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Paul Krugman

The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008

by W. W. Norton (Hardcover)
In 1999, in The Return of Depression Economics, Paul Krugman surveyed the economic crises that had swept across Asia and Latin America, and pointed out that those crises were a warning for all of us: like diseases that have become resistant to antibiotics, the economic ...
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008

Panic!: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity

by Simon & Schuster Audio (CD)
Featuring an exclusive interview with the author, "America's poet laureate of capital" (The Los Angeles Times)When it comes to markets, the first deadly sin is greed. In Panic!, #1 bestselling author Michael Lewis has chosen several pieces of brilliant journalism to ...
Panic!: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity

Thomas L. Friedman

The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

by Macmillan Audio (Audio Cassette) (Release Date: 2006-05-02)
The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

Harry S. Dent

The Great Depression Ahead: How to Prosper in the Crash Following the Greatest Boom in History

by Free Press (Hardcover)
The first and last economic depression that you will experience in your lifetime is just ahead. The year 2009 will be the beginning of the next long-term winter season and the initial end of prosperity in almost every market, ushering in a downturn like most of us have not ...
The Great Depression Ahead: How to Prosper in the Crash Following the Greatest Boom in History

Adam Smith

The Wealth of Nations (Bantam Classics)

by Bantam Classics (Mass Market Paperback) (Release Date: 2003-03-04)
The Wealth of Nationsby Adam SmithIt is symbolic that Adam Smith’s masterpiece of economic analysis, The Wealth of Nations, was first published in 1776, the same year as the Declaration of Independence. In his book, Smith fervently extolled the simple yet enlightened ...
The Wealth of Nations (Bantam Classics)

John Perkins

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

by Plume (Paperback)
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

David M. Smick

The World Is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy

by Portfolio Hardcover (Hardcover)
David Smick keeps a low profile, but experts consider him one of the most insightful financial market strategists in the world. For more than two decades, he has conferred with central bankers (such as Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke) and advised top Wall Street executives ...
The World Is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy

Van Jones

The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems

by HarperOne (Hardcover) (Release Date: 2008-10-07)
Provocative, personal, and inspirational, The Green Collar Economy is not a dire warning but rather a substantive and viable plan for solving the biggest issues facing the country—the failing economy and our devastated environment. From a distance, it appears that these ...
The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems

Barbara Ehrenreich

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

by Holt Paperbacks (Paperback) (Release Date: 2008-06-24)
The bestselling, landmark work of undercover reportage, now updatedAcclaimed as an instant classic upon publication, Nickel and Dimed has sold more than 1.5 million copies and become a staple of classroom reading. Chosen for “one book” initiatives across the country, it ...
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

Paul Collier

The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It

by Oxford University Press (Hardcover)
Global poverty, Paul Collier points out, is actually falling quite rapidly for about eighty percent of the world. The real crisis lies in a group of about 50 failing states, the bottom billion, whose problems defy traditional approaches to alleviating poverty. In The Bottom ...
The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It