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Amity Shlaes
The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression
by Harper Perennial (Paperback) (Release Date: 2008-05-27)

In The Forgotten Man, Amity Shlaes, one of the nation's most-respected economic commentators, offers a striking reinterpretation of the Great Depression. She traces the mounting agony of the New Dealers and the moving stories of individual citizens who through their brave perseverance helped establish the steadfast character we recognize as American today.

Paul Krugman
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008
by W. W. Norton (Hardcover)

In 1999, in The Return of Depression Economics, Paul Krugman surveyed the economic crises that had swept across Asia and Latin America, and pointed out that those crises were a warning for all of us: like diseases that have become resistant to antibiotics, the economic maladies that caused the Great Depression were making a comeback. In the years that followed, as Wall Street boomed and financial wheeler-dealers made vast profits, the international crises of the 1990s faded from memory. But now depression economics has come to America: when the great housing bubble of the mid-2000s burst, the U.S. financial system proved as vulnerable as those of developing countries caught up in earlier crises and a replay of the 1930s seems all too possible. In this new, greatly updated edition of The Return of Depression Economics, Krugman shows how the failure of regulation to keep pace with an increasingly out-of-control financial system set the United States, and the world as a whole, up ...

Dale Carnegie
How to Win Friends & Influence People
by Pocket (Mass Market Paperback)

Dan Ariely
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
by HarperCollins (Hardcover) (Release Date: 2008-02-19)

Why do our headaches persist after taking a one-cent aspirin but disappear when we take a 50-cent aspirin? Why does recalling the Ten Commandments reduce our tendency to lie, even when we couldn't possibly be caught? Why do we splurge on a lavish meal but cut coupons to save twenty-five cents on a can of soup? Why do we go back for second helpings at the unlimited buffet, even when our stomachs are already full? And how did we ever start spending $4.15 on a cup of coffee when, just a few years ago, we used to pay less than a dollar? When it comes to making decisions in our lives, we think we're in control. We think we're making smart, rational choices. But are we? In a series of illuminating, often surprising experiments, MIT behavioral economist Dan Ariely refutes the common assumption that we behave in fundamentally rational ways. Blending everyday experience with groundbreaking research, Ariely explains how expectations, emotions, social norms, and other ...

Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by William Morrow (Hardcover) (Release Date: 2006-10-17)

Naomi Klein
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
by Picador (Paperback) (Release Date: 2008-06-24)

Peter D. Schiff, John Downes
Crash Proof: How to Profit From the Coming Economic Collapse (Lynn Sonberg Books)
by Wiley (Hardcover)

The economic tipping point for the United States is no longer theoretical. It is a reality today. The country has gone from the world's largest creditor to its greatest debtor; the value of the dollar is sinking; domestic manufacturing is winding down - and these trends don't seem to be slowing. Peter Schiff casts a sharp, clear-sighted eye on these factors and explains what the possible effects may be and how investors can protect themselves. For more than a decade, Schiff has not only observed the U.S. economy, but also helped his clients reposition their portfolios to reflect his outlook. What he sees is a nation facing an economic storm brought on by growing federal, personal, and corporate debt, too-little savings, a declining dollar, and lack of domestic manufacturing. Crash-Proof is an informed and informative warning of a looming period marked by sizeable tax hikes, loss of retirement benefits, double digit inflation, even - as happened recently in Argentina - the ...

Good to Great CD: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't
by HarperAudio (CD) (Release Date: 2001-10-16)

Sharon L. Lechter
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids about Money¿that the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!
by Hachette Audio (CD)

Argues that a good education and a secure job are not guarantees for financial success, and describes guidelines for making money work for you.

Benjamin Graham, Jason Zweig
The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition)
by Collins Business (Paperback) (Release Date: 2003-07-08)

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