| 1. | ![]() | Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution---and How It Can Renew America
from Picador
Price: $10.88
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| 2. |  | The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008
from W. W. Norton
Price: $14.97
Customer Review:
Extremely readable explanation of the current US economic crisis, in historical context. Paul Krugman makes a strong case for his prescription to get our economy back on a sustainable track. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | Panic!: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity
from Simon & Schuster Audio
Price: $19.79
Customer Review:
its a collection of articles written going back 20 years. there very informative, but some are very complicated and since most articles are by different authors and on similar subjects you end up reading the same information a few times. | 3.0 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
from Picador
Price: $10.88
Customer Review:
A great composite history of neoliberal political economy and the ways it has been instituted worldwide. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | The Great Depression Ahead: How to Prosper in the Crash Following the Greatest Boom in History
from Free Press
Price: $17.82
Customer Review:
The main reason to read The Great Depression Ahead is to see the most persuasive case that can be made for an extended economic decline in the United States and other developed countries. After understanding that case, you'll be in a better position to make decisions that will leave you better off... more info | 2.5 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
from Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Price: $17.13
Customer Review:
It is not John Perkins' goal to describe his participation in some US governmental conspiracy. Rather Perkins tremendously gives the reader insightful information in something he calls "corporatocracy." Corporatocracy is made up of banks, corporations, and governments that each play a part in... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism
from Viking Adult
Price: $17.13
Customer Review:
After listening to this audio book I felt like I was beginning to understand some of the financial quagmire big money has gotten our country into, perhaps it will make me a wiser investor. I have bought this book for several of my friends. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
from HarperOne
Price: $17.15
Customer Review:
The Green Collar Economy covers a very important issue, at a very important moment in history, so I wish Van Jones had done a better job.
My largest complaint is that so much of this book (the first 65 pages) covers nothing but Hurricane Katrina and race relations. You would never tell from the... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
from Holt Paperbacks
Price: $11.20
Customer Review:
"On (Not) Getting By in America"; this sentence itself, incorporates the whole sense of the author's precious experience, and prospects to the potential reader a prompt sense of discomfort. Or at least, cues the awareness that somebody in this country is not indeed "living large".
... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | I.O.U.S.A.: One Nation. Under Stress. In Debt.
from Wiley
Price: $11.27
Customer Review:
This book was written right at the cusp of the current financial mess, making it very timely for those seeking one explanation as to why things are the way they are, and why they may not improve. The trouble is, anybody who reads Addison Wiggins web site (Daily Reckoning) or similar sites would... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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