books about: economics

books about: economics

books:

Economics

StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths

Tom Rath

Gallup Press, 2007

Great Tool! Highly Recommend...
We loved the concept behind this book (and its Christian companion, "Living Your Strengths"). Our church staff took the (included with book) online StengthsFinder assessment and all found it very accurate and helpful in providing insights on what drives our fellow ...

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 ...

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time

Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007

inspiring
Truly inspiring. This man is a hero, his story and his message need to be passed on if we are to aspire to make peace in the world. Read this book if it is the only one you read ever.

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 ...

The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets: How to Keep Your Portfolio Up When the Market is Down (Little ...

Peter D. Schiff

Wiley, 2008

just in time
This book must be flying off the shelves at Amazon's warehouses, and for good reason. It is a welcome diversion to the anger-fear-nausea that has churned within me over the past few weeks and months. This hot-off-the-presses book can guide me in constructive thought ...

Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America

Thomas L. Friedman

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008

Should be put in textbook format for schools
This was not the most fun book to read but it should be required reading. We have to address these issues. Here, for once, are good ideas that can be achieved. This perfect for holiday giving.

Crash Proof: How to Profit From the Coming Economic Collapse (Lynn Sonberg Books)

Peter D. Schiff, John Downes

Wiley, 2007

Novice here...
I'm a complete novice to finances. Or at least I was before I read Crash Proof. It made all of those fancy stock market terms easy to understand. I was already anticipating some kind of crash because Ron Paul was saying it was coming, and he's been right every time! ...

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

Dick Morris, Eileen Mcgann

Harper, 2008

Fleeced
Dick Morris pointed out a lot of problems that needed to changed in this country. My take is John McCain is the one that can get a lot of these changes done.

The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism

Andrew Bacevich

Metropolitan Books, 2008

IRAQ WAR VETS AGREE
Even before I read Col. Bacevich's OUTSTANDING book, I wrote several letters to the editor at my local level warning the same thing; most were not printed as they were seen as being too long or stinging. Every vet who knows anything about anything that I served with in ...

The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness

Dave Ramsey

Thomas Nelson, 2007

What a blessing
This book is a must have for everyone. It is a simple plan for becoming debt free and living like no one else. I realize that the prior sentence sounds so redundant to most folks who listen to Dave Ramsey on his week day radio show, but it is the truth. It is easy ...

The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 11th Edition

Graduate Management Admission Council

Graduate Management Admission Council, 2005

A Few Mistakes
As a primary resource for preparing for the GMAT this book is invaluable. The questions are organized from easy to difficult and separated in to topics to help you find weaknesses. That said, there are a few minor mistakes in the book that can lead to hours of ...

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

Jim Collins

Collins Business, 2001

Worth for its price
I don't need much to write here as hundreds of people has written review for this book. In simple terms the book is easy to read & understand. Analyze how best companies manage to retain their position by innovative & intelligent leadership. Research is sound & ...

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Random House, 2007

original and great insight
This is the book I drag around everywhere, you can only read a few pages at a time because you need to think while digesting. the author is very knowledgable - sometimes too knowledgable, but that's a good thing, because he has a lot to say, a different point of view, ...

The Post-American World

Fareed Zakaria

W. W. Norton, 2008

This is a highly informative source for coming to terms with the positive changes that globalization could and is bringing.
Fareed Zakaria has really given a great deal of thought to globalization and its larger meaning, and it is obvious for almost all to see. His thoughts on how the U.S., India, China, and Russia should interact are spot on. His use of statistics is pretty much a welcomed ...