Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
By: Charles Wheelan
4.03
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
At last! A new edition of the economics book that won’t put you to sleep. In fact, you won’t be abl…
Want to Read $ 9.99"A market economy is to economics what democracy is to government: a decent, if flawed, choice among many bad alternatives."-Charles Wheelan, Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
"A market economy is to economics what democracy is to government: a decent, if flawed, choice among many bad alternatives."-Charles Wheelan, Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
"The authors propose “a New Deal for globalization—one thatlinks engagement with the world economy to a substantial redistribution of income."-Charles Wheelan, Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
"The authors propose “a New Deal for globalization—one thatlinks engagement with the world economy to a substantial redistribution of income."-Charles Wheelan, Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
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1. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
By: Michael Lewis
4.30
Format: 291 pages, Paperback
The #1 New York Times bestseller: "It is the work of our greatest financial journalist, at the top … read more
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"Time is a variable continuum."-Michael Lewis, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
"It is ludicrous to believe that asset bubbles can only be recognized in hindsight,"-Michael Lewis, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
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"When you’re a conservative Republican, you never think people are making money by ripping other people off,"-Michael Lewis, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
2. Economics: The User's Guide
By: Ha-Joon Chang
4.16
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
In his bestselling 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism, Cambridge economist Ha-Joon Chan… read more
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"95% of economics is common sense"-Ha-Joon Chang, Economics: The User's Guide
"... the human tendency to be seduced by a theory that supposedly explains everything."-Ha-Joon Chang, Economics: The User's Guide
"95 per cent of economics is common sense – made to look difficult, with the use of jargons and mathematics."-Ha-Joon Chang, Economics: The User's Guide
"Once we learn that different economic theories say different things partly because they are based on different ethical and political values, we will have the confidence to discuss economics for what …"-Ha-Joon Chang, Economics: The User's Guide
3. New Ideas from Dead Economists: An Introduction to Modern Economic Thought
By: Todd G. Buchholz , Martin Feldstein
3.84
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Featuring brand new sections on the remarkable shifts in the world economy, this economic study is … read more
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"if the market system had not arisen naturally, it would have been proclaimed the greatest invention in human history. For market competition leads a self-interested person to wake up in the morning, …"-Todd G. Buchholz, New Ideas from Dead Economists: An Introduction to Modern Economic Thought
4. The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor
By: David S. Landes
3.96
Format: 531 pages, Paperback
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations is David S. Landes's acclaimed, best-selling exploration of one o… read more
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"As for me, I prefer truth to goodthink. I feel surer on my ground."-David S. Landes, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor
5. Armchair Economist: Economics & Everyday Life
By: Steven E. Landsburg
4.00
Format: None pages,
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6. Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction
By: Philip E. Tetlock , Dan Gardner
3.95
Format: 768 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Bestseller An EconomistBest Book of 2015 "The most important book on decision maki… read more
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7. Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest & Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics
By: Henry Hazlitt
3.69
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
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8. The Undercover Economist
By: Tim Harford
3.87
Format: 260 pages,
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9. The Travels of A T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade
By: Pietra Rivoli
3.92
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy takes the reader on a fascinating, around the world … read more
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10. Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
By: Cass R. Sunstein , Richard H. Thaler
3.84
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
From the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics, Richard H. Thaler, and Cass R. Sunstein: a r… read more
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"Just as no building lacks an architecture, so no choice lacks a context."-Cass R. Sunstein, Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
"As good architects know, seemingly arbitrary decisions, such as where to locate the bathrooms, will have subtle influences on how the people who use the building interact. Every trip to the bathroom …"-Cass R. Sunstein, Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
11. Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
By: Thomas Sowell
3.49
Format: 16 pages, Hardcover
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12. The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
By: John Maynard Keynes
4.20
Format: 445 pages, Paperback
Distinguished British economist John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) set off a series of movements that … read more
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13. The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't
By: Nate Silver
3.75
Format: None pages,
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14. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
By: Daron Acemoğlu , James A. Robinson
4.08
Format: 529 pages, Hardcover
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"Central planning was just not good at replacing what the great eighteenth-century economist Adam Smith called the “invisible hand"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
"As mudanças graduais também impediram aventuras em territórios inexplorados. O derrube violento do sistema significa que é necessário construir algo inteiramente novo, em vez daquilo que foi eliminad…"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
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15. SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
By: Steven D. Levitt , Stephen J. Dubner
4.31
Format: 1056 pages, Hardcover
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16. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Freakonomics, #1)
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4.58
Format: 226 pages, Hardcover
Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have i… read more
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17. Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics
By: Richard H. Thaler
4.16
Format: 358 pages, Paperback
Nobel laureate Richard H. Thaler has spent his career studying the radical notion that the central … read more
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18. The Worldly Philosophers
By: Robert L. Heilbroner
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
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19. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
By: Abhijit V. Banerjee , Esther Duflo
4.07
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
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20. Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception
By: Robert J. Shiller , George A. Akerlof
4.17
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
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21. Capitalism and Freedom
By: Milton Friedman
3.97
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
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22. Firestarters: How Innovators, Instigators, and Initiators Can Inspire You to Ignite Your Own Life
By: Raoul Davis Jr.
4.29
Format: 325 pages, Paperback
What is the difference between those bold enough to pursue their dreams and others who never get co… read more
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"Firestarters aren’t born lucky. They manufacture it."-Raoul Davis Jr., Firestarters: How Innovators, Instigators, and Initiators Can Inspire You to Ignite Your Own Life
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"The road to your highest achievements leads through environments that support you."-Raoul Davis Jr., Firestarters: How Innovators, Instigators, and Initiators Can Inspire You to Ignite Your Own Life
23. Take Command: Find Your Inner Strength, Build Enduring Relationships, and Live the Life You Want (Dale Carnegie Books)
By: Joe Hart
4.26
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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24. Taipei People
By: Pai Hsien-yung
4.32
Format: 484 pages, Paperback
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"The Brocade River carries springtide splendor to Heaven as to Earth; Above Jade Mountain the floating clouds transform the ancient to the present hour."-Pai Hsien-yung, Taipei People
"As the saying goes, 'People do not stay in favor a thousand days; flowers do not stay in bloom a hundred days.' Nobody can count on being happy and prosperous a whole lifetime."-Pai Hsien-yung, Taipei People
"The moon is sinking in the west, the moon is sinking. With all my heart of you I'm thinking - and you not knowing! A tender bush; who cares to tend it? From my fallen leaves the pains of love are gro…"-Pai Hsien-yung, Taipei People
"As they gazed at the moon and the bright stars in the sky, Wang Kuei-sheng said that if he could use his family's gold bars to build a ladder to the heavens he would climb up and pluck the crescent m…"-Pai Hsien-yung, Taipei People
25. Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
By: Abhijit V. Banerjee
4.23
Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition
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"The bottom line is that, much as in rich countries, we have no accepted recipe for how to make growth happen in poor countries. Even the experts seem to have accepted this. In 2006, the World Bank as…"-Abhijit V. Banerjee, Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
26. Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
By: Charles Wheelan
4.03
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
At last! A new edition of the economics book that won’t put you to sleep. In fact, you won’t be abl… read more
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"A market economy is to economics what democracy is to government: a decent, if flawed, choice among many bad alternatives."-Charles Wheelan, Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
"The authors propose “a New Deal for globalization—one thatlinks engagement with the world economy to a substantial redistribution of income."-Charles Wheelan, Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
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27. The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right
By: Gorick Ng
4.28
Format: 253 pages, Hardcover
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28. The Shortest History of War
By: Gwynne Dyer
4.01
Format: None pages, None
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29. I’m Not Yelling: A Black Woman’s Guide to Navigating the Workplace (Successful Black Business Women)
By: Elizabeth Leiba
4.36
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
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30. How to Teach Economics to Your Dog: A Quirky Introduction
By: Rebecca Campbell
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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