Economics Alternative

The legendary bestseller that encouraged millions of readers to look at the hidden side of everything | Read by author Stephen J. Dubner! Which is more dangerous: a gun or a swimming pool? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? What do real estate agents and the KKK have in common?...

“One of the greats….Not just a science fiction writer; a literary icon.” – Stephen King From the brilliant and award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin comes a classic tale of two planets torn apart by conflict and mistrust — and the man who risks everything to reunite them. A bleak moon...

An Instant New York Times Bestseller From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world. As Indigenous scientist and author of...

Freakonomics lived on the New York Times bestseller list for an astonishing two years. Now authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with more iconoclastic insights and observations in SuperFreakonomics—the long awaited follow-up to their New York Times Notable blockbuster. Based...

Edwin Black, award-winning author of IBM and the Holocaust, has mined scores of corporate and governmental archives to assemble thousands of previously uncovered and long-forgotten documents and studies into this dramatic story. Black traces a continuum of rapacious energy cartels and special interests dating back nearly 5,000 years, from wood to coal to oil, and then to the bicycle and electric battery cartels of the 1890s, which created thousands of electric vehicles that plied American streets a century ago.  

The story of the Exodus was not just a miracle. It was a calculated, surgical strike against the world’s first financial matrix. For centuries, the Egyptian empire has operated as an unstoppable, mathematically perfect machine of human extraction. Built upon the ancient blueprints of Babylon—centralized banking, compound interest, and hoarded scientific knowledge—the elite priest class holds absolute power. Deep within the suffocating heat of the Iron Furnace, the unlearned Hebrew slaves are ground into dust, serving as the biological fuel to build eternal tombs for a living God-King....

From the author of the acclaimed book Fierce Conversations comes the antidote to some of the most wrongheaded practices of business today. · “Provide anonymous feedback.” · “Hire smart people.” · “Hold people accountable.” These are all sound, business practices, right? Not so...

Winners Take All meets Nickel and Dimed in this provocative debunking of accepted wisdom, providing the pathway to a sustainable, survivable economy. Confronted by the terrifying trends of the early twenty-first century – widening inequality, environmental destruction, and the immiseration of...

The ultimate curriculum of control has been hiding in plain sight for 5,300 years. In first-century Judea, the world is ruled by a flawless, crushing machine. The Roman Empire enforces absolute compliance through the brutal discipline of its iron legions, while the elite religious class in Jerusalem extracts the wealth of the common people through a rigged merchant exchange. Bound by heavy taxes, complex religious laws, and the crushing debt of the Temple economy, the laity are trapped in a system designed to keep them dependent, poor, and terrified. Then, a carpenter from Nazareth walks ...

🌍 BRICS Future: The Rise of a New Global Order Discover the Emerging Power Bloc Redefining the World's Economic, Financial, and Political Landscape Are you ready to understand the most significant global shift of the 21st century? BRICS Future: Alternative Business Economic World is a must-read eBook that unveils the bold ambitions and transformative potential of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa—and now the expanding BRICS+ alliance. In a world facing geopolitical tension, economic fragmentation, and a digital revolution, the BRICS nations are reshaping how the global game is...

Previously Published as A Field Guide to Lies We’re surrounded by fringe theories, fake news, and pseudo-facts. These lies are getting repeated. New York Times bestselling author Daniel Levitin shows how to disarm these socially devastating inventions and get the American mind back on track...

An indelible portrait of three children struggling to survive in the poorest neighborhood of the poorest large city in America Kensington, Philadelphia, is distinguished only by its poverty. It is home to Ryan, Giancarlos, and Emmanuel, three Puerto Rican children who live among the most...

This novel contains a possible adjustment to fractional reserve banking and other structural modifications that society should consider to achieve maximum benefit from our ever-on-going forward progression. It seems naive to believe our societal structures have reached maximum potential. The concept first came to me in early 2012. I wrote this book as discovery writing in 2018 to develop my concept, and in return, I was left with an economic model for society, that I call a needs-based money supply system. I have written largely from self-study, and am in no way an expert in some of the ...

In a world where artificial intelligence has erased the need for survival, humanity faces a deeper crisis: purpose. The Cities of Refuge were built as the final answer. When a citizen refuses to contribute, society does not punish them—it rescues them. Stripped of comfort and placed into a brutal system of consequence, every individual enters with a debt. Every meal must be earned. Every privilege must be rebuilt. The rule is absolute: if you do not work, you do not eat. Soren Hayes has spent years buried beneath the utopia, choosing apathy over purpose. But when the system pulls him out ...

Economics has the capacity to offer us deep insights into some of the most formidable problems of life and offer solutions to them, too. Combining a global approach with examples from everyday life, Partha Dasgupta describes the lives of two children who live very different lives in different parts of the world: the Midwest USA and in Ethiopia. He compares the obstacles facing them and the processes that shape their lives, their families, and their futures. He shows how economics uncovers these processes, finds explanations for them, and how it forms policies and solutions.

A searing, on-the-ground examination of the collapsing coal industry—and the communities left behind—in the midst of economic and environmental crisis. Despite fueling a century of American progress, the people at the heart of coal country are being left behind, suffering from unemployment...

This updated, revised, and expanded edition of Christian Felber's Change Everything takes account of new developments within now-global Economy for the Common Good movement, answers its most vocal critics, and shows how contemporary geopolitical developments highlight in sharper relief than ever...

Trump, Credit Cards, and the $1 Trillion Reset How a 15% Interest Cap and a Single Benefits Card Could Rewire the American Economy What if the most powerful financial reform of the modern era didn’t come from Congress—but from a deal with credit card companies? In this speculative policy outline, a Trump-era negotiation changes everything: a nationwide 15% cap on credit card interest, paired with a single universal benefits card that replaces fragmented government assistance programs, slashes administrative waste, and puts spending power directly back into local communities. At the ...

Back in 2009, a group of people came together to try to create a currency that would change the economic system for the better. They called it the Bristol Pound. By 2015 it was one of the world’s most prominent local currencies, featured in the Financial Times and Time Magazine, and even covered by Chinese state television. However, the Bristol Pound stopped circulating in 2021, and in 2023 the organisation finally wound up.

A book about alternative economic theory using ecological ethics, with some erotic foreplay. Economics affects everyone, even those that do not want to be concerned with money or finances. This book is a summary of alternative economic commentaries that emphasize democratic ethics. The Sustainable Cooperative for Organic Development believes in valuing human lives as responsible environmental stewards for our biosphere called Earth, and seeks ways to allow for biodiversity in civilization as well as the ecosystem. We believe in less monopolies, less corporate crony politics, less corruption...