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Scarcity: A History from the Origins of Capitalism to the Climate Crisis by Fredrik Albritton Jonsson
RRP: $62.90$50.46A sweeping intellectual history of the concept of economic scarcity-its development across five hundred years of European thought and its decisive role in fostering the climate crisis.Modern economics presumes a particular view of scarcity, in which... -
Africa: A Beginner's Guide by Tom Young 9781851687534
RRP: $20.98$16.32Vast, diverse, dynamic, and turbulent, the true nature of Africa is often obscured by its poverty-stricken image. In this controversial and gripping guide, Tom Young cuts through the emotional hype to critically analyse the continent's political history... -
1931: Debt, Crisis, and the Rise of Hitler by Tobias Straumann
RRP: $31.48$23.00Germany's financial collapse in the summer of 1931 was one of the biggest economic catastrophes of modern history. It led to a global panic, brought down the international monetary system, and turned a worldwide recession into a prolonged depression. The... -
EuroTragedy: A Drama in Nine Acts by Ashoka Mody
RRP: $73.48$69.87The promise of the European pursuit of ever closer union created tremendous optimism that conflict was the past and harmony would be the future. The enthusiasm for economic integration and monetary union, through the Euro, enhanced the confidence that... -
The Great Famine in Ireland and Britain's Financial Crisis by Charles Read
RRP: $52.50$44.60Rich in archival detail and offering a ground-breaking analysis, this book presents a radically new interpretation of British politics and policy failings during the Great Famine. The Irish famine of the 1840s is the biggest humanitarian crisis in the... -
A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism by Hans-Hermann Hoppe 9781933550732
RRP: $22.58$20.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933550732Author Hans-Hermann HoppeFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Ludwig Von Mises InstitutePublisher Ludwig Von Mises InstituteWeight(grams)... -
Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity by Walter Scheidel 9780691172187
RRP: $63.00$51.79The gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern worldThe fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history. But in this groundbreaking book, Walter Scheidel argues that Rome's... -
Varieties of Structural Transformation: Patterns, Determinants, and Consequences by Kunal Sen 9781009449915
RRP: $104.98$104.69One of the key features of modern economic growth is the process of structural transformation, which is the movement of workers from agriculture to manufacturing and services. In this study, the author identifies different routes to structural... -
Will Britain Make it?: The Rise, Fall and Future of British Industry by Richard Morris
RRP: $42.00$32.07British industry isn't dead.Yet.ICI was Britain's biggest manufacturer and exporter, while GEC was its biggest employer and Morris Motors made over half of its cars; Courtaulds dominated global cloth production and produced the first man-made fibres; BSA... -
The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith 9780865970120
RRP: $23.00$20.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865970120Author Adam SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 422Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 682g -
The Great Contraction, 1929-1933: New Edition by Milton Friedman
RRP: $67.20$52.84Friedman and Schwartz's A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960, published in 1963, stands as one of the most influential economics books of the twentieth century. A landmark achievement, the book marshaled massive historical data and sharp... -
Profit and Prejudice: The Luddites of the Fourth Industrial Revolution by Paul Donovan
RRP: $60.88$52.69Avoiding prejudice will be critical to economic success in the fourth industrial revolution. It is not the new and innovative technology that will matter in the next decade, but what we do with it. Using technology properly, with diverse decision making,... -
The Origin of Financial Crises: Central banks, credit bubbles and the efficient market fallacy by George Cooper
RRP: $23.08$20.66'The Origin of Financial Crises' provides a compelling analysis of the forces behind the recent economic crisis. In a series of disarmingly simple arguments George Cooper challenges the core principles of today's economic orthodoxy, explaining why... -
A History of Money by Davies Glyn 9781783163090
RRP: $83.98$71.46A History of Money looks at how money as we know it developed through time. Starting with the barter system, the basic function of exchanging goods evolved into a monetary system based on coins made up of precious metals and, from the 1500s onwards,... -
Other People's Houses: How Decades of Bailouts, Captive Regulators, and Toxic Bankers Made Home Mortgages a Thrilling Business by J.D. Jennifer S. Taub 9780300212709
$85.24The clearest explanation yet of how the financial crisis of 2008 developed and why it could happen again In the wake of the financial meltdown in 2008, many claimed that it had been inevitable, that no one saw it coming, and that subprime borrowers were... -
The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality by Angus Deaton
RRP: $73.50$59.54The world is a better place than it used to be. People are healthier, wealthier, and live longer. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many has left gaping inequalities between people and nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton--one of the foremost... -
Visions of Inequality: From the French Revolution to the End of the Cold War by Branko Milanovic 9780674264144
RRP: $58.70$43.11A Financial Times Best Book of the Year.A sweeping and original history of how economists across two centuries have thought about inequality, told through portraits of six key figures."How do you see income distribution in your time, and how and why do... -
A History of Tri-ang and Lines Brothers Ltd: The rise and fall of the World s largest Toy making Company by Brown, Kenneth D
RRP: $42.00$31.31The toy industry and its close relationship with children's artefacts and equipment, made a huge contribution British ascendancy in light industry, after decline of heavy industry. Light industry was a pivotal theme in British economic history and... -
Contours of the World Economy 1-2030 AD: Essays in Macro-Economic History by Angus Maddison 9780199227204
$111.70This book seeks to identify the forces which explain how and why some parts of the world have grown rich and others have lagged behind. Encompassing 2000 years of history, part 1 begins with the Roman Empire and explores the key factors that have... -
The Two Italies: Economic Relations Between the Norman Kingdom of Sicily and the Northern Communes by David Abulafia 9780521023061
RRP: $48.28$43.39This book is a study of the economic development of different areas of twelfth-century Italy whose commercial interests were closely inter related: the Norman Kingdom of Sicily, famed for the wealth of its rulers, and the maritime ports of Genoa, Pisa... -
Inflation: What Is It? Why It's Bad-and How to Fix It by Nathan Lewis 9781641772433
RRP: $41.98$31.98Steve Forbes, Nathan Lewis, and Elizabeth Ames reveal what is behind the inflationary storm that is wreaking havoc on American pocketbooks."This important book should be read by the Federal Reserve and by all of us who care about our way of life."... -
Empires of the Weak: The Real Story of European Expansion and the Creation of the New World Order by Jason Sharman
RRP: $73.50$58.70How the rise of the West was a temporary exception to the predominant world orderWhat accounts for the rise of the state, the creation of the first global system, and the dominance of the West? The conventional answer asserts that superior technology,... -
Out of the Ordinary: How Everyday Life Inspired a Nation and How It Can Again by Marc Stears
RRP: $75.50$61.30From a major British political thinker and activist, a passionate case that both the left and right have lost their faith in ordinary people and must learn to find it again.This is an age of polarization. It's us vs. them. The battle lines are clear, and... -
The Company of Strangers: A Natural History of Economic Life - Revised Edition by Paul Seabright
$59.70The Company of Strangers shows us the remarkable strangeness, and fragility, of our everyday lives. This completely revised and updated edition includes a new chapter analyzing how the rise and fall of social trust explain the unsustainable boom in the... -
The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe: Volume 2, 1870 to the Present by Stephen Broadberry 9780521708395
RRP: $73.48$64.53Unlike most existing textbooks on the economic history of modern Europe, which offer a country-by-country approach, The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe rethinks Europe's economic history since 1700 as unified and pan-European, with the... -
The Modern World-System I: Capitalist Agriculture and the Origins of the European World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century by Immanuel Wallerstein 9780520267572
RRP: $65.10$51.30Immanuel Wallerstein's highly influential, multi-volume opus, "The Modern World-System", is one of this century's greatest works of social science. An innovative, panoramic reinterpretation of global history, it traces the emergence and development of... -
A Concise History of International Finance: From Babylon to Bernanke by Larry Neal
RRP: $52.48$44.81Ever since the financial crisis of 2008, doubts have been raised about the future of capitalism. In this broad-ranging survey of financial capitalism from antiquity to the present, Larry Neal reveals the ways in which the financial innovations throughout... -
Icarus: The Life and Death of the Abraaj Group by Brian Brivati 9781785907180
RRP: $42.00$30.87In 2017, Arif Naqvi and The Abraaj Group were on the brink of changing the world of private equity. Abraaj was a pioneer of a new model of impact investing built on the idea that making money and doing good are not mutually exclusive. It had helped... -
End This Depression Now! by Paul Krugman 9780393088779
RRP: $41.98$35.64The 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... -
Women and Work: Feminism, Labour, and Social Reproduction by Susan Ferguson
RRP: $52.48$34.92Feminism is once again on the political agenda. Across the world women are taking to the streets to protest unfair working conditions, abortion laws, and sexual violence. They are demanding decent wages, better schools and free childcare. But why do some... -
Rethinking Law and Development: The Chinese experience Guanghua Yu (University of Hong Kong) 9781138843363
RRP: $113.38$98.43This book is the result of the collective effort of some of the foremost experts and scholars of Chinese law, Asian law, and Chinese economics and carefully examines the relationship between law and China's economic development. Serious inquiries and... -
Ireland: A New Economic History 1780-1939 by Cormac O Grada 9780198205982
RRP: $130.20$109.12Ireland: A New Economic History offers a fresh, comprehensive economic history of Ireland between 1780 and 1939. Its methodology is mould-breaking, and it is unparalleled in its broad scope and comparative focus. Cormac O Grada unites historical research... -
Prisoners of the American Dream: Politics and Economy in the History of the US Working Class by Mike Davis 9781786635907 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$13.15Prisoners of the American Dream is Mike Davis's brilliant exegesis of a persistent and major analytical problem for Marxist historians and political economists: Why has the world's most industrially advanced nation never spawned a mass party of the... -
Prisoners of the American Dream: Politics and Economy in the History of the US Working Class by Mike Davis
RRP: $27.28$27.26Prisoners of the American Dream is Mike Davis's brilliant exegesis of a persistent and major analytical problem for Marxist historians and political economists: Why has the world's most industrially advanced nation never spawned a mass party of the... -
Industry and Policy in Independent Ireland, 1922-1972 by Prof Frank Barry 9780198878230
RRP: $147.00$133.85This book revisits the history of industry and industrial and economic policy in independent Ireland from the birth of the state to the eve of EEC accession. Though there were several manufacturing employers of significance, and smaller firms in... -
Supercrash: How to Hijack the Global Economy by Darryl Cunningham 9781908434432
RRP: $31.48$22.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908434432Author Darryl CunninghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Myriad EditionsPublisher Myriad EditionsDimensions(mm) 228mm * 160mm * 20mm -
Making China Modern: From the Great Qing to Xi Jinping by Klaus Mühlhahn 9780674248311
RRP: $48.20$41.10"Thoughtful, probing...a worthy successor to the famous histories of Fairbank and Spence [that] will be read by all students and scholars of modern China."-William C. Kirby, coauthor of Can China Lead?It is tempting to attribute the rise of China to Deng... -
Unmaking the East India Company: British Art and Political Reform in Colonial India, c. 1813-1858 Tom Young 9781913107390
RRP: $84.00$71.09Illuminates how new modes of artistic production in colonial India shaped the British state's nationalisation of the East India Company, transforming the relationship between nation and empire This pioneering book explores how art shaped the... -
Beauty Imagined: A History of the Global Beauty Industry by Geoffrey Jones 9780199639625
RRP: $117.60$100.63The global beauty business permeates our lives, influencing how we perceive ourselves and what it is to be beautiful. The brands and firms which have shaped this industry, such as Avon, Coty, Estee Lauder, L'Oreal, and Shiseido, have imagined beauty for... -
The Wealth of a Nation: Institutional Foundations of English Capitalism by Geoffrey M. Hodgson 9780691247014
RRP: $73.50$58.70How the development of legal and financial institutions transformed Britain into the world's first capitalist countryModern capitalism emerged in England in the eighteenth century and ushered in the Industrial Revolution, though scholars have long...