US Economy

Economics impacts everyone's life, but most people take on faith what they read in the newspaper. Now, for anyone who doesn't know much about economics, noted economist Todd Buchholz explains it all....

The United States bills itself as the land of opportunity, a place where anyone can achieve success and a better life through hard work and determination. But the facts tell a different story....

A century ago, the idea of 'the economy' didn't exist. Now economics is the supreme ideology of our time, with its own rules and language. The trouble is most of us can't speak it....

For neoclassical economists, Homo economicus, or economic human, represents the ideal employee: an energetic worker bee that is a rational yet competitive decision-maker....

At the end of World War II, America had all the money and all the power. Now, after the Great Crash of 2008, America is cash poor....

The World is Curved reveals how today's risky environment came to be and why the mortgage mess is a symptom of potentially far more devastating trouble....

While many books promote redistribution as an issue of fairness, Lawrence C. Marsh's Optimal Money Flow explicitly sets aside the fairness issue to argue instead that redistribution is imperative for economic efficiency, stability, and maximum economic growth....

Who’s really to blame for America’s catastrophic financial meltdown and devastating national recession? Contrary to what the “Occupy Movement” might tell you, it’s not greedy Wall Street executives....

“This remarkable book will change the way you look at fixing Wall Street and redeeming capitalism.” — Scott Umstead, President, Fusion ...

Capitalism is under attack by leftists who want to remake the United States into a European-style welfare state. The Road to Prosperity is a clarion call for a return to the principles that support economic growth, individual opportunity, and freedom....

In Powering Prosperity, Dr. Indranil Ghosh brings together his decades of experience as a sustainable economic development investor and an MIT-trained scientist to provide a new framework for understanding the world's challenges and the choices societies must make to address them....

Meet the economic architects behind the world's most exciting political movement, and gain insight into their platform. Policymakers, informed voters, and those who need to know what the future holds for their country, must listen to this audiobook....

In the 1950s manufacturing generated nearly 30 percent of US income. Over the past 55 years that share has gradually declined to less than 12 percent....

From an acclaimed economist, a call to jump-start economic growth by aggressively overhauling liberal democracy. Around the world, people who are angry at stagnant wages and growing inequality have rebelled against established governments and turned to political extremes....

This is a collection of two important economic audiobooks: Economics in Three Lessons and One Hundred Economic Laws....

Packed with eye-opening information, key concepts, and need-to-know terms, this easy-to-understand primer lets you explore economics at your own pace. Get a straightforward overview of the economy that’s stripped of overwhelming jargon....

Economist and syndicated journalist Loretta Napoleoni argues that the world is undergoing rapid and unexpected great transformations fueled by what she calls rogue economics....

Although middle-income families don't earn much more than they did several decades ago, they are buying bigger cars, houses, and appliances....

This book examines the breakdown of the Keynesian Revolution. Drawing on economic literature, the memoirs of economists and politicians, and the popular press, Eric Crouse examines how economic decline in the 1970s precipitated a political revolution....

A Tale of Two Economies details the ongoing battle between the material and the monetary economies....