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The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems

Van Jones

HarperOne, 2008

Perfect Timing!
The Green Collar Economy, How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems, by Van Jones, could not be more timely. As our economy (and perhaps the world economy) enters a period called stagflation--meaning, a stagnant economy coupled with inflation--Jones offers a ...

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Naomi Klein

Picador, 2008

Keynes vindicated
Roll on Naomi Klein! I think she has hit the nail right on the head When I was studying economics at Australia's Monash University between 1965 and 1969, our first three years were devoted to the study of the economics of John Maynard Keynes, a man with both heart ...

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

Amity Shlaes

Harper Perennial, 2008

Re-invention of History
I hold degrees in History, Political Science and Economics. As a consequence I was motivated to buy this book. BIG mistake. After a few chapters I remembered where I had encountered the author before. She is an extremely conservative economist, (at least an economic ...

Fleeced: How Barack Obama, Media Mockery of Terrorist Threats, Liberals Who Want to Kill Talk Radio, the ...

Dick Morris, Eileen Mcgann

Harper, 2008

Fleeced, Fileted and Forked ...
Once upon a time the image was easier to picture. A smooth-talking wise guy would suddenly appear at the office of a judge or a politician with an envelope stuffed with cash. A deal that couldn't be refused was offered and accepted. It was what it was, bribery ...

Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism

Kevin Phillips

Viking Adult, 2008

We must act quickly
A well researched view of how the United States has come to be a seriously indebted, precariously troubled economy which could lead to the end of our role as the world's dominant nation. Everyone should read this book to understand our present situation and what the ...

Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America

Paul Tough

Houghton Mifflin, 2008

"Let us put our minds together...
... and see what life we can make for our children", a quote by Sitting Bull, embraces the philosophy and vision of outstanding educator, reformer, and leader Geoffrey Canada, creator of the Harlem Children's Zone. Part biography, part call to action, "Whatever it ...

ChefMD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine: A Food Lover's Road Map to Losing Weight, Preventing Disease, and ...

John La Puma, Rebecca Powell Marx

Crown, 2008

funny and informative
This book has completely changed how I choose food--and I thought I already knew a lot about healthy eating. Now I know how to maximize nutrition even in the foods I already eat (like melon and broccoli) by how I cook and store them. I have seen a real difference in my ...

The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means

George Soros

PublicAffairs, 2008

briliant
I agree with Sosors predictions on market crisis...i particularly enjoyed the second half of the book which focussed more on the market and his theory on how the crisis would unfold...if u r not interested in philosophy or mathematics, just open the book in the middle ...

The World Is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy

David M. Smick

Portfolio Hardcover, 2008

World Class
This is an excellent book. The author keeps you focused and moving from chapter to chapter without repetition or minutia. The topic is covered with exceptional detail and in the end leaves the reader with invaluable insight. Simply put, it's an essential topic and an ...

The Subprime Solution: How Today's Global Financial Crisis Happened, and What to Do about It

Robert J. Shiller

Princeton University Press, 2008

Clear and insightful book on the subprime crisis
Robert Shiller's book doesn't warrant some of the negative reviews on here. In an age of talking heads and pundits who argue more so on the basis of philosophy than on any factual evidence, this book's clear and evidence based examination of the subprime crisis ...

The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran

Hooman Majd

Doubleday, 2008

Beyond Ideas of Wrongdoing and Rightdoing
In the preface, writer Hooman Majd is described in oxymoron as the only person in the life of this particular friend as 100 percent American and 100 percent Iranian. In quoting a Sufi poet Sanai, Majd notes: "Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,/there is a ...

Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution

T. J. English

William Morrow, 2008

An unexpected gem.
I picked this book up in a situation where very little was available to me. It looked interesting, but wasn't something I'd have picked out from a larger selection. I'm really happy my selection was limited. It's great when a good author with solid research skills ...

The South Beach Diet Cookbook (The South Beach Diet)

Arthur Agatston

Rodale Books, 2004

Now that's what I like - diet recipes that are also tasty!
The recipe book and its companion paperback guide make it easy to sort out where all the "sugar" and "fats" are hidden in the prepared foods at the grocery store so you can make healthy decisions according to your own needs. The recipes are good - some a bit too ...

The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism

Ron Suskind

Harper, 2008

The Personal Effects of the War on Terror
Loved this book. It really tells the personal side of the "War on Terror". It shows how it affects people from the President to trial lawyers trying to defend an "enemy combatant" at Guantanamo Bay. It also shows the differences culturally and communication wise ...

The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy--If We Let It Happen

Arthur B. Laffer, Stephen Moore, ...

Threshold Editions, 2008

Ignore economic deniers
The controversy around the Laffer curve is made by those who do not understand the fundamentals of economics: people respond to the incentives. Ask yourself this simple and easy question, would you work hard (or at all) if someone took out of your wallet $4 for every ...