13 Bankers by James Kwak
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Category: Economics
Even after the ruinous financial crisis of 2008, America is still beset by the depredations of an oligarchy that is now bigger, more profitable, and more resistant to regulation than ever. Anchored by six megabanks, which together control assets amounting to more than 60 percent of the country's gross d ...Show more
Chasing Goldman Sachs: How the Masters of the Universe Melted Wall Street Down, and Why They'll Take Us to the Brink Again by Suzanne McGee
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Category: Economics
You know "what" happened during the financial crisis ... now it is time to understand "why "the financial system came so close to falling over the edge of the abyss and "why "it could happen again.""Wall Street has been saved, but it hasn't been reformed. What is the problem? Suzanne McGee provides a pe ...Show more
GLOBAL FINANCIAL MELTDOWN by Colin Read
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Category: Economics
Colin Read explores the intricacies of modern financial markets and explains in easy to understand terms the reasons for global financial unrest arising from the sub-prime mortgage crisis and global economic meltdowns. He proposes that a well educated economic citizen is our most effective tool to preve ...Show more
Too Big to Fail: Inside the Battle to Save Wall Street by Andrew Ross Sorkin
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Category: Economics | Reading Level: very good
This book was shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson prize 2010. They were masters of the financial universe, flying in private jets and raking in billions. They thought they were too big to fail. Yet they would bring the world to its knees. Andrew Ross Sorkin, the news-breaking "New York Times" journal ...Show more
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis
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Category: Economics | Reading Level: very good
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 doesn't shine, and the SEC doesn't dare, or bother, to tread: the bond and real ...Show more
ACCELERATING OUT OF THE GREAT RECESSION by David Rhodes; Daniel Stelter
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Category: Economics
"What better opportunity than now to strengthen your business and come out of the recession even stronger? David Rhodes and Daniel Stelter provide an easy-to-understand perspective on the current economic environment, and some practical strategies to help readers come out ahead. A timely read for all wh ...Show more
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Incredible Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers by Larry McDonald
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Category: Economics
When Lehman Brothers bank went under, the world gasped. One of the world's biggest and most successful banks, its downfall was the event that sparked the slide of the world economy toward a Great Depression II. This is the gripping inside story of the dark characters who ruled Lehman, who refused to hee ...Show more
Lords of Finance: 1929, the Great Depression, and the Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed
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Category: Economics
THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. The current financial crisis has only one parallel: the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and subsequent Great Depression of the 1930s, which crippled the future of an entire generation and set the stage for the horrors of the Second World War. Yet the economic meltdown could have bee ...Show more
GUIDE TO ECONOMETRICS 6TH ED by Peter Kennedy
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Category: Economics
This is the perfect (and essential) supplement for all econometricsclasses--from a rigorous first undergraduate course, to a firstmaster's, to a PhD course. Explains what is going on in textbooks full of proofs andformulas Offers intuition, skepticism, insights, humor, and practicaladvice (dos and don ...Show more
INSIDE THE ECONOMISTS MIND by Paul A. Samuelson (Editor); William A. Barnett (Editor)
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Category: Economics
By focusing on the human side as well as the intellectualdimensions of how economists work and think, this collection ofinterviews with top economists of the 20th century becomes astartling and lively introduction to the modern world ofmacroeconomics. A fun read! For more information, frequent updates, ...Show more
MANIAS PANICS AND CRASHES 5ED by C Kindleberger
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Category: Economics
Manias, Panics and Crashes , is a scholarly and entertaining account of the way that mismanagement of money and credit has led to financial explosions over the centuries. Covering such topics as the history and anatomy of crises, speculative manias, and the lender of last resort, this book has been hail ...Show more
GLOBAL FINANCE AND THE MACROECONOMY by Tony Makin
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Category: Economics
This exciting new work argues for the exploration of drama as a conduit to deep emotional learning that has the ability to change the somatic identity of performers and audiences alike. Rokotnitz suggests that the preference for reciprocity exhibited by human physiological systems also extends into psyc ...Show more