US Economy

A new movement is afoot that promises to save the world by applying the magic of the market to the challenges of social change. What's wrong with that?Almost everthing....

A manifesto for deep and radical change, Creating Freedom explores the limits placed on freedom by human nature and society....

In The Sport and Prey of Capitalists, Linda McQuaig challenges the dogma of privatization, which has defined our political era. She argues that now more than ever, as we grapple with climate change and income inequality, we need to expand, not shrink, our public sphere....

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....

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....

Prestigious newspaper editor George Melloan, who worked for the Wall Street Journal for more than half a century, is no stranger to the wild ups and downs of the American and world economies....

What sparks vast economic calamities? Why do our economic policy makers fail to protect us from upheavals? In Wrong, economist Richard Grossman addresses such questions....

In this thought-provoking book, Edward D. Kleinbard demonstrates how the failure to acknowledge the force of brute luck in our material lives exacerbates these crises leading to warped policy choices that impede genuine equality of opportunity for many Americans....

A wake-up call for middle class Americans who feel trapped in a post-crisis economic slump, The Unfair Trade is a riveting exposé of the vast global financial system....

Every day brings another gloomy economic statistic. Countries heading for bankruptcy; banks running out of money; production down; shop prices up: and no end seems to be in sight....

The U.S. economy experienced one of the productive and prosperous decades of its history in the 1990s. Then, very quickly and with little warning, it ground to a devastating halt....

In Doomed to Fail, Paul Shotton explains why liberal democracy is the least bad political framework and why every other political system will inevitably lead to war....

Capitalism needs to transform, as its engine's real purpose - business - to solve society's problems and not profit from causing problems to the community. Everyone needs to feel a sense of justified belief in the capitalist system that offers an equitable share in the benefits....

The author of the widely praised Age of Greed now gives us a bold indictment of some of our most accepted economic theories - why they’re wrong, the harm they’ve done....

The 20th century witnessed the triumph of democratic capitalism in the industrialized West, with widespread popular support for both free markets and representative elections. Today, that political consensus appears to be breaking down....

If you want an unbiased view on universal basic income that presents you the facts and case studies, without spending a lot of time researching on your own and feeling overwhelmed by information overload, then this audiobook is for you....

Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tel Aviv--the global hubs of entrepreneurial activity all bear the marks of government investment....

Economic theories and models shape our everyday lives. But are policy makers right to be so slavishly reliant on them? Tom Bergin is sceptical, and he subjects eight of the most prevalent economic mantras to close scrutiny....

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

The power of economic thinking can be explained by seven core principles....