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  • Mission and Margin

    A Practical Guide to University Finances

    by Daniel Diermeier, Brett Sweet ...
    An insider's guide to university finances, for non-insiders.The finances of higher education have never been more challenging. From two-year institutions to the Ivy Leagues, from department chairs to provosts, administrators face revenue shortfalls and financial insecurity. A fundamental understanding of financial management is more essential than ever for university leaders at every level—as is a ... Read more

    $26.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Value of Everything

    Making and Taking in the Global Economy

    by Mariana Mazzucato ...
    The award-winning author of The Entrepreneurial State and Mission Economy offers a scathing indictment of a global financial system that incentivizes taking over making and extraction over creation“A stimulating analysis of the underlying causes of inequality and growth which forces us to confront long-held beliefs about how economies work and who benefits.” —Martin Wolf,<... ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Shareholder Value Myth

    How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public

    by Lynn Stout ...
    An in-depth look at the trouble with shareholder value thinking and at better options for models of corporate purpose.Executives, investors, and the business press routinely chant the mantra that corporations are required to "maximize shareholder value." In this pathbreaking book, renowned corporate expert Lynn Stout debunks the myth that corporate law mandates shareholder primacy. Stout shows how ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Economics in Two Lessons

    Why Markets Work So Well, and Why They Can Fail So Badly

    by John Quiggin ...
    A masterful introduction to the key ideas behind the successes—and failures—of free-market economicsSince 1946, Henry Hazlitt’s bestselling Economics in One Lesson has popularized the belief that economics can be boiled down to one simple lesson: market prices represent the true cost of everything. But one-lesson economics tells only half the story. It can explain why markets often work so well, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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  • Any Happy Returns

    Structural Changes and Super Cycles in Markets

    by Peter C. Oppenheimer ...
    “Clear and well-written, and can be seen as a helpful primer on a wide range of issues independent of its main theses” – The Society of Professional Economists - Reading Room“An invaluable read for economic history buffs, the book also offers hints on how to invest wisely that will appeal to other readers too.”– Financial Times‘An in-depth but accessible analysis of the complex factors that impact ... Read more

    $28.00 USD

  • Capitalist Punishment

    How Wall Street Is Using Your Money to Create a Country You Didn't Vote For

    by Vivek Ramaswamy ...
    A Wall Street cartel has quietly seized control of the American economy, and they are forcing governments and businesses to bow down to their political agenda—using your money to do it.Three Wall Street firms have quietly amassed more money than Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Andrew Carnegie, and John Rockefeller combined. But the money isn’t even theirs. These asset managers have accumulated all their ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • The Problem of Twelve

    When a Few Financial Institutions Control Everything

    by John Coates ...
    The forces behind an economic and political crisis in the makingA “problem of twelve” arises when a small number of institutions acquire the means to exert outsized influence over the politics and economy of a nation.The Big Four index funds of Vanguard, State Street, Fidelity, and BlackRock control more than twenty percent of the votes of S&P 500 companies—a concentration of power that’s ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

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  • Corporate Governance

    Principles and Issues

    by Donald Nordberg ...
    Offering a fresh look at the commonly accepted view of what constitutes good governance, Donald Nordberg explores the contexts of board decisions and draws upon his academic research and years of business and financial journalism in Europe, North America and Asia to provide a distinctive and pertinent contribution to the literature on corporate governance. The book:- Features 21 detailed case ... Read more

    $99.89 USD

  • Engine of Inequality

    The Fed and the Future of Wealth in America

    by Karen Petrou ...
    The first book to reveal how the Federal Reserve holds the key to making us more economically equal, written by an author with unparalleled expertise in the real world of financial policyFollowing the 2008 financial crisis, the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy placed much greater focus on stabilizing the market than on helping struggling Americans. As a result, the richest Americans got a lot ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

  • Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy

    Reconfiguring the Three-Player Game between Markets, Speculators and the State

    by William H. Janeway ...
    Legendary economist Hyman Minsky identified author William H. Janeway as a 'theorist-practitioner' of financial economics; this book is an expression of that double life. Interweaving his unique professional perspective with political and financial history, Janeway narrates the dynamics of the innovation economy from the standpoint of a seasoned practitioner of venture capital, operating on the ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

  • The Middle-Class New Deal

    Restoring Upward Mobility and the American Dream

    by A. Mechele Dickerson ...
    New York Times bestsellerAs seen on The Daily Show"This book is music to my ears."—Jon StewartA bold, accessible story about how the American middle class was built and what we can do to save it.The American middle class didn’t happen by accident—it was built through government action in the wake of the Great Depression. But over the past for... ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • The Innovation Illusion

    How So Little Is Created by So Many Working So Hard

    by Fredrik Erixon, Björn Weigel ...
    Timely, compelling, and certain to be controversial—a deeply researched study that reveals how companies and policy makers are hindering innovation-led growth Conventional wisdom holds that Western economies are on the threshold of fast-and-furious technological development. Fredrik Erixon and Bjorn Weigel refute this idea, bringing together a vast array of data and case studies to tell a very ... Read more

    $21.59 USD