Public Policy
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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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Capitalism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWhat is capitalism? Is capitalism the same everywhere? Is there an alternative?
The word “capitalism” is one that is heard and used frequently, but what is capitalism really all about, and what does i- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Fulcher, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 01 2015
- ISBN10: 198726074
- Language: English
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The Forgotten Depression: 1921, the Crash That Cured Itself
$18.00 Add to cartJames Grant’s story of America’s last governmentally untreated depression: A bible for conservative economists, this “carefully researched history…makes difficult economic concepts easy to understan… [more below]
- Author: Grant, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 17 2015
- ISBN10: 1451686463
- Language: English
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A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations
$21.99 Read moreAn acclaimed author and celebrated journalist breaks down the history of electricity and the impact of global energy use on the world and the environment.
Global demand for power is doubling e… [more below]- Author: Bryce, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1541736052
- Language: English
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Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism
$19.99 Add to cart- Author: Mazzucato, Mariana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0063273357
- Language: English
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Hypercapitalism: The Modern Economy, Its Values, and How to Change Them
$28.27 Add to cartPAPERBACK ORIGINAL From the bestselling cartoonist of The Cartoon History of the Universe comes an explosive graphic takedown of capitalism
Bestselling “overeducated cartoonist” Larry Gonick has delig- Author: Gonick, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 16 2018
- ISBN10: 1620972824
- Language: English
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The Power of Who: You Already Know Everyone You Need to Know
$28.00 Read moreBob Beaudine believes Networking is Not working for Americans any longer. This highly respected and well-connected head hunter shares his philosophy on what really works in identifying what your dream… [more below]
- Author: Beaudine, Bob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 06 2009
- ISBN10: 1599951533
- Language: English
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Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism
$21.99 Add to cart“What I am seeking here is a better understanding of the contradictions of capital, not of capitalism. I want to know how the economic engine of capitalism works the way it does, and why it might stut… [more below]
- Author: Harvey, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0190230851
- Language: English
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Rebooting Capitalism: How We Can Forge a Society That Works for Everyone
$20.00 Add to cartSince the mid-twentieth century, free-market ideology has undermined the economic well-being and social fabric of American life. An unprecedented, extremely effective and largely invisible effort by a
- Author: Biglan, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: May 19 2020
- ISBN10: 057869090X
- Language: English
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Seven Deadly Economic Sins
$20.99 Add to cartCompelling basic principles of economics every citizen should know to enable better personal decision-making and better evaluation of public policy.
- Author: Otteson, James R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: April 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1108824382
- Language: English
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CUI Informed: The definitive guide to the United States Government’s Controlled Unclassified Information Program
$99.99 Add to cartBased on lessons learned as a result of the 9/11 attacks, the United States Government’s Controlled Unclassified Information (“CUI”) program fundamentally reshapes the way the Federal Government ident
- Series: Cui Informed
- Author: Goepel, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 22 2023
- ISBN10: 9798989103720
- Language: English
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The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs Private Sector Myths
$18.00 Add to cartAward-winning economist Mariana Mazzucato’s famously incisive international bestseller debunking the pervasive myth of the inept state versus an innovative private sector–with a new preface by the au… [more below]
- Author: Mazzucato, Mariana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0593656938
- Language: English
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The Climate Casino: Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics for a Warming World
$21.00 Add to cartThe 2018 Nobel laureate for economics analyzes the politics and economics of the central environmental issue of today and points the way to real solutions
Climate change is profoundly altering our worl
- Author: Nordhaus, William D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: February 24 2015
- ISBN10: 030021264X
- Language: English
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House of Debt: How They (and You) Caused the Great Recession, and How We Can Prevent It from Happening Again
$18.00 Add to cartThe Great American Recession resulted in the loss of eight million jobs between 2007 and 2009. More than four million homes were lost to foreclosures. Is it a coincidence that the United States witnes… [more below]
- Author: Mian, Atif
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: May 20 2015
- ISBN10: 022627165X
- Language: English
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Drugs and Drug Policy: What Everyone Needs to Know(r)
$16.95 Add to cartWhile there have always been norms and customs around the use of drugs, explicit public policies–regulations, taxes, and prohibitions–designed to control drug abuse are a more recent phenomenon. Tho… [more below]
- Series: What Everyone Needs to Know (Paperback)
- Author: Kleiman, Mark A. R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 13 2011
- ISBN10: 199764506
- Language: English
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Jump-Starting America: How Breakthrough Science Can Revive Economic Growth and the American Dream
$45.50 Read moreThe untold story of how America once created the most successful economy the world has ever seen and how we can do it again.
The American economy glitters on the outside, but the reality is quite dif- Author: Gruber, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 09 2019
- ISBN10: 1541762487
- Language: English
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A Progressive’s Case for Bitcoin: A Path Toward a More Just, Equitable, and Peaceful World
$29.99 Add to cartA Progressive’s Case for Bitcoin is for everyone who is starting to learn about Bitcoin and wants to understand the reality behind the buzz. Exploring the value proposition of Bitcoin through a progre… [more below]
- Author: Maier, C. Jason
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: April 14 2023
- ISBN10: 9798987636305
- Language: English
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How Much is Enough?: Money and the Good Life
$24.00 Add to cartA provocative and timely call for a moral approach to economics, drawing on philosophers, political theorists, writers, and economists from Aristotle to Marx to Keynes
What constitutes the good life?- Author: Skidelsky, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 20 2013
- ISBN10: 1590516346
- Language: English
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The Lucky Poor
$12.00 Add to cart“Will appeal to a range of readers, from fans of Raina Telgemeier to comics on social issues.” — BOOKLIST
Mazie’s family has been offered a fantastic gift: their very own, brand-new house, built for- Author: Lovie, Mazie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 134
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1638991251
- Language: English
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Don’t Buy It: The Trouble with Talking Nonsense about the Economy
$36.00 Add to cartAfter everything that’s happened, how is it possible that conservatives still win debates about the economy? Time and again the right wins over voters by claiming that their solutions are only common
- Author: Shenker-Osorio, Anat
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 25 2012
- ISBN10: 1610391772
- Language: English
