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University Technology Transfer: What It Is and How to Do It by Tom Hockaday
RRP: £43.00£38.52Demystifying technology transfer-an increasingly important but little-understood aspect of research universities' mission.How do we transfer the brilliance of university research results into new products, services, and medicines to benefit society?... -
When More Is Not Better: Overcoming America's Obsession with Economic Efficiency by Roger L. Martin
RRP: £22.00£15.89American 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... -
The Myth of Private Equity: An Inside Look at Wall Street's Transformative Investments by Jeffrey Hooke
RRP: £30.00£23.29Once an obscure niche of the investment world, private equity has grown into a juggernaut, with consequences for a wide range of industries as well as the financial markets. Private equity funds control companies that represent trillions of dollars in... -
More Human: Designing a World Where People Come First by Steve Hilton 9780753556634 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£2.40Both campaigns are treating people like simpletons. In More Human, read the truth about Brexit, from someone who really knows.In this powerful manifesto, Steve Hilton argues that the frustrations people feel with government, politics, their economic... -
More Human: Designing a World Where People Come First by Steve Hilton
RRP: £14.99£10.95Both campaigns are treating people like simpletons. In More Human, read the truth about Brexit, from someone who really knows.In this powerful manifesto, Steve Hilton argues that the frustrations people feel with government, politics, their economic... -
Wheel of Fortune: The Battle for Oil and Power in Russia by Thane Gustafson
RRP: £22.95£19.38A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year on Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet RepublicsThe Russian oil industry-which vies with Saudi Arabia as the world's largest producer and exporter of oil, providing nearly 12 percent of the global supply-is facing... -
Woke Capitalism: How Corporate Morality is Sabotaging Democracy by Carl Rhodes
RRP: £11.99£9.42SHORTLISTED FOR THE BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2022 Does 'woke capitalism' improve capitalism's image or does it threaten the future of democracy? From Nike's support for Colin Kaepernick, to Gillette's engagement with the toxic masculinity debate, the 21st... -
Inflation: What Is It? Why It's Bad-and How to Fix It by Nathan Lewis 9781641772433
RRP: £19.99£15.23Steve 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."... -
The Modern Detective: How Corporate Intelligence is Reshaping the World by Tyler Maroney
RRP: £24.99£16.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594632594Author Tyler MaroneyFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Hudson Street Press (an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc)Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
The Great Reversal: How America Gave Up on Free Markets by Thomas Philippon
RRP: £15.95£13.10A Financial Times Book of the YearA ProMarket Book of the Year"Superbly argued and important...Donald Trump is in so many ways a product of the defective capitalism described in The Great Reversal. What the U.S. needs, instead, is another Teddy Roosevelt... -
It's Never Our Fault and Other Shameless Excuses: A Compendium of Corporate Lies That Protect Profits and Thwart Progress by Nick Hanauer 9781620977514
RRP: £18.99£12.93Greedy corporate interests have been lying to us for centuries. Here's an illustrated, entertaining road map for navigating through their hypocrisy and deceptionFrom praising the health benefits of cigarettes to moralizing on the character-building... -
Oil Politics: A Modern History of Petroleum by Francisco Parra 9781848851290 [USED COPY]
RRP: £23.99£7.47The environmental, the economic - and indeed the political - impact of the catastrophic 2010 blowout of BP's well in the Gulf of Mexico has highlighted the central part played by oil in the modern world. The fate of millions now depends on the... -
Oil Politics: A Modern History of Petroleum by Francisco Parra 9781848851290
RRP: £23.99£23.80The environmental, the economic - and indeed the political - impact of the catastrophic 2010 blowout of BP's well in the Gulf of Mexico has highlighted the central part played by oil in the modern world. The fate of millions now depends on the... -
The China Fantasy: Why Capitalism Will Not Bring Democracy to China by James Mann
RRP: £18.85£14.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143112921Author James MannFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House AustraliaWeight(grams)... -
The Inequality Trap: Fighting Capitalism Instead of Poverty by William Watson
RRP: £32.00£28.21US President Barack Obama has called economic inequality the "defining issue of our time." It has inspired the "Occupy" movements, made a French economist into a global celebrity, and given us a new expression - the "one percent." But is our... -
Global Payments: And the Fintech Innovations Changing the Industry by Carol Coye Benson 9780982789766
RRP: £34.95£28.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982789766Author Carol Coye BensonFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Glenbrook PartnersPublisher Glenbrook PartnersWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm)... -
Pawned States: State Building in the Era of International Finance by Didac Queralt
RRP: £30.00£23.29How foreign lending weakens emerging nationsIn the nineteenth century, many developing countries turned to the credit houses of Europe for sovereign loans to balance their books and weather major fiscal shocks such as war. This reliance on external... -
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: A Selected Edition by Adam Smith
RRP: £9.99£7.51This edition contains generous selections from all five volumes of The Wealth of Nations, and places Smith's inquiry into its historical, intellectual, and cultural context. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made... -
Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy by Matt Stoller 9781982115340
RRP: £18.00£12.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982115340Author Matt StollerFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster -
Markets, State, and People: Economics for Public Policy by Diane Coyle 9780691179261
RRP: £45.00£35.72A textbook that examines how societies reach decisions about the use and allocation of economic resourcesWhile economic research emphasizes the importance of governmental institutions for growth and progress, conventional public policy textbooks tend to... -
When the Money Runs Out: The End of Western Affluence by Stephen D. King
RRP: £11.99£10.15An eminent economist warns that Western nations' economic expectations for the future are way out of sync with the realities of economic stagnation and stringent steps will be required to avoid massive political and economic upheaval. "It is alarmingly... -
A Crisis of Beliefs: Investor Psychology and Financial Fragility by Nicola Gennaioli 9780691202235
RRP: £15.99£11.98How beliefs shape financial markets and expose the economy to major risksThe collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 caught markets and regulators by surprise. Nicola Gennaioli and Andrei Shleifer walk readers through the unraveling of Lehman and... -
The Dynamics of Freight Transport Development: A UK and Swiss Comparison by Philippe Thalmann
RRP: £19.99£17.69Through the eye of an economist Thalmann explores 200 years of the dynamics of freight transport development in Switzerland and the United Kingdom. With a strong underlying theme concerned with the impact of government intervention on the efficiency of... -
Gangs of America; The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of Democracy by Ted Nace
RRP: £15.99£11.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576753194Author Ted NaceFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Berrett-KoehlerPublisher Berrett-KoehlerWeight(grams) 450gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 157mm *... -
Techlash: Who Makes the Rules in the Digital Gilded Age? by Tom Wheeler 9780815739937
RRP: £19.99£14.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815739937Author Tom WheelerFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 503gDimensions(mm) 236mm... -
The Decarbonization Imperative: Transforming the Global Economy by 2050 by Michael Lenox
RRP: £29.99£26.50Time is of the essence. Climate change looms as a malignant force that will reshape our economy and society for generations to come. If we are going to avoid the worst effects of climate change, we are going to need to effectively "decarbonize" the... -
Pricing Lives: Guideposts for a Safer Society by W. Kip Viscusi 9780691179216
RRP: £38.00£30.01How society's undervaluing of life puts all of us at risk-and the groundbreaking economic measure that can fix itLike it or not, sometimes we need to put a monetary value on people's lives. In the past, government agencies used the financial "cost of... -
Minority Business Success: Refocusing on the American Dream by Leonard Greenhalgh
RRP: £25.99£22.20In Minority Business Success, authors Leonard Greenhalgh and James Lowry chart a path for the full participation of minority businesses in the U.S. economy. Today, minorities are well on their way to becoming the majority of our workforce and a large... -
Reckless: The Rise and Fall of the City by Philip Augar 9780099524045
RRP: £15.99£11.61In 1997 it seemed that things in the City could only get better. For ten years everything went according to plan. Buoyed by a strong pound and cheered on by an excitable media, the bankers became the heroes of the age. And then in the summer of 2007... -
Tragedy & Challenge: An Inside View of UK Engineering's Decline and the Challenge of the Brexit Economy by Tom Brown 9781788035316
RRP: £19.99£14.28Having worked within the UK engineering industry for many years and chaired 15 companies, including stock market quoted, private equity backed, and university spin offs, Tom Brown offers a unique insight into the challenges facing engineering companies,... -
Oil and World Politics: The Real Story of Today's Conflict Zones: Iraq, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Ukraine and More by John Foster 9781459413443
RRP: £17.99£12.95Petroleum is the most valuable commodity in the world and an enormous source of wealth for those who sell it, transport it and transform it for its many uses. As the engine of modern economies and industries, governments everywhere want to assure steady... -
The Dragon's Underbelly: Dynamics and Dilemmas in Vietnam's Economy and Policies by Nhu Truong 9789815011395
RRP: £32.95£30.40This book shows why Vietnam has not become the dragon it is often touted to be. The team of authors include both long-time observers and junior scholars who present cutting-edge research on the latest trends as well as major challenges facing the... -
The Wealth Of Nations by Adam Smith 9781494844738
RRP: £21.99£21.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781494844738Author Adam SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 426Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Knowledge Towns: Colleges and Universities as Talent Magnets by David J. Staley
RRP: £29.00£26.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781421446271Author David J. StaleyFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Johns Hopkins University PressPublisher Johns Hopkins University PressWeight(grams)... -
Fulfillment: winning and losing in one-click America by Alec MacGillis 9781914484209
RRP: £10.99£7.32An award-winning journalist's investigation into Amazon's true impact on inequality. The market value of Amazon.com has exceeded one trillion dollars. In 2020, its annual revenue increased by over 100 billion dollars. As the company insinuates itself... -
Finance and the Good Society by Robert J. Shiller 9780691158099
RRP: £20.00£15.89The reputation of the financial industry could hardly be worse than it is today in the painful aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. New York Times best-selling economist Robert Shiller is no apologist for the sins of finance--he is probably the only... -
The Great Reversal: How America Gave Up on Free Markets by Thomas Philippon 9780674237544
£29.17In this much-anticipated book, a leading economist argues that many key problems of the American economy are due not to the flaws of capitalism or the inevitabilities of globalization but to the concentration of corporate power. By lobbying against... -
Blind Spot: The Global Rise of Unhappiness and How Leaders Missed It by Jon Clifton
RRP: £20.00£15.79The rising unhappiness that leaders didn't see That's because while leaders pay close attention to measures like GDP or unemployment, almost none of them track their citizens' wellbeing. The implications of this blind spot are significant and... -
The British Citizenship Test For Dummies by Julian Knight
RRP: £7.99£5.60Includes chapters 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 from the Home Office's Life in the United Kingdom book. This fully updated edition of The British Citizenship Test For Dummies covers all the most up to date information that you need to know to pass the latest UK... -
Course of Destruction: Social Justice and the End of America by David Horowitz 9781630062675
RRP: £21.99£14.83"A harrowing journey through the corridors of the twenty-first century totalitarianism that goes by the name of progressivism. Must read!"- DINESH D'SOUZA"David Horowitz is a modern legend. This book is critical to understanding the left and how we...