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The End of Wall Street is a blow-by-blow account of America's biggest financial collapse since the Great Depression. Drawing on 180 interviews, including sit-downs with top government officials and Wall...

The all-encompassing embrace of world capitalism at the beginning of the twenty-first century was generally attributed to the superiority of competitive markets. Globalization had appeared to be the natural outcome...

When Corporations Rule the World explains how economic globalization has concentrated the power to govern in global corporations and financial markets and detached them from accountability to the human interest....

A look at the impact of time famine in America and how ordinary citizens can turn things around to achieve a more balanced life for themselves. Forget oil or gold...

Today, a host of forces are converging to challenge America's cherished notion of exceptionalism, and risky economic and foreign policies have steadily eroded the power structure that has been in...

NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED Since the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling that the rights of things--money and corporations--matter more than the rights of people, America has faced a crisis...

THE SUNDAY TIMES AND #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - with a new foreword by Silicon Valley legend Marc Andreessen. 'For my money, a better book about Jobs than Walter Isaacson's biography'...

In his best-selling book, Squirrel Inc., former World Bank executive and master storyteller Stephen Denning used a tale to show why storytelling is a critical skill for leaders. Now, in...

Giant corporations wield excessive influence over our lives, often with frightening consequences: environmental destruction, political corruption, increased polarization of wealth, and stagnating wages and benefits. The rampant epidemic of accounting...

In "Reckless Endangerment", Gretchen Morgenson, the star business columnist of "The New York Times", exposes how the watchdogs who were supposed to protect the country from financial harm were actually...

The international financial crisis that has held our global economy in its grip for too long still seems to be in full stride. Former British Prime Minister and Chancellor of...

There is a deep chasm between the promises of the new global capitalism and the reality of social breakdown, spiritual emptiness, and environmental destruction it is leaving in its wake....

The neoliberalism that has dominated economic thinking since Mrs Thatcher and Ronald Reagan first came to power is now seen to have serious flaws, and 'Progressive Capitalism' seeks to replace...

In this searing and entertaining indictment of the super-rich, Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks challenge the idea that today's cavernous income inequality is the result of merit, and reveal how...

The international bestselling author shares "a compelling, devastating, and ultimately profoundly hopeful" guide to navigating our global future (Van Jones, Executive Director, The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights). David...

Ralph Nader's Getting Steamed will make you repeat that phrase from the movie Network : I'm as mad as Hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore! His compendium...

Mid-twentieth-century capitalism has turned into global capitalism, and global capitalism - turbocharged, Web-based, and able to find and make almost anything just about anywhere - has turned into supercapitalism. But...

This acclaimed paradigm-shifting work identifies the real culprit behind one of the great economic crises of our time--the growing inequality of incomes between the vast majority of Americans and the...

Today's economic crisis is capitalism's worst since the Great Depression. Millions have lost their jobs, homes and healthcare while those who work watch their pensions, benefits, and job security decline....

The recent crisis, created by finance capitalism, has brought us to the economic abyss. The excessive freedom of international markets has rapidly transformed into international panic, with states struggling to...

Capitalist growth is widely heralded as the only answer to the crisis still sweeping the global economy. Yet the era of corporate globalisation has been defined by unprecedented levels of...

An updated look at the United States' precarious position given the recent financial turmoil In The New Empire of Debt , financial writers Bill Bonner and Addison Wiggin return to...

In his acclaimed book "American Theocracy," Kevin Phillips warned of the perilous interaction of debt, financial recklessness, and the spiking cost (and growing scarcity) of oil- warnings that are proving...

The book titled Predator Nation: Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the by the author Charles H. Ferguson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

From the best-selling author of Saving Capitalism and The Work of Nations, a passionate, clear-eyed manifesto on why we must restore the idea of the common good to the center...

Ever get the feeling that things are falling apart? You're not alone. From bad banks to global warming it can all look hopeless, but what if everything could turn out,...

For readers of: idea-based political books for progressives like George Lakoff's Don't Think of an Elephant or Thomas Frank's What's the Matter with Kansas; serious partisan political books like David...

William Cohan, chronicler of Wall Street, turns his sights on Goldman Sachs, one of the most iconic and successful banks in the world 'If they could screw you over, they...

From the author of Aftershock and The Work of Nations , his most important book to date--a myth-shattering breakdown of how the economic system that helped make America so strong...

THE PRICE OF CIVILIZATION reveals why we must - and how we can - change our entire economic culture in this time of crisis. One of the world's most brilliant...

Information technology is an important component in the formulation and implementation of business strategies in the single market. 1992 is accelerating changes in the types of computer systems available to...

The Networked Nonprofit Connecting with Social Media to Drive Change This groundbreaking book shows nonprofits a new way of operating in our increasingly connected world: a networked approach enabled by...

After the end of the Cold War, it is clear that the chief policy issue facing the United States and other industrial democracies will be that of economic competitiveness. In...

Having made the U.S. financial crisis comprehensible for us all in The Big Short, Michael Lewis realised that he hadn't begun to get grips with the full story. How exactly...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A former Galleon Group trader portrays an after-hours Wall Street culture where drugs and sex are rampant and billions in trading commissions flow to those...

'A dazzling history of the future - Hamish McRae has given us a tour de force ' - Tim Harford _______________ A bold and illuminating vision of the future, from...

Escape the mediocrity that ensnares so many in business and become a better, more effective leader. Have you ever wondered what it would take to be a better leader, or...

We're in the midst of a revolution. Quantum leaps in technology are enabling organizations to observe and measure people's behavior in real time, communicate internally at extraordinary speed, and innovate...

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The book titled Family Business: The Volatile Mix of Love, Power and Money by the author Denis Tracey. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

In constant demand as a speaker and thought leader in business coaching around the world, David Rock understands why conventional "managing" and "motivating" rarely work. Supported by the latest research...

We think we know China. The world's most venerable and self-confident civilisation, home to the largest unified race of people on the planet, China manufactures the objects that fill our...

"The Radical Leap Re-Energized" is an expansion and revitalization of "The Radical Leap," which was named as one of the 100 Best Business Books of All Time by Covert and...

In a lifetime of fascination and involvement with aviation, the career of Sir Peter Masefield has included a diversity of tasks. He has brought his practical skills and professional business...

People used to download music for free, then Steve Jobs convinced them to pay. How? By charging 99 cents. Prada and other luxury stores stock a few obscenely expensive items...

"The Short Goodbye is the untold story of a nation forever changed by the global financial crisis." "Elisabeth Wynhausen was at her desk writing a story about people being sacked...

Zeroing in on the specific skills that make great managers stand out from the pack, this comprehensive guide is both an essential primer for new managers and a valuable resource...