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1	Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--And How It Can Renew America more books like this by Thomas L Friedman add to wishlist Friedman's bestseller "The World Is Flat" has helped millions of readers to see globalization in a new way. Now the author brings a fresh outlook to the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy. see all copies from £5.88! new only from £8.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism more books like this by Naomi Klein add to wishlist The bestselling author of "No Logo" argues that by capitalizing on crises, created by nature or war, the disaster capitalism complex now exists as a booming new economy, and is the violent culmination of a radical economic project that has been incubating for 50 years. see all copies from £6.44! new only from £6.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time more books like this by Jeffrey D Sachs add to wishlist Economist Jeffrey Sachs brings a lifetime of scholarship and experience to the complex problem of the wealth and poverty of nations. He reviews two centuries of history, explaining the reasons behind the uneven dispersal of wealth, and provides a holistic way to assess a nation's resources. Sachs is no ivory-tower thinker; he has been to the ... see all copies from £5.54! new only from £7.40! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good more books like this by William Easterly add to wishlist A professor of economics pens an informed and excoriating attack on the tragic waste, futility, and hubris of the West's efforts to date to improve the lot of the so-called developing world, and provides constructive suggestions on how to move forward. see all copies from £7.12! new only from £7.12! \| first editions
5	Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich add to wishlist In this study of America's minimum wage workers, the author explains how she went under cover several times, taking on different low-wage positions, to determine how adults who lack higher education survive. After working at Wal-Mart and as a waitress, she concluded that the working poor should be afforded more health care, housing assistance, and ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.33! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	The Economics of Public Issues more books like this by Roger LeRoy Miller add to wishlist For years, The Economics of Public Issues has shown students the power of economics in explaining the world around us. The thirteenth edition continues the tradition of illustrating traditional economic principles through contemporary issues by offering ten all-new chapters on compelling topics such as the costs of terrorism, deregulation of ... see all copies from £4.95! new only from £5.57! \| first editions
7	The Conscience of a Liberal more books like this by Paul Krugman add to wishlist This original volume by the bestselling author of "The Great Unraveling" challenges America to reclaim the values that have made it great. Krugman weaves together a nuanced account of three generations of history with sharp political, social, and economic analysis. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £7.56! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Communist manifesto more books like this by Karl Marx add to wishlist THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO (1848) examines the rise of the working class and its inevitable revolution. It eloquently describes capitalism's widespread influence and eventual demise, and sets forth the basis of Marxism. One of the most influential writings in history, it remains highly relevant to contemporary economic and political systems. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £2.92! \| first editions
9	America for Sale: Fighting the New World Order, Surviving a Global Depression, and Preserving USA Sovereignty more books like this by Jerome R Corsi, PH.D. add to wishlist The #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Late Great USA" returns with a powerful follow-up that shows how America's economic crises have forced the country to accept global solutions. see all copies from £12.69! new only from £12.69! \| first editions
10	Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa more books like this by Dambisa Moyo, Niall Ferguson (Foreword by) add to wishlist Debunking the current model of international aid promoted by both Hollywood celebrities and policy makers, Moyo offers a bold new road map for financing development of the world's poorest countries. see all copies from £14.86! new only from £15.14!
11 view cover	Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism more books like this by Kevin Phillips add to wishlist In his acclaimed book "American Theocracy", Kevin Phillips warned of the perilous interaction of debt, financial recklessness, and the spiking cost (and growing scarcity) of oil - warnings that are proving to be frighteningly accurate. Now, in his most significant and timely book yet, Phillips takes the full measure of this crisis. They are part ... see all copies from £3.16! new only from £4.62! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	China Road: A Journey Into the Future of a Rising Power more books like this by Rob Gifford add to wishlist An acclaimed National Public Radio reporter takes a dramatic journey along China's Route 312 from its start in the boomtown of Shanghai to its end on the border with Kazakhstan. Along the way, he poses crucial questions regarding China's future as a super power. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.39!
13 view cover	The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy--If We Let It Happen more books like this by Arthur B Laffer, Stephen Moore, Peter Tanous add to wishlist The authors argue that, for 25 years, the U.S. has experienced a great wave of prosperity as a result of supply side economics, or Reaganomics. They caution that Americans risk losing their high standard of living if the policies of the past are reversed by a Democratic president. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £5.57!
14 view cover	The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too more books like this by James K Galbraith add to wishlist For nearly three decades, Washington has been in the grip of an economic orthodoxy defined by Ronald Reagan and embraced ardently by George W. Bush. It rests on four pillars: 1) Cut taxes on the wealthy, 2) Reduce regulation, 3) Fear inflation above all else, and 4) Insist on free-floating currency rates. Yet mainstream economists have spent much ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £5.57! \| first editions
15 view cover	Government more books like this by Edward I Sidlow, Beth Henschen add to wishlist "GOVT" started with student conversations, focus groups, interviews, surveys, and input from faculty members. This brief paperback includes a full suite of learning aids to accommodate the busy and diverse lifestyles of today's learners, including chapter-in-review cards and online resources such as video, simulations, an AP newsfeed, and quizzes ... see all copies from £27.89! new only from £27.89! \| first editions
16 view cover	The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century more books like this by Paul Krugman add to wishlist In this collection of Krugman's most influential columns and additional commentary, he chronicles how the boom economy unravelled and how exuberance gave way to pessimism. He tells the uncomfortable turth about how the US lost its way, and offers a road map for getting it back on track. see all copies from £3.19! new only from £5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us more books like this by Robyn Meredith add to wishlist In the streets of India, camels pull carts loaded with construction materials and monkeys race across roads, dodging cars. In China, men in Mao jackets pedal bicycles along newly built motorways, past skyscrapers sprouting like bamboo. Yet exotic India is as near as the voice answering the telephone from a call-center. Communist China is as close ... see all copies from £5.38! new only from £5.38! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy more books like this by Adam Tooze add to wishlist This chilling, fascinating new book is the first to get to grips with how Hitler's Nazi empire really functioned. There was no aspect of Nazi power untouched by economics - it was Hitler's obsession and the reason the Nazis came to power in the first place. The Second World War was fought, in Hitler's view, to create a European Empire strong ... see all copies from £6.19! new only from £7.34! \| first editions
19 view cover	The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century more books like this by James Howard Kunstler add to wishlist The depletion of nonrenewable fossil fuels is about to radically change life much sooner than anticipated. This title describes what to expect after the honeymoon of affordable energy is over, preparing readers for economic, political, and social changes of an unimaginable scale. see all copies from £5.08! new only from £5.08!
20 view cover	The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism more books like this by Robert P Murphy add to wishlist Participating in the economy is a part of everyday life, yet much of what is commonly accepted as economic fact is wrong. The media have filled the world with politically correct errors that professor Murphy sets straight and explains hot topics like outsourcing and zoning restrictions. see all copies from £6.68! new only from £6.68!
21 view cover	China Shakes the World: A Titan's Rise and Troubled Future--And the Challenge for America more books like this by James Kynge add to wishlist Drawing on his years in the country and his fluency in Mandarin, Kynge probes beyond the familiar statistics to unearth the surprising reasons for China's explosive growth. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| first editions
22 view cover	Politics in a Changing World: A Comparative Introduction to Political Science more books like this by Marcus E Ethridge add to wishlist Providing a foundation for a comparative understanding political life, POLITICS IN A CHANGING WORLD, Fifth Edition, includes in-depth chapters on political science concepts (ideology, political culture, interest groups, governmental institutions, parties), followed by a series of brief country studies to help readers acquire a better understanding ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £8.73!
23 view cover	New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America more books like this by Burton W Folsom add to wishlist In this revisionist look at Franklin Roosevelt's presidency and the New Deal, historian Folsom sheds light on how government programs such as social security, minimum wage, and taxation, originally put in place in the 1930s, didn't work then to get America out of the Great Depression--and aren't working now. see all copies from £11.20! new only from £11.20!
24 view cover	The other America; poverty in the United States more books like this by Michael Harrington add to wishlist IN see all copies from £1.24! new only from £9.54! \| first editions
25 view cover	The Servile State more books like this by Hilaire Belloc add to wishlist "The Serville State" has endured as his most important political work. The effect of socialist doctrine on capitalist society, Belloc wrote, is to produce a third thing different from either - the servile state, today commonly called the welfare state. see all copies from £3.55! new only from £5.38! \| first editions

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