A history of taxation and expenditure in the Western world
Simon and Schuster, January 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. More
Economics
Life after Capitalism: The Meaning of Wealth, the Future of the Economy, and the Time Theory of Money
Regnery Gateway, May 2023. Hardcover. Author of national bestseller Life After Google and generation-defining Wealth and Poverty, venture capitalist, futurist, and pioneering thinker extraordinaire George Gilder pinpoints how the clash of creativity with power at the heart of economic systems leads to global cognitive dissonance and argues that the creation..... More
Naked Consumer: How Our Private Lives Become Public Commodities
Penguin Books, February 1994. First Thus. Paper Back. After receiving a sudden surge of junk mail directed at new parents--even though his wife at the time was merely pregnant-- Erik Larson, the National Bestselling author, set out to explore the lengths companies go to spy on individual consumers. Posing as..... More
The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America—and How to Undo His Legacy
Simon & Schuster, May 2023. Paper Back. New York Times Bestseller New York Times reporter and "Corner Office" columnist David Gelles reveals legendary GE CEO Jack Welch to be the root of all that's wrong with capitalism today and offers advice on how we might right those wrongs. In 1981..... More
NFTs Are a Scam / NFTs Are the Future: The Early Years: 2020-2023
MCD, May 2023. Hardcover. The national bestselling author and streetwear entrepreneur Bobby Hundreds's manifesto about NFTs, the future of creativity, and bringing his brand and community into the modern digital space. Bobby Hundreds has spent twenty years building his streetwear company, The Hundreds, to be as much a community as..... More
Global Political Economy: Understanding the International Economic Order
Princeton University Press, March 2001. Trade Paperback. This book is the eagerly awaited successor to Robert Gilpin's 1987 The Political Economy of International Relations, the classic statement of the field of international political economy that continues to command the attention of students, researchers, and policymakers. The world economy and political..... More
These Are the Plunderers: How Private Equity Runs―and Wrecks―America
Simon & Schuster, April 2023. Hardcover. Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times bestselling financial journalist Gretchen Morgenson and financial policy analyst Joshua Rosner investigate the insidious world of private equity, revealing how it leeches profits from everyday Americans, tanks the companies it acquires, and puts our entire economic system at..... More
Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America
PublicAffairs, May 2023. Hardcover. The authoritative exposé of private equity: what it is, how it kills businesses and jobs, how the government helps, and how we stop it Private equity surrounds us. Firms like Blackstone, Carlyle, and KKR are among the largest employers in America and hold assets that rival..... More
Hell to Pay: How the Suppression of Wages Is Destroying America
Portfolio, May 2023. Hardcover. From one of America's leading thinkers, a provocative diagnosis of the cause of America's decline--and a searing indictment of those who caused it For nearly half a century, Americans have been bombarded by neoliberal propaganda promoting the lie that wages are objectively determined by impersonal labor..... More
In the Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from Over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs
Artisan Publishers, September 2020. Trade Paperback. New York Times Bestseller Named One of the Ten Best Books of the Year by Essence Named a Best Holiday Gift Book by Real Simple, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Boston Globe, and more Named a Best Gift for Coworkers by Heavy.com..... More
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
W. W. Norton & Company, March 2010. Hardcover. When the crash of the U. S. stock market became public knowledge in the fall of 2008, it was already old news. The real crash, the silent crash, had taken place over the previous year, in bizarre feeder markets where the sun..... More
The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket
Avery, November 2021. First Thus. Paper Back. "A deeply curious and evenhanded report on our national appetites." --The New York Times In the tradition of Fast Food Nation and The Omnivore's Dilemma, an extraordinary investigation into the human lives at the heart of the American grocery store The miracle of..... More
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Belknap Press, April 2014. Hardcover. A New York Times #1 Bestseller An Amazon #1 Bestseller A Wall Street Journal #1 Bestseller A USA Today Bestseller A Sunday Times Bestseller A Guardian Best Book of the 21st Century Winner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award..... More
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
W. W. Norton & Company, February 2011. Trade Paperback. Michael Lewis creates a fresh, character-driven narrative brimming with indignation and dark humor, a fitting sequel to his #1 bestseller Liar's Poker. Out of a handful of unlikely-really unlikely-heroes, Lewis fashions a story as compelling and unusual as any of his..... More
The Making of the Indebted Man: An Essay on the Neoliberal Condition (Semiotext(e) / Intervention Series)
Semiotext(e), August 2012. Trade Paperback. A new and radical reexamination of today's neoliberalist "new economy" through the political lens of the debtor/creditor relation. The debtor-creditor relation, which is at the heart of this book, sharpens mechanisms of exploitation and domination indiscriminately, since, in it, there is no distinction between workers..... More
Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy
Penguin Press, February 2023. Hardcover. The instant New York Times bestseller! "Addicted to Succession? Well, here's the real thing." - The Hollywood Reporter "Jaw-dropping . . . an epic tale of toxic wealth and greed populated by connivers and manipulators." --The New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice The shocking..... More
The Privatization of Everything: How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back
The New Press, April 2023. Paper Back. NOW IN PAPERBACK The book the American Prospect calls "an essential resource for future reformers on how not to govern," by America's leading defender of the public interest and a bestselling historian "An essential read for those who want to fight the assault..... More
Wealth of Nations
Modern Library, January 1994. Hardcover. But, as Andrew Skinner reveals in his introduction to this edition, the real sophistication of "The Wealth of Nations" lies less in individual areas of economic analysis than in its overall picture of a vast analytical system--a capitalist economy--in which all the parts can be..... More
The Bezos Blueprint: Communication Secrets of the World's Greatest Salesman
St. Martin's Press, November 2022. Hardcover. The communication and leadership secrets of Jeff Bezos and how to master them, from the bestselling author of Talk Like Ted. Jeff Bezos is a dreamer who turned a bold idea into the world's most influential company, a brand that likely touches your life..... More
The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers (Touchstone Books (Paperback))
Simon & Schuster Books, January 1975. Paper Back. Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine-length faintly creased from use; Pages free of markings; A great reading copy. More
The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens Our Businesses, Infantilizes Our Governments, and Warps Our Economies
Penguin Press, March 2023. Hardcover. A vital and timely investigation into the opaque and powerful consulting industry--and what to do about it There is an entrenched relationship between the consulting industry and the way business and government are managed today that must change. Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington show that..... More
Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution
Little Brown and Company, September 1999. Paper Back. There are no more respected voices in the environmental movement than Paul Hawken and Amory and Hunter Lovins, true counselors on the direction of twenty-first-century business. With hundreds of thousands of books sold worldwide, they have set the agenda for rational, ecologically..... More
Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
Holt Paperbacks, March 2008. Trade Paperback. The bestselling author of The End of Nature issues an impassioned call to arms for an economy that creates community and ennobles our lives In this powerful and provocative manifesto, Bill McKibben offers the biggest challenge in a generation to the prevailing view of..... More
Crash Landing: The Inside Story of How the World's Biggest Companies Survived an Economy on the Brink
Crown, March 2023. Hardcover. A kaleidoscopic account of the financial carnage of the pandemic, revealing the fear, grit, and gambles that drove the economy's winners and losers--from a leading business reporter "A true masterwork . . . perceptive, well researched, and captivating."--David M. Rubenstein, co-founder and co-chairman of The Carlyle..... More
LEAN IN: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Knopf, March 2013. Hardcover. #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - "A landmark manifesto (The New York Times) that's a revelatory, inspiring call to action and a blueprint for individual growth that will empower women around the world to achieve their full potential. In her famed TED talk, Sheryl Sandberg described how women..... More
