Politics and Economic Policy in Yugoslavia, 1918-1929 By Alan Fogelquist View this Author’s Spotlight Paperback, 502 pages Preview List Price: $29.50 Price: $22.13 You Save: $7.37 ( 25% ) Ships in 3–5 business days This study, based on the author’s doctoral dissertation at UCLA, examines Yugoslav economic policy from 1918 to 1929, how it [...]
Age of Greed: The Triumph of Finance and the Decline of America, 1970 to the Present [Hardcover]
July 7, 2011 By
Amazon.com: Age of Greed: The Triumph of Finance and the Decline of America, 1970 to the Present (9781400041718): Jeff Madrick: Books Jeff Madrick (Author) Review “Jeff Madrick has written one of those rare, wonderful books that allow us to understand a huge and important historical development that we may not have realized was a [...]
Amazon.com: The Betrayal of American Prosperity: Free Market Delusions, America’s Decline, and How We Must Compete in the Post-Dollar Era: Clyde Prestowitz: Books
May 28, 2011 By
Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly High profile Washington economist Prestowitz (Three Billion New Capitalists) finds hope in the present economic collapse, which he believes will spur abandonment (however reluctantly) of “Laissez Faire Gobalization.” As a campaign advisor to President Obama and a principal trade negotiator for Reagan, Prestowitz has repeatedly warned against disregarding foreign competition [...]
The Great American Stickup: How Reagan Republicans and Clinton Democrats Enriched Wall Street While Mugging Main Street (9781568584348): Robert Scheer: Books
April 4, 2011 By
An accute study of the last thirty years of America’s scandalously regressive economic policy and the power of special interest lobbying that has underminded democracy. The complicity of leading Democratic and Republican party politicians in the outright pillage of Mainstreet America is documented. This book is long on important facts. From Publishers WeeklyFollowing Ronald Reagan’ [...]
Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction (9780470186381): Barry C. Lynn: Books
March 20, 2011 By
Review “Sometimes the evidence of economic disaster is right in front of your eyes, but you can’t see how all the pieces fit together. Then a book comes along to explain things, and suddenly everything meshes. Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction is that kind of a book.” (huffingtonpost.com, February 11, [...]
Amazon.com: The Crisis of Neoliberalism (9780674049888): Gérard Duménil, Dominique Lévy: Books
March 16, 2011 By
ReviewThis original and rigorous political-economic discussion of neoliberal global capitalism shows how deep the roots of the current crisis are and how stubbornly resistant it will be to conventional policy remedies.–Duncan K. Foley, author ofAdam’s Fallacy (New School for Social Research ) An ambitious and original treatment of the ongoing global economic crisis. Duménil and [...]
The Economic Crisis Reader | Dollars & Sense
March 11, 2011 By
Description: The Economic Crisis Reader, 2nd Edition, November 2010, ISBN 978-1-878585-84-4, $34.95 (411 pp). EXPANDED AND UPDATED: The second edition of The Economic Crisis Reader features the latest news and analysis of the causes, consequences, and possible ways out of the ongoing economic crisis, including the financial meltdown, Fed policy, stimulus and deficits, housing, unemployment, [...]
Amazon.com: Failure by Design: The Story behind America’s Broken Economy (Economic Policy Institute/A State of Working America Publica) (9780801450150): Josh Bivens: Books
March 9, 2011 By
Description In Failure by Design, the Economic Policy Institute’s Josh Bivens takes a step back from the acclaimed State of Working America series, building on its wealth of data to relate a compelling narrative of the U.S. economy’s struggle to emerge from the Great Recession of 2008. Bivens explains the causes and impact on working [...]
