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When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm by Walt Bogdanich 9781529112771
RRP: $14.18$8.46**A TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**An explosive expose of a firm whose work has made your world more unequal, more corrupt and more dangerous.McKinsey & Company have earned billions consulting for almost every major corporation in the... -
How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't by Ian Dunt
RRP: $24.50$13.27THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERBritish politics is broken.Anyone sitting down to watch the news will get the sense that something has gone terribly wrong. We have prime ministers who detonate the economy, secretaries of state who are intellectually... -
The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness by Morgan Housel
RRP: $19.34$12.54Doing well with money isn't necessarily about what you know. It's about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people. Money-investing, personal finance, and business decisions-is typically taught as a math-based field,... -
The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking by Saifedean Ammous
RRP: $32.19$22.07A comprehensive and authoritative exploration of Bitcoin and its place in monetary history When a pseudonymous programmer introduced "a new electronic cash system that's fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party" to a small online mailing list in... -
The Fiat Standard: The Debt Slavery Alternative to Human Civilization by Saifedean Ammous 9781544526478
RRP: $25.79$17.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781544526478Author Saifedean AmmousFormat HardbackPage Count 382Imprint Scribe MediaPublisher Scribe MediaWeight(grams) 712gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and How to Build a Better Economy by Stephanie Kelton
RRP: $16.76$10.55THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'Kelton has succeeded in instigating a round of heretical questioning, essential for a post-Covid-19 world, where the pantheon of economic gods will have to be reconfigured' Guardian'Stephanie Kelton is an indispensable source... -
The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy by Mariana Mazzucato
RRP: $14.18$10.02WINNER OF THE 2019 MADAME DE STAEL PRIZE AND THE 2018 LEONTIEF PRIZE FOR ADVANCING THE FRONTIERS OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018Who really creates wealth in our world? And how do we decide the value of... -
The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains: An Introduction to Cryptocurrencies and the Technology that Powers Them (Cryptography, Crypto Trading, Derivatives, Digital Assets) by Antony Lewis
RRP: $25.79$16.25Understand Bitcoin, Blockchains, and Cryptocurrency"Antony helps us all clearly understand the mechanics of bitcoin and blockchain." Rob Findlay, Founder, Next Money#1 Best Seller in Investing Derivatives and Natural Resource Extraction Industry,... -
The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains: An Introduction to Cryptocurrencies and the Technology that Powers Them by Antony Lewis
RRP: $24.50$17.20#1 Best Seller in Investing Derivatives Understand Bitcoin, blockchains, and cryptocurrency with this clear and comprehensible guideLearn the history and basics of cryptocurrency and blockchains. There's a lot of information on cryptocurrency and... -
The Fourth Industrial Revolution by Klaus Schwab
RRP: $19.34$14.13'In this book, Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum contribute significantly to one of the most important issues of our time - how to move forward in the Fourth Industrial Revolution' Jack Ma, Executive Chairman, Alibaba Group Holding, People's... -
Economic History of a Divided Europe: Four Diverse Regions in an Integrating Continent by Ivan T. Berend 9781032173665
RRP: $51.59$42.27This book presents the sharp regional diff erences within the integrating European continent. Four regions - Northwestern Europe, Southern Europe, Central Europe, and Eastern-Southeastern Europe - represent high, medium, and relatively less-developed... -
The 100 Trillion Dollar Wealth Transfer: How the Handover from Boomers to Gen Z Will Revolutionize Capitalism by Ken Costa 9781399407632
RRP: $25.80$19.32'A valuable exploration of the topic and a thought-provoking read.' Financial Times An insider's look into how Generation Z's focus on ethics, climate change and purpose will change capitalism forever. In the next ten years there will be an... -
The History Of Money by Jack Weatherford
RRP: $16.76$11.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780609801727Author Jack WeatherfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm)... -
Economics: A Very Short Introduction by Partha Dasgupta
RRP: $11.60$8.32Economics has the capacity to offer us deep insights into some of the most formidable problems of life, and offer solutions to them too. Combining a global approach with examples from everyday life, Partha Dasgupta describes the lives of two children who... -
The Joy of Tax by Richard Murphy
RRP: $14.18$10.02'A brief but crucially important book'Marcus ChownIn The Joy of Tax, tax campaigner Richard Murphy challenges almost every idea you have about tax. For him, tax is fundamentally about the ideas that shape the sort of society we want to live in, not... -
The Dao of Capital: Austrian Investing in a Distorted World by Mark Spitznagel 9781118347034
RRP: $30.96$21.80As today's preeminent doomsday investor Mark Spitznagel describes his Daoist and roundabout investment approach, "one gains by losing and loses by gaining." This is Austrian Investing, an archetypal, counterintuitive, and proven approach, gleaned from... -
The Pound and the Fury: Why Anger and Confusion Reign in an Economy Paralysed by Myth by Jack Mosse
RRP: $19.34$14.34What's wrong with the UK economy? Everyone has an opinion. But no one has an answer. Why?For decades, our economy has failed to work for ordinary citizens: stagnant wages have been combined with underemployment and rising costs of basic goods like... -
Strategies for Monetary Policy by John H. Cochrane
RRP: $19.29$16.68As the Federal Reserve System conducts its latest review of the strategies, tools, and communication practices it deploys to pursue its dual-mandate goals of maximum employment and price stability, Strategies for Monetary Policy - drawn from the 2019... -
Money: Vintage Minis by Yuval Noah Harari
RRP: $7.73$5.75Selected from the books Sapiens and Homo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariHow did money come to be invented? Why does it now have such significance in our lives? Does it make us happier or unhappier? And what does the future hold for it? With brilliant clarity... -
The Rotten Heart of Europe by Bernard Connolly
RRP: $20.63$14.13'The Brussels Commission has just suspended its senior economist, Bernard Connolly, for writing a book savaging the prospects for a common currency. There are many who now believe he should be lauded as a prophet.' Observer, Editorial, 1 October... -
The Money Machine: How the City Works by Philip Coggan
RRP: $14.18$10.02What happens in the City has never affected us moreIn this excellent guide, now fully revised and updated, leading financial journalist Philip Coggan cuts through the headlines, the scandals and the jargon to explain the nuts and bolts of the financial... -
We Need to Talk About Inflation: 14 Urgent Lessons from the Last 2,000 Years by Stephen D. King 9780300276084
RRP: $12.89$11.60A FINANCIAL TIMES "BEST SUMMER BOOKS OF 2023: MONEY" AND "BEST SUMMER BOOKS OF 2023: ECONOMICS""Historically informed and lucid."-Martin Wolf, Financial Times "Brilliantly clear and concise."-Juliet Samuel, Times (UK) "Excellent and readable."-Larry... -
Money: From Bronze to Bitcoin, the True Story of a Made-up Thing by Jacob Goldstein
RRP: $14.18$9.44Humans invented money from nothing, so why can't we live without it? And why does no one understand what it really is? In this lively tour through the centuries, Jacob Goldstein charts the story of this paradoxical commodity, exploring where money came... -
Aftermath: Seven Secrets of Wealth Preservation in the Coming Chaos by James Rickards
RRP: $19.34$14.13A Wall Street Journal bestsellerFinancial expert, investment advisor and New York Times bestselling author James Rickards shows why and how global financial markets are being artificially inflated and what smart investors can do to protect their assets... -
Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies is Changing the World by Don Tapscott
RRP: $14.18$10.02'This book has had an enormous impact' Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft'Spectacular. Mind-blowing in its expansiveness and profundity' Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple'Iconic' Clay Christensen, author of The Innovator's DilemmaCryptocurrencies are... -
The War on Dirty Money by Nicholas Gilmour
RRP: $34.82$29.94Billions of dollars are wasted each year trying to prevent 'dirty money' entering a financial system that is already awash with it. The authors challenge the global approach, arguing that complacency, self-interest and misunderstanding have now created... -
Bitcoin: The Future of Money? by Dominic Frisby
RRP: $14.18$9.28Following the economic crisis of 2008, the website 'bitcoin.org' was registered by a mysterious computer programmer called Satoshi Nakamoto. A new form of money was born: electronic cash. Does Bitcoin have the potential to change how the world transacts... -
Confronting Inequality: How Societies Can Choose Inclusive Growth by Jonathan D. Ostry 9780231174695
RRP: $36.12$27.55Inequality has drastically increased in many countries around the globe over the past three decades. The widening gap between the very rich and everyone else is often portrayed as an unexpected outcome or as the tradeoff we must accept to achieve... -
Measuring What Counts: The Global Movement for Well-Being by Joseph E. Stiglitz
RRP: $16.76$11.13In 2009, a group of economists issued a report challenging gross domestic product (GDP) as a measure of progress and well-being. Now, in Measuring What Counts they - propose a new, 'beyond GDP' agenda. This book provides an accessible overview of the... -
Eurozone Dystopia: Groupthink and Denial on a Grand Scale by William Mitchell 9781784716677
RRP: $63.15$59.74Eurozone Dystopia traces the origin of the Eurozone and shows how the historical Franco-German rivalry combined with the growing dominance of neo-liberal economic thinking to create a monetary system that was deeply flawed and destined to fail. William... -
The Fed Unbound: The Trouble with Government by Central Bank by Lev Menand
RRP: $15.47$10.32Do the Fed's efforts to stabilize the economy worsen inequality? The Federal Reserve, the U.S. central bank, was built for a monetary system composed primarily of investor-owned, government-chartered banks. But over the years, the erosion of banking... -
Money in One Lesson: And Why it Doesn't Work the Way We Think it Does by Gavin Jackson
RRP: $14.18$9.69'Superb' - Tim Harford, author of How to Make the World Add Up Money is essential to the economy and how we live our lives, yet is inherently worthless. We can use it to build a home or send us to space, and it can lead to the rise and fall of empires... -
Tokens: The Future of Money in the Age of the Platform by Rachel O'Dwyer 9781839768347
RRP: $24.50$16.40Longlisted for the FT Schroders Business Book of the Year Award 2023 - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: GQ, Los Angeles Times, WiredWherever you look, money is being re- placed by tokens. Digital platforms are issuing new kinds of money-like things: phone... -
The The Psychology of Money - hardback edition: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness by Morgan Housel 9780857199096
RRP: $28.38$19.57Doing well with money isn't necessarily about what you know. It's about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people. Money-investing, personal finance, and business decisions-is typically taught as a math-based field,... -
The Great Demographic Reversal: Ageing Societies, Waning Inequality, and an Inflation Revival by Charles Goodhart 9783030426569
RRP: $32.24$29.37This original and panoramic book proposes that the underlying forces of demography and globalisation will shortly reverse three multi-decade global trends - it will raise inflation and interest rates, but lead to a pullback in inequality. "Whatever the... -
The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy by Christopher Leonard
RRP: $25.80$25.19The Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The New York Times bestselling business journalist Christopher Leonard infiltrates one of America's most mysterious institutions-the Federal Reserve-to show how its policies... -
How Monetary Policy Got Behind the Curve—and How to Get Back by Michael D. Bordo 9780817925642
RRP: $19.29$12.23With the inflation rate in the United States and many other countries on the rise for over a year and nearing double digits, the Hoover Institution hosted its 2022 conference on monetary policy. Policy makers, market participants, and academic... -
The Laundromat: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite by Jake Bernstein
RRP: $21.92$15.84Now a Major Motion Picture The Laundromat from Director Steven Soderbergh, starring Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, and Antonio Banderas.The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jake Bernstein takes us inside the world revealed by the Panama Papers,... -
Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea by Mark Blyth
RRP: $16.76$11.73Selected as a Financial Times Best Book of 2013 Governments today in both Europe and the United States have succeeded in casting government spending as reckless wastefulness that has made the economy worse. In contrast, they have advanced a policy of... -
The Adaptive Markets Hypothesis: An Evolutionary Approach to Understanding Financial System Dynamics by Andrew W. Lo 9780199681143
RRP: $32.25$27.34The Adaptive Markets Hypothesis (AMH) presents a formal and systematic exposition of a new narrative about financial markets that reconciles rational investor behaviour with periods of temporary financial insanity. In this narrative, intelligent but...