| 1. |  | The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008
from W. W. Norton
Price: $14.97
Customer Review:
Excellent book. If you want to understand the current economic downturn, this is the book to read. Lrugman is a teacher when he writes and abstruse economics is a stranger to his pages. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | Panic!: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity
from Simon & Schuster Audio
Price: $19.79
Customer Review:
I have read and enjoyed other books by Michael Lewis. Unfortunately, I found the collection of articles in Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity to be old news that provided little insight into recent events. It seems more effort by the author on adding fresh perspectives and examples would... more info | 3.0 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | 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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| 4. |  | 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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| 5. |  | 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".
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| 6. |  | 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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| 7. |  | The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Price: $11.05
Customer Review:
If you are like me, you may often worry about the poor and the underprivileged across the world. You may wonder what it would take to help them achieve sustainable livelihoods which is the first step to ending poverty for them. You may even be wondering what role you could play in ending poverty in... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 8. | ![]() | The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm
from Wiley
Price: $11.53
Customer Review:
Gotta say I am surprised on this one. After reading the reviews I bought the book, and started off pretty saddened with the content.
There is no history to the crisis, and by all accounts the authors seem to figure it was triggered by the SF earthquake, but without any context or data it is... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | A Framework for Understanding Poverty
from RFT Publishing
Customer Review:
A very bigoted book that blames the poor for not following the rules she has decided are essential. | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life (Borzoi Books)
from Knopf
Price: $16.50
Customer Review:
Reich suggests that economic history after 1945 can be divided in two phases: the "almost Golden Age" and the ensuing phase of "super capitalism'. They roughly correspond with the age of mass-production/culture and the following period of diversification, long tail, etc. The move from one to the... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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