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  • A Cultural History of Money in the Age of Empire

    Edited by Professor Federico Neiburg, Professor Nigel Dodd ...
    Series series The Cultural Histories Series
    The nineteenth century was a time of intense monetization of social life: increasingly money became the only means of access to goods and services, especially in the new metropolises; new technologies and infrastructures emerged for saving and circulating money and for standardizing coinage; and paper currencies were printed, founded purely on trust without any intrinsic metallic value. But the ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

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  • Capitalism

    The Unknown Ideal

    by Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, Robert Hessen ...
    In this series of essays, Ayn Rand presents her stand on the persecution of big business, the causes of war, the default of conservatism, and the evils of altruism.The foundations of capitalism are being battered by a flood of altruism, which is the cause of the modern world's collapse. This is the view of Ayn Rand, a view so radically opposed to prevailing attitudes that it constitutes a major ... Read more

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  • The Essential Galbraith

    by John Kenneth Galbraith ...
    "Graceful and often witty" insights from the legendary economist, drawn from his most influential works ( Library Journal).The Essential Galbraith includes key selections from the most important works of John Kenneth Galbraith, one of the most distinguished writers of our time—from The Affluent Society, the groundbreaking book in which he coined the term "conventional wisdom," to The Great Crash, ... Read more

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  • New Ideas from Dead Economists

    An Introduction to Modern Economic Thought

    by Todd G. Buchholz ...
    **"If you read only one economics book this year, read this one.”—Larry Summers, Secretary of the Treasury for President Clinton, Director of the National Economic Council for President ObamaA must-read for students of economics, New Ideas from Dead Economists offers an entertaining and accessible introduction to the great economic thingers throughout history.**Through the teachings of Adam Smith, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Keynes

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Robert Skidelsky ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) is a central thinker of the twentieth century, not just an economic theorist and statesman, but also in economics, philosophy, politics, and culture. In this Very Short Introduction Lord Skidelsky, a renowned biographer of Keynes, explores his ethical and practical philosophy, his monetary thought, and provides an insight into his life and works. In the recent ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • No More Work

    Why Full Employment Is a Bad Idea

    by James Livingston ...
    For centuries we've believed that work was where you learned discipline, initiative, honesty, self-reliance—in a word, character. A job was also, and not incidentally, the source of your income: if you didn’t work, you didn’t eat, or else you must be stealing from someone. According to such pieties, if you truly worked hard, you could earn your way and maybe even make something of yourself. In ... Read more

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  • Labor and Monopoly Capital

    The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century

    by Harry Braverman ...
    This widely acclaimed book, first published in 1974, was a classic from its first day in print. Written in a direct, inviting way by Harry Braverman, whose years as an industrial worker gave him rich personal insight into work, Labor and Monopoly Capital overturned the reigning ideologies of academic sociology.This new edition features an introduction by John Bellamy Foster that sets the work in ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Logic of Collective Action

    Public Goods and the Theory of Groups, With a New Preface and Appendix

    by Mancur Olson Jr. ...
    Series Book 124 - Harvard Economic Studies
    This book develops an original theory of group and organizational behavior that cuts across disciplinary lines and illustrates the theory with empirical and historical studies of particular organizations. Applying economic analysis to the subjects of the political scientist, sociologist, and economist, Mancur Olson examines the extent to which the individuals that share a common interest find it ... Read more

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  • The Essential Hirschman

    by Emma Rothschild, Amartya Sen, Albert O. Hirschman ...
    Some of the finest essays in the social sciences, written by one of the twentieth century's most influential and provocative thinkersThe Essential Hirschman brings together some of the finest essays in the social sciences, written by one of the twentieth century's most influential and provocative thinkers. Albert O. Hirschman was a master essayist, one who possessed the rare ability to blend the ... Read more

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  • The Indispensable Milton Friedman

    Essays on Politics and Economics

    Edited by Lanny Ebenstein ...
    Milton Friedman is one of the most famous economists in history. His writings and theories on everything from capitalism and freedom to deregulation and welfare have inspired movements, influenced government policies, and changed the course of America’s economic history.Now, acclaimed Friedman biographer Dr. Lanny Ebenstein brings together twenty of Friedman’s greatest essays in his new book, The ... Read more

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  • The Corruption of Economics

    by Mason Gaffney, Fred Harrison ...
    Series Book 1 - Shepheard Walwyn Classics
    Some years ago, The Economist carried a lead editorial, ‘The puzzling failure of economics’. The frank admission was provoked by the publication of a new edition of Paul Samuelson’s Economist. The editorial concluded that it ‘is not a failure of economics, in fact, but of modern [neo-classical] economics’.The authors argue there is nothing puzzling about this failure. They document how the ... Read more

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  • Essays on Economics and Economists

    by R. H. Coase ...
    Reflections on two centuries of economic history from a Nobel Prize winner in the field: "An accessible collection by a renowned economist."— Library JournalHow do economists decide what questions to address and how to choose their theories? How do they tackle the problems of the economic system and give advice on public policy? With these broad questions, Nobel laureate R. H. Coase, widely ... Read more

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