A Little History of Economics by Niall Kishtainy
$15.00 NZD
Category: Economics | Series: Little Histories | Reading Level: near fine
A lively, inviting account of the history of economics, told through events from ancient to modern times and the ideas of great thinkers in the field What causes poverty? Are economic crises inevitable under capitalism? Is government intervention in an economy a helpful approach or a disastrous idea? T ...Show more
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money - The economic consequences of the peace by John Maynard Keynes
$14.00 NZD
Category: Economics | Series: Classics of World Literature | Reading Level: very good
John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) is perhaps the foremost economic thinker of the twentieth century. On economic theory, he ranks with Adam Smith and Karl Marx; and his impact on how economics was practiced, from the Great Depression to the 1970s, was unmatched. The General Theory of Employment, Interest ...Show more
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
Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty
$20.00 NZD
Category: Economics | Reading Level: very good
What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the concentration of wealth, and the prospects for economic growth lie at the heart of political economy. But satisfactory answers have been hard to find for lack o ...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
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