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The stock market is in a free fall and we are all are asking what is the cause.  Here is our collection of books with options of what is happening.

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Times Books

Past Due

The End of Easy Money and the Renewal of the American Economy

How Main Street was hit by—and might recover from—the financial crisis, by The New York Times’s national economics correspondent When the financial crisis...

"...America’s economy. He follows a real estate entrepreneur who sees endless opportunity..."

Peter S. Goodman Peter S. Goodman

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Hot, Flat, and Crowded

Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America

Thomas L. Friedman’s phenomenal number-one bestseller The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see the world in a new way. In his brilliant,...

"...Thomas L. Friedman’s phenomenal number-one bestseller The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see the world in a new way. In his brilliant,.... Thomas L. Friedman’s phenomenal number-one bestseller The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see the world in a new way. In his brilliant, essential new book, Friedman takes a fresh and provocative look at two of the biggest challenges we face today: America’s surprising loss of focus and national purpose since 9/1..."

Thomas L. Friedman Thomas L. Friedman

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A bestselling book in its fifth edition offering a broad and balanced introduction to financial markets across the world.

"...A bestselling book in its fifth edition offering a broad and balanced introduction to financial markets across the world.. This book offers a broad and balanced introduction to financial markets..."

Stephen Valdez

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Palgrave Macmillan

Greenspan's Fraud

How Two Decades of His Policies Have Undermined the Global Economy

For two decades Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has held reign over economic policy, outlasting three presidents. His long tenure has had a profound...

"..., international bestselling author Ravi Batra takes sharp aim at Greenspan's policies since he came..."

Ravi Batra

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Palgrave Macmillan

The New Golden Age

The Coming Revolution against Political Corruption and Economic Chaos

Bestselling author and economist Ravi Batra takes aim at the obstacles to global prosperity--from corrupt financial institutions to political motivations--and...

"...Bestselling author and economist Ravi Batra takes aim at the obstacles to global prosperity--from corrupt financial institutions to political motivations--and.... In The New Golden Age, bestselling..."

Ravi Batra

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Palgrave Macmillan

Poisoned Wells

The Dirty Politics of African Oil

Each week the oil and gas fields of sub-Saharan Africa produce well over a billion dollars’ worth of oil, an amount that far exceeds development aid to the...

"...vast corruption that reaches deep into American and European economies. In Poisoned Wells, Nicholas..."

Nicholas Shaxson Nicholas Shaxson

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Palgrave Macmillan

Unbearable Cost

Bush, Greenspan and the Economics of Empire

In these essays James K. Galbraith wrote the history of Bush's presidency while it happened. This work contains Galbraith's most influential writings on...

"...and the ongoing transformation of the American economy under the steerage of Alan Greenspan..."

James K. Galbraith

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In the span of one day, how does the world do business? In Connected: 24 Hours in the Global Economy, journalist and economist Daniel Altman answers this...

"...an emerging commodity market, such as emissions, is a big challenge. Ivan, Miro, and I review a stack..."

Daniel Altman Daniel Altman

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Metropolitan Books

The Wrecking Crew

How Conservatives Rule

From the author of the landmark bestseller What’s the Matter with Kansas?, a jaw-dropping investigation of the decades of deliberate—and lucrative—conservative...

"...From the author of the landmark bestseller What’s the Matter with Kansas?, a jaw-dropping..."

Thomas Frank Thomas Frank

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St. Martin's Griffin

What Wall Street Doesn't Want You to Know

How You Can Build Real Wealth Investing in Index Funds

Why do so many actively managed funds underperform? Why do passively managed funds provide superior returns, especially after taxes? What are the true...

"..., giving you the inside information you need to become a successful investor who plays the winner's game..."

Larry E. Swedroe

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St. Martin's Press

Money Wise

How to Create, Grow, and Preserve Your Wealth

Financial advisers, newspapers, television, and radio reports often qualify information about mutual funds and other investments as “according to Lipper.” They...

"...in the financial markets. So often these days, many of us get questions about money management from..."

By A. Michael Lipper and Douglas R. Sease

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