The Zero Marginal Cost Society - The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism by Jeremy Rifkin; George Witte (Editor)
$14.00 NZD
Category: Economics | Reading Level: very good
In The Zero Marginal Cost Society, New York Times bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin describes how the emerging Internet of Things is speeding us to an era of nearly free goods and services, precipitating the meteoric rise of a global Collaborative Commons and the eclipse of capitalism. Rifkin uncovers a ...Show more
Prosperity without Growth - Economics for a Finite Planet by Tim Jackson
$35.99 NZD
Category: Economics | Reading Level: very good
Is more economic growth the solution? Will it deliver prosperity and well-being for a global population projected to reach nine billion? In this explosive book, Tim Jackson, a top sustainability adviser to the UK government, makes a compelling case against continued economic growth in developed nations. ...Show more
China's Great Wall of Debt - Shadow Banks, Ghost Cities, Massive Loans and the End of the Chinese Miracle by Dinny McMahon
$12.00 NZD
Category: Asia | Reading Level: very good
'One of the clearest and most thorough statements of an argument often made about the country: that its government has relied on constant stimulus to keep growth strong, an addiction that is bound to backfire. Second, he comes closer than any previous writer to covering the Chinese economy as Michael Le ...Show more
Plenitude - The New Economics of True Wealth by Juliet B Schor
$16.00 NZD
Category: Economics | Reading Level: very good
In Plenitude, economist and bestselling author Juliet B. Schor offers a groundbreaking intellectual statement about the economics and sociology of ecological decline, suggesting a radical change in how we think about consumer goods, value, and ways to live. Humans are degrading the planet far faster tha ...Show more
Bad Samaritans - The Guilty Secrets of Rich Nations and the Threat to Global Prosperity by Ha-Joon Chang
$12.00 NZD
Category: Economics | Reading Level: very good
It's rare that a book appears with a fresh perspective on world affairs, but renowned economist Ha-Joon Chang has some startlingly original things to say about the future of globalization. In theory, he argues, the world's wealthiest countries and supra-national institutions like the IMF, World Bank and ...Show more
Greekonomics - The Euro Crisis and Why Politicians Don't Get it by Vicky Pryce
$10.00 NZD
Category: Economics | Reading Level: good
Economist Vicky Pryce reflects on the current crisis in the Euro Zone - its causes and how Europe has responded, and offers her thoughts on what might and what needs to happen if the Euro is to survive in its current form. She pays particular attention to Greece, the country of her birth, the country ...Show more
The New Industrial State by John Kenneth Galbraith
$20.00 NZD
Category: Economics | Reading Level: very good
The Great Disruption: How the Climate Crisis Will Transform the Global Economy by Paul Gilding
$12.00 NZD
Category: Ecology | Reading Level: very good
The End of Poverty - Economic Possibilities for Our Time by Jeffrey D Sachs
$20.00 NZD
Category: Economics | Reading Level: very good
Book and man are brilliant, passionate, optimistic and impatient . . . Outstanding. --The Economist The landmark exploration of economic prosperity and how the world can escape from extreme poverty for the world's poorest citizens, from one of the world's most renowned economists Hailed by Time as one o ...Show more
Aftershock - The next economy and America's future by Robert B. Reich
$12.00 NZD
Category: Economics | Reading Level: very good
The author of 12 acclaimed books, Robert B. Reich is a Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and has served in three national administrations. While many blamed Wall Street for the financial meltdown, Aftershock points a finger at a national economy in which ...Show more
The End of Poverty: How we can make it happen in our lifetime by Jeffrey Sachs
$12.00 NZD
Category: Economics | Reading Level: very good
Jeffrey Sachs draws on his remarkable 25 years' experience to offer a thrilling and inspiring vision of the keys to economic success in the world today. Marrying vivid storytelling with acute analysis, he sets the stage by drawing a conceptual map of the world economy and explains why, over the past 200 ...Show more
Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Fight over Taxing Inherited Wealth by Michael J. Graetz; I. Shapiro
$30.00 NZD
Category: Economics | Reading Level: very good
This fast-paced book by Yale professors Michael Graetz and Ian Shapiro unravels the following mystery: How is it that the estate tax, which has been on the books continuously since 1916 and is paid by only the wealthiest two percent of Americans, was repealed in 2001 with broad bipartisan support? The m ...Show more