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845242435Author Ioan RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Llygad Gwalch CyfPublisher Llygad Gwalch Cyf -
Before the Industrial Revolution: European Society and Economy 1000-1700 by Carlo M. Cipolla
RRP: $88.18$78.02First published in 1993. In this classic textbook, Cipolla explores the slow but complex process of development that transformed Europe from its relatively weak position in AD 1000 into the highly dynamic and powerful society of 1700. The book is: *... -
A Monetary and Fiscal History of Latin America, 1960-2017 by Timothy J. Kehoe
RRP: $33.58$31.21A major, new, and comprehensive look at six decades of macroeconomic policies across the region What went wrong with the economic development of Latin America over the past half-century? Along with periods of poor economic performance, the region's... -
The Routledge Guidebook to Smith's Wealth of Nations Maria Pia Paganelli (Trinity University, USA) 9781138686151
RRP: $54.58$47.52Adam Smith (1723-1790) is famous around the world as the founding father of economics, and his ideas are regularly quoted and invoked by politicians, business leaders, economists, and philosophers. However, considering his fame, few people have actually... -
Nordic Model: Scandinavia Since 1945 by Mary Hilson
$60.42For a sparsely populated region on the edge of Europe, Scandinavia has attracted an unusual degree of interest during the twentieth century. The successes and failures of the famous 'Scandinavian' or 'Nordic' model in politics and policy continue to... -
Hayekian Systems: Research into the Structure of Social Interaction William N. Butos 9781032372730
RRP: $262.50$226.51The central theme in the work of F.A. Hayek was the problem of order in society, and his focus was epistemological: he was concerned with the constraints on knowledge, the problems associated with its distribution, the structures in which it inheres, and... -
The Economics of the Stock Market by Andrew Smithers 9780192847096
RRP: $73.48$67.22The current consensus economic model, the neoclassical synthesis, depends on aprioristic assumptions that are shown to be invalid when tested against the data and fails to include finance. Economic policy based on this consensus has led to the financial... -
Outsourcing Empire: How Company-States Made the Modern World by J C Sharman
RRP: $35.68$29.11How chartered company-states spearheaded European expansion and helped create the world's first genuinely global orderFrom Spanish conquistadors to British colonialists, the prevailing story of European empire-building has focused on the rival ambitions... -
When Money Destroys Nations: How Hyperinflation Ruined Zimbabwe, How Ordinary People Survived, and Warnings for Nations that Print Money by Philip Haslam 9780620590037
$23.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780620590037Author Philip HaslamFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint When Money Destroys NationsPublisher When Money Destroys NationsWeight(grams) 349g -
Crossing Continents: A History of Standard Chartered Bank by Duncan Campbell-Smith
RRP: $84.00$61.72For almost a hundred years from the 1860s, the City of London's overseas banks financed the global trade that lay at the core of the British Empire. Foremost among them from the beginning were two start-up ventures: the Standard Bank of South Africa,... -
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk Peter L. Bernstein (Peter L. Bernstein, Inc.) 9780471121046
RRP: $121.80$79.19A Business Week, New York Times Business, and USA Today Bestseller"Ambitious and readable . . . an engaging introduction to the oddsmakers, whom Bernstein regards as true humanists helping to release mankind from the choke holds of superstition and... -
The Nationalist Dilemma: A Global History of Economic Nationalism, 1776–Present by Marvin Suesse 9781108831383
RRP: $63.00$55.34Nationalists think about the economy, Marvin Suesse argues, and this thinking matters once nationalists hold political power. Many nationalists seek to limit global exchange, but others prioritise economic development. The potential conflict between... -
Why Not Default?: The Political Economy of Sovereign Debt by Jerome E. Roos 9780691217437
RRP: $58.80$47.33How creditors came to wield unprecedented power over heavily indebted countries-and the dangers this poses to democracyThe European debt crisis has rekindled long-standing debates about the power of finance and the fraught relationship between capitalism... -
The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap by Mehrsa Baradaran 9780674237476
RRP: $37.70$27.62"Read this book. It explains so much about the moment...Beautiful, heartbreaking work." -Ta-Nehisi Coates"A deep accounting of how America got to a point where a median white family has 13 times more wealth than the median black family."-The... -
What’s Wrong with Economics?: A Primer for the Perplexed by Robert Skidelsky
RRP: $23.08$20.18A passionate and informed critique of mainstream economics from one of the leading economic thinkers of our time This insightful book looks at how mainstream economics' quest for scientific certainty has led to a narrowing of vision and a convergence on... -
Grave New World: The End of Globalization, the Return of History by Stephen D. King
RRP: $25.18$21.86A controversial look at the end of globalization and what it means for prosperity, peace, and the global economic order Globalization, long considered the best route to economic prosperity, is not inevitable. An approach built on the principles of free... -
Bread Winner: An Intimate History of the Victorian Economy by Emma Griffin
RRP: $47.25$40.64The forgotten story of how ordinary families managed financially in the Victorian era-and struggled to survive despite increasing national prosperity"A powerful story of social realities, pressures, and the fracturing of traditional structures."-Ruth... -
The House of Rothschild: Money's Prophets 1798-1848 by Niall Ferguson
RRP: $46.20$37.97In his rich and nuanced portrait of the remarkable, elusive Rothschild family, Oxford scholar and bestselling author Niall Ferguson uncovers the secrets behind the family's phenomenal economic success. He reveals for the first time the details of the... -
The Secret History of the American Empire: The Truth About Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and How to Change the World by John Perkins
RRP: $37.80$23.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452289574Author John PerkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 335gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 134mm * 20mm -
The Chosen Few: How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492 by Maristella Botticini
RRP: $42.00$33.87In 70 CE, the Jews were an agrarian and illiterate people living mostly in the Land of Israel and Mesopotamia. By 1492 the Jewish people had become a small group of literate urbanites specializing in crafts, trade, moneylending, and medicine in hundreds... -
Making Money in the Early Middle Ages by Rory Naismith 9780691177403
RRP: $79.80$63.50An examination of coined money and its significance to rulers, aristocrats and peasants in early medieval EuropeBetween the end of the Roman Empire in the fifth century and the economic transformations of the twelfth, coined money in western Europe was... -
Managing the Economy, Managing the People: Narratives of Economic Life in Britain from Beveridge to Brexit by Jim Tomlinson 9780198786092
$196.92This study offers a distinctive new account of British economic life since the Second World War, focussing upon the ways in which successive governments, in seeking to manage the economy, have sought simultaneously to 'manage the people': to try and... -
The Paradox of Islamic Finance: How Shariah Scholars Reconcile Religion and Capitalism Ryan Calder 9780691258300
RRP: $63.00$48.91How the booming Islamic finance industry became an ultramodern hybrid of religion and marketsIn just fifty years, Islamic finance has grown from a tiny experiment operated from a Volkswagen van to a thriving global industry worth more than the entire... -
The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates by Peter T. Leeson 9780691150093
RRP: $29.38$24.34Pack your cutlass and blunderbuss--it's time to go a-pirating! The Invisible Hook takes readers inside the wily world of late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century pirates. With swashbuckling irreverence and devilish wit, Peter Leeson uncovers the... -
The Next Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy Tim Harford 9781408712665
RRP: $42.00$29.30'Endlessly insightful and full of surprises - exactly what you would expect from Tim Harford' BILL BRYSON'Entertaining . . . A lively introduction to some of the most ingenious, yet often overlooked inventions that have changed the way we live' The... -
Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World by Deirdre McCloskey 9780226556741
RRP: $44.10$34.71The big economic story of our times is not the Great Recession. It is how China and India began to embrace neoliberal ideas of economics and attributed a sense of dignity and liberty to the bourgeoisie they had denied for so long. The result was an... -
How China Escaped Shock Therapy: The Market Reform Debate by Isabella M. Weber 9781032008493
RRP: $71.38$63.50China has become deeply integrated into the world economy. Yet, gradual marketization has facilitated the country's rise without leading to its wholesale assimilation to global neoliberalism. This book uncovers the fierce contest about economic reforms... -
Who Runs Britain?: ...and who's to blame for the economic mess we're in by Robert Peston
RRP: $23.08$15.98'A compelling portrait of early 21st-century casino capitalism ... essential reading.' - The Times On 13 September 2007, Robert Peston broke the news that Northern Rock had become a victim of the global credit crunch and was seeking an emergency loan... -
The New Financial Capitalists: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and the Creation of Corporate Value by George P. Baker 9780521642606
RRP: $100.80$79.93Kohlberg Kravis Roberts's approach to leveraged buyouts was an important aspect of the corporate restructuring and governance reforms in the American economy from the mid-1970s through 1990. During that period, KKR crafted a series of progressively more... -
These Are the Plunderers: How Private Equity Runs—and Wrecks—America by Gretchen Morgenson
RRP: $42.00$39.27Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times bestselling financial journalist Gretchen Morgenson and policy analyst Joshua Rosner investigate the insidious debt-laden world of private equity, revealing how it leeches profits from everyday Americans, tanks... -
The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek 9780415255431
RRP: $210.00$181.88The Road to Serfdom remains one of the all-time classics of twentieth-century intellectual thought. For over half a century, it has inspired politicians and thinkers around the world, and has had a crucial impact on our political and cultural history...