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Authors:
Simon Johnson and James Kwak
Reader:
Erik Synnestvedt
Format: 8
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An examination of how Wall Street's ideology, wealth, and political power among the Washington policy wonks led to the financial debacle of 2008 – as well as what the lessons learned mean for the future. "Synnestvedt reads with a strong and clear voice and an appropriate edge of indignation at the hubris of our nation's most powerful bankers."—Publishers Weekly
Item #: K8M684
ISBN: 9781400116843
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Author:
Tim Harford
Reader:
Jonathan Keeble
Format: 8
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An innovative, counterintuitive new look at how to change the world – one failure at a time. Since the world has become profoundly complex, ready-made solutions and expert opinions must be replaced by adapting trial-and-error in tackling issues such as climate change, poverty, and the financial crisis.
Item #: E8Z502
ISBN: 9781611745023
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Author:
Robert Hébert, Ph.D.
Reader:
Louis Rukeyser
Format: 2
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An exploration of the life and the ideas of the Oxford University professor who developed economics into a more rigorous, professional discipline than ever before. He is perhaps best remembered for explaining the interaction of supply (i.e. costs of production) and demand (i.e. consumer utility).
Item #: K2B931
ISBN: 9780786169313
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Author:
Murray N. Rothbard
Reader:
Tom Weiner
Format:
Playaway
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This staple of modern economic literature explains how the American Great Depression was not a crisis for capitalism but merely a downturn in the business cycle, generated by government intervention in the economy.
Item #: KP6040
ISBN: 9781433276040
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Authors:
George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Schiller
Reader:
Marc Vietor
Format: 8
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Two acclaimed economists challenge the economic wisdom that got America into its current financial mess and suggest a way to restore prosperity. Supporting an active government role in economic policymaking, they offer a road map for reversing today's financial misfortunes. "The first to try to rework economic theory for our times... a milestone."—New York Times Book Review
Item #: K8N663
ISBN: 9781441816634
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Author:
Thomas Sowell
Reader:
Brian Emerson
Format: 6
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Economics and economists, politics and politicians: it's a complex stew, but this audio makes both the mixture and the differences clear. It also applies economics to major contemporary real world problems. "Great achievement... His writing is easy and lucid."—Publishers Weekly
Item #: K6B226
ISBN: 9780786172269
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Author:
Thomas Sowell
Reader:
Bill Wallace
Format: 9
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Newly revised and updated, this accessible guide to how our economic decisions develop explains the application of economics to major world problems. Every chapter is updated with new material, including examples from around the world, showing how certain incentives and constraints produce similar outcomes among disparate peoples and cultures.
Item #: K9B130
ISBN: 9781433291302
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Author:
William Peterson, Ph.D.
Reader:
Louis Rukeyser
Format: 3
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An investigation into the ideas and concepts of economists Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973) and Nobel Prize-winner Friedrich Hayek (1899-1992). They were perhaps the foremost defenders of the free market and limited government during the mid-20th century ascendancy of Keynesian economics.
Item #: K3B947
ISBN: 9780786169474
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Author:
Muhammad Yunus
Reader:
Ray Porter
Format: 6
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This humanitarian believes that credit is a human right. The Nobel laureate focuses on his philosophy of providing loans to the poor and tells the story behind his founding Grameen Bank – which provides micro-loans mostly to poor families in Bangladesh. Repayment rates of the billions lent thus far is nearly 100 percent. Audie Award finalist. "A wonderful yet heartbreaking memoir, expertly realized by narrator Ray Porter, [who] delivers the material as if it were his own."—AudioFile
Item #: K7B792
ISBN: 9780786157921
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Author:
Thomas Sowell
Reader:
Brian Emerson
Format: 15
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Even if you have no economic training, you can learn the way the economy functions – not only the American economy, but other economies around the world. Your understanding will enable you to form your own conclusions on the basis oftested principles, rather than emotion or rhetoric. "Valuable information and insight."—Booklist
Item #: K9B879
ISBN: 9780786168798
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Author:
Thomas Sowell
Reader:
Tom Weiner
Format: 19
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A fully revised edition of the classic introduction to economics, updated with new material on the economic crisis of 2008 and the first years of the Obama administration. Even if you have no economic training, you can learn the way the economy functions – not only the American economy, but other economies around the world. "Valuable information and insight."—Booklist
Item #: K9B864
ISBN: 9781441778642
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Author:
Michael Lewis
Reader:
Jesse Boggs, with prologue read by the author
Format: 8
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A character-rich and darkly humorous account of who drove the economy over the cliff. The author of Moneyball and Home Game explains how the event we were told was impossible – the free fall of the American economy – finally occurred. Includes an interview with the author. "No one writes with more narrative panache about money and finance... entertaining [and] colorful."—The New York Times
Item #: K9P005
ISBN: 9781442300057
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Author:
Mark Skousen
Reader:
Jeff Riggenbach
Format: 8
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These three giants remain the most influential economists in world history. Hear about their turbulent lives and the battle of their opposing points of view. Adam Smith represented laissez faire, Karl Marx reflected radical socialism, and John Maynard Keynes symbolized big government and the welfare state.
Item #: K8B092
ISBN: 9781433200922
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Author:
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Reader:
David Chandler
Format: 12
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This groundbreaking look at the role played by the unexpected shows why unforeseeable events – black swans – underlie almost everything about our world, from the rise of religions and the Internet to 9/11. A fascinating examination of why we know less than we think we do, and what to do about it. "Chandler's delivery of sardonic lines is often tongue-in-cheek... [He] infuses Taleb's theory of the Black Swan with an energy that propels listeners to learn more."—AudioFile
Item #: K9X655
ISBN: 9781428166554
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Author:
Paul Hawken
Reader:
Paul Michael Garcia
Format: 7
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One of our most influential environmentalists reveals a worldwide grassroots movement to restore the environment and foster social justice. Organizations ranging from billion-dollar nonprofits to single-person causes collectively comprise the largest movement on earth. "Garcia captures the passion and purposefulness of Hawken's writing."—AudioFile
Item #: K6B323
ISBN: 9781433203237
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Author:
Michael Lewis
Reader:
Dylan Baker
Format: 6
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A tsunami of cheap credit rolled across the world between 2002 and 2008. This brilliant, hilarious investigation of those foreign bubbles leads American listeners to complacency, until Lewis turns a merciless eye on California and Washington, D.C. He reveals the reckoning that awaits our greatest, greediest debtor nation. From the author of The Blind Side and Moneyball.
Item #: K8P125
ISBN: 9781442341258
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