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  • The Mind of Wall Street

    A Legendary Financier on the Perils of Greed and the Mysteries of the Market

    As stock prices and investor confidence have collapsed in the wake of Enron, WorldCom, and the dot-com crash, people want to know how this happened and how to make sense of the uncertain times to come.Into the breach comes one of Wall Street's legendary investors, Leon Levy, to explain why the market so often confounds us, and why those who ought to understand it tend to get chewed up and spat out ... Read more

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    Critical Perspectives Across Disciplines

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    Focusing on masks and faces as figures and objects that carry ethical and political meanings, this volume examines the scientific, cultural, visual, and philosophical histories and traditions in which they are imbricated and which allow them to gather force and to become central to how human relationships are made.Offering interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives on masks and faces, ... Read more

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    In the face of rising inequality in America, Joseph E. Stiglitz charts a path toward real recovery and a more equal society.A singular voice of reason in an era defined by bitter politics and economic uncertainty, Joseph E. Stiglitz has time and again diagnosed America’s greatest economic challenges, from the Great Recession and its feeble recovery to the yawning gap between the rich and the poor. ... Read more

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  • More Than Good Intentions

    Improving the Ways the World's Poor Borrow, Save, Farm, Learn, and Stay Healthy

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    An Introduction to Modern Economic Thought

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  • Global Tilt

    Leading Your Business Through the Great Economic Power Shift

    by Ram Charan ...
    New York Times bestselling author Ram Charan gives business leaders the guidance they need to succeed in a world in which economic power has shifted.The global tilt is nothing less than an irreversible shift of economic power—jobs, wealth, and market opportunities—from a small part of the world to its entirety. It is improving the lives of millions of people around the world, and while it is ... Read more

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  • Peers Inc

    How People and Platforms Are Inventing the Collaborative Economy and Reinventing Capitalism

    by Robin Chase ...
    When Robin Chase cofounded Zipcar, she not only started a business but established the foundation for one of the most important economic and social ideas of our time: the collaborative economy. With this important book, she broadens our thinking about the ways in which the economy is being transformed and shows how the Peers Inc model is changing the very nature of capitalism.When the best of ... Read more

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  • The Age of Access

    The New Culture of Hypercapitalism

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  • The New Trail of Tears

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  • Guardians of Prosperity

    Why America Needs Big Banks

    Since the financial crisis, amid outrage at the likes of Citigroup and JPMorganChase and Washington's rejiggering of the financial system, the banking industry has had one major defender: Richard X. Bove.Now he explains why big banks are the nation's lifeline to success, and why financial disaster will ensue if we make it impossible for them to fill their role in the economy. Bove argues that big ... Read more

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  • Understanding the Global Community

    Since the end of the Cold War,interaction among communities across the globe has increased exponentially. Globalization has changed how we live, how we communicate, what we eat, and how we travel around the world. What do such social, political, and economic changes mean in a twenty-first-century context?Understanding the Global Community explores these and other key questions, offering a concise ... Read more

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  • The Gridlock Economy

    How Too Much Ownership Wrecks Markets, Stops Innovation, and Costs Lives

    25 new runways would eliminate most air travel delays in America. Why can't we build them? 50 patent owners are blocking a major drug maker from creating a cancer cure. Why won't they get out of the way? 90% of our broadcast spectrum sits idle while American cell phone service lags far behind Japan's and Korea's. Why are we wasting our airwaves? 98% of African American -- owned farms have been ... Read more

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