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An Economic History of New Zealand to 1939 by Muriel F Lloyd Prichard
$25.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good
Markets and States in Tropical Africa - The Political Basis of Agricultural Policies by Robert H. Bates
$10.00 NZD
Category: Africa | Reading Level: good
Following independence, most countries in Africa sought to develop, but their governments pursued policies that actually undermined their rural economies. Examining the origins of Africa's "growth tragedy," Markets and States in Tropical Africa has for decades shaped the thinking of practitioners and sc ...Show more
Double Entry by Jane Gleeson-White
$10.00 NZD
Category: Economics | Reading Level: good
How the merchants of Venice shaped the modern world - and how their invention could make or break the planet. A fascinating exploration of how a simple system used to measure and record wealth spawned a cultural revolution. Prepare to have your idea of accounting changed forever. 'The rise and metamorph ...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which has been on the books continuously since 1916 and is paid by only the wealthiest two percent of Americans, was repealed in 2001 with broad bipartisan support?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
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt
$12.00 NZD
Category: Economics | Reading Level: good
In Freakonomics Steven Levitt asks a series of provocative and profound questions about contemporary living and helps us to see the familiar world through a completely original lens. He examines everything from education to traffic jams, from food to guns, from sports to getting elected, from betting to ...Show more
Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Revised Edition 2006) by Steven D. Levitt; Stephen J. Dubner
$10.00 NZD
Category: Economics | Reading Level: good
Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime? These may not sound like typical question ...Show more
Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth by Lester R. Brown
$16.00 NZD
Category: Economics | Reading Level: very good
In 1543, Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus challenged the view that the Sun revolved around the Earth, arguing instead that the Earth revolved around the Sun. His paper led to a revolution in thinking--to a new worldview. Eco-Economy discusses the need today for a similar shift in our worldview. The ...Show more
Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy by Hazel Henderson
$14.00 NZD
Category: Economics | Reading Level: very good
With insight, clarity, warmth and enthusiasm, Hazel Henderson announces the mature presence of the green economy. Mainstream media and big business interests have sidelined its emergence and evolution, but it is now a significant and rapidly growing sector. Throughout Ethical Markets Henderson weaves st ...Show more
The New Zealand CPI at 100: History and Interpretation by Sharleen Forbes and Antong Victorio (eds)
$20.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good
Very few New Zealanders have lives unaffected by the Consumers Price Index, or CPI. It is used by the New Zealand government to adjust student allowances, welfare benefits and superannuation; by the Reserve Bank to guide monetary policy; by the old Court of Arbitration, and by employers and employees, t ...Show more
A Few Hares to Chase: the Life and Economics of Bill Phillips by BOLLARD ALAN
$14.00 NZD
Category: Economics | Reading Level: Very Good
How did an electrician from New Zealand with a few mediocre grades in sociology write the second most cited economics article in the world, build the MONIAC - a revolutionary computing machine - and quickly rise to become one of the world's leading economists? From a remote Dannevirke farm to wartime PO ...Show more
No Ordinary Deal: Unmasking the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement by Jane Kelsey
$25.00 NZD
Category: Economics | Series: Series 21 - Into a New Century | Reading Level: Very Good
The Trans Pacific Partnership is no ordinary free trade deal. Billed as an agreement fit for the twentyfirst century, no one is sure what that means. For its champions in New Zealand a free trade agreement with the US is a magic bullet - opening closed doors for Fonterra into the US dairy market. Presid ...Show more
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