Economics & Finance

Economics & Finance

 
13 Bankers Johnson, Simon | Kwak, James Pantheon Books , 2010 Business Biographies, Economics & Finance

In March 2009, 13 executives of the most powerful financial institutions in America met with the president at the White House at the height of a profound financial crisis which threatened the very existence of the...

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99 to 1 Collins, Chuck Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. , 2012 Economics & Finance

In 99 to 1, Chuck Collins describes how tax laws, government policies, and political infrastructure are designed to benefit the richest 1 percent of the U.S. population, often at the expense of the...

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Accelerating Out of the Great Recession Rhodes, David | Stelter, Daniel McGraw-Hill , 2010 Business Strategy, Economics & Finance, Global Business

The “great recession” has completely changed today’s economic climate. Consumers are buying less and saving more, banks are lending very little money, and conservationist policies are emerging from developed nations,...

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Always a Winner Navarro, Peter John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2009 Business Strategy, Economics & Finance

In Always a Winner, Peter Navarro makes the case that a recession can be substantially more damaging to an organization that any 10 competitors. He presents a comprehensive guide for executives to...

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And Then the Roof Caved In Faber, David John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2009 Business Biographies, Economics & Finance

Speculation and investigations into what really caused one of the greatest economic collapses in history will continue for the foreseeable future and, in the process, blame will most likely be placed at a number of...

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Animal Spirits Akerlof, George A. | Shiller, Robert J. Princeton University Press , 2009 Economics & Finance

Animal Spirits dissects standard economic theories and demonstrates their failure to account for human emotion, even though emotions have a large impact on the economy. George A. Akerlof and Robert J....

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Business at the Speed of Now Bernard, John M. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2012 Business Strategy, Economics & Finance, Management

In Business at the Speed of Now, John Bernard asserts that we are in the midst of the biggest economic shift in more than a century—the shift from an economy driven by mass production to an economy...

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Cannibal Capitalism Hill, Michael C. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2012 Economics & Finance, Entrepreneurship

Michael Hill was a custom home builder with a company valued at $47 million when the subprime crisis hit and the nation’s housing market tanked. In 2008, Hill found himself in bankruptcy court. He realized that the...

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Capitalism 4.0 Kaletsky, Anatole PublicAffairs , 2010 Economics & Finance, Entrepreneurship

During the time following the economic crisis of 2007-09, many warned that the entire U.S. economic system was doomed to fail. In Capitalism 4.0, author Anatole Kaletsky argues that this crisis was...

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China Versus the West Tselichtchev, Ivan John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd. , 2012 Economics & Finance, Global Business

In China Versus the West, Ivan Tselichtchev describes the Western economic crisis that occurred parallel to unyielding Chinese growth and how this created a global power shift. He explains the genesis...

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