Economic Development
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The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor
$18.99 Add to cartIn this “bracingly iconoclastic” book (New York Times Book Review), a renowned economics scholar breaks down the fight to end global poverty and the rights that poor individuals have had taken away fo… [more below]
- Author: Easterly, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 16 2021
- ISBN10: 1541675673
- Language: English
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Mr. China: A Memoir
$16.99 Add to cartMr. China tells the rollicking story of a young man who goes to China with the misguided notion that he will help bring the Chinese into the modern world, only to be schooled by the most resourceful a
- Author: Clissold, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 28 2006
- ISBN10: 0060761407
- Language: English
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Poverty: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartNo one wants to live in poverty. Few people would want others to do so. Yet, we find ourselves in a situation where millions of people worldwide live in poverty. According to the World Bank in 2010, 1… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Jefferson, Philip N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0198716478
- Language: English
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Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
$19.99 Add to cartThe inspirational story of how Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus invented microcredit, founded the Grameen Bank, and transformed the fortunes of millions of poor people around the world.
Muhammad Yu- Author: Yunus, Muhammad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: October 16 2003
- ISBN10: 1586481983
- Language: English
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How Rich Countries Got Rich … and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor
$19.99 Add to cartA maverick economist explains how protectionism makes nations rich, free trade keeps them poor—and how rich countries make sure to keep it that way.
Throughout history, some combination of government… [more below]- Author: Reinert, Erik S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1541762894
- Language: English
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The Economist’s View of the World
$19.99 Add to cartA thought-provoking tour of the economist’s mind using non-technical language and relevant political examples throughout.
- Author: Rhoads, Steven E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1108994075
- Language: English
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China’s Great Road: Lessons for Marxist Theory and Socialist Practices
$35.00 Add to cartThe accumulated achievements of China since its revolution of 1949 are so great that they have now not only changed the world but must lead every socialist and progressive person to think about their
- Author: Ross, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 266
- Publish Date: July 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1899155112
- Language: English
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The Super Age: Decoding Our Demographic Destiny
$29.99 Add to cartA demographic futurist explains the coming Super Age–when there will be more people older than sixty-five than those under the age of eighteen–and explores what it could mean for our collective futu
- Author: Schurman, Bradley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 0063048752
- Language: English
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The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa
$19.99 Add to cartThe path to progress in Africa lies in the surprising and innovative solutions Africans are finding for themselves.
“A hopeful narrative about a continent on the rise.” —New York Times Book ReviewDay… [more below]
- Author: Olopade, Dayo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 10 2015
- ISBN10: 0544483995
- Language: English
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The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor
$25.00 Add to cartThe Wealth and Poverty of Nations is David S. Landes’s acclaimed, best-selling exploration of one of the most contentious and hotly debated questions of our time: Why do some nations achieve economic
- Author: Landes, David S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: May 17, 1999
- ISBN10: 0393318885
- Language: English
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The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution
$18.95 Add to cartWinner of the 2021 Elliott P. Skinner Book Award
“If you care about museums and the world, read this book”–New York Times
“Urgent, lucid, and brilliantly enraged…a long-awaited treatise on justi- Author: Hicks, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 20 2021
- ISBN10: 0745346227
- Language: English
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The Changemaker: The Art of Building Better Leaders
$24.95 Add to cartWhat Is A changemaker?
Leadership is never easy. Almost all leaders deal with both triumph and tragedy, oftentimes in equal measure. The fact of the matter is that leadership insists on constant reje- Author: Copenhaver, Deke
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: May 28 2019
- ISBN10: 1946633739
- Language: English
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The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living Since the Civil War
$27.95 Read moreHow America’s high standard of living came to be and why future growth is under threat
In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previ- Series: Princeton Economic History of the Western World #70
- Author: Gordon, Robert J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: August 29 2017
- ISBN10: 0691175802
- Language: English
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Economics Rules: The Rights and Wrongs of the Dismal Science
$17.95 Add to cartIn the wake of the financial crisis and the Great Recession, economics seems anything but a science. In this sharp, masterfully argued book, Dani Rodrik, a leading critic from within, takes a close lo
- Author: Rodrik, Dani
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 11 2016
- ISBN10: 0393353419
- Language: English
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Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World
$21.00 Add to cartWINNER OF THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZE
“An intelligent explanation of the mechanisms that prod
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018
ONE OF THE ECONOMIST’S BOOKS OF THE YEAR
A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS’ TOP BOOK- Author: Tooze, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: August 27 2019
- ISBN10: 143110357
- Language: English
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Yellen: The Trailblazing Economist Who Navigated an Era of Upheaval
$32.50 Add to cart“A vivid portrait of an exceptional woman and a lively history of the economic and financial crises that helped make the treasury secretary and former Fed chair who she is today.” –Sylvia Nasar, #1 N
- Author: Hilsenrath, Jon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0063162466
- Language: English
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Africa’s Business Revolution: How to Succeed in the World’s Next Big Growth Market
$35.00 Add to cartThe Definitive Guide to Doing Business in Africa
For global and Africa-based companies looking to access new growth markets, Africa offers exciting opportunities to build large, profitable businesses.
- Author: Leke, Acha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 20 2018
- ISBN10: 1633694402
- Language: English
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American Flannel: How a Band of Entrepreneurs Are Bringing the Art and Business of Making Clothes Back Home
$29.00 Read more“I can confidently say this will be one of my favorite books of 2024.” –Stephen King, bestselling author (and onetime millworker)
“American Flannel is a wonderful book–surprising, entertaining, vivi- Author: Kurutz, Steven
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0593329619
- Language: English
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The Bond Book, Third Edition: Everything Investors Need to Know about Treasuries, Municipals, Gnmas, Corporates, Zeros, Bond Funds, Money Market Funds
$45.00 Add to cartEverything on Treasuries, munis, bond funds, and more
The bond buyer’s answer book–updated for the new economy
“As in the first two editions, this third edition of The Bond Book continues to be the
- Author: Thau, Annette
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: November 19 2010
- ISBN10: 007166470X
- Language: English
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Capitalism in America: An Economic History of the United States
$21.00 Add to cartFrom the legendary former Fed Chairman and the acclaimed Economist writer and historian, the full, epic story of America’s evolution from a small patchwork of threadbare colonies to the most powerful … [more below]
- Author: Greenspan, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 15 2019
- ISBN10: 735222460
- Language: English
