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Doughnut economics : seven ways to think like a 21st century economist / by Raworth, Kate,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Economics; Economics.;
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Empire of things : how we became a world of consumers, from the fifteenth century to the twenty-first / by Trentmann, Frank.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Consumption (Economics);
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Fifty inventions that shaped the modern economy / by Harford, Tim,1973-;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Inventions; Technological innovations; Economic history.;
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Slouching towards utopia : an economic history of the twentieth century / by DeLong, J. Bradford,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.From one of the worlds leading economists comes a grand narrative of the century that made us richer than ever, yet left us unsatisfied. 'Slouching Towards Utopia' tells the story of how this unprecedented explosionof material wealthoccurred,how it transformed the globe, andwhyitfailed to deliver us to utopia.Of remarkable breadth and ambition,itreveals the last century to have been lessa march of progressthana slouchin the right direction.
Subjects: Economic development.; Economic history.; Economics.; Poverty.; Wealth.;
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Edible economics : a hungry economist explains the world / by Chang, Ha-Joon,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Economic thinking-about climate change, immigration, austerity, automation and much more-in its most digestible form. For decades, a single free market philosophy has dominated global economics. But this is bland and unhealthy-like British food in the 1980s, when bestselling author and Cambridge economist Ha-Joon Chang first arrived in the UK from South Korea. Just as eating a wide range of cuisines contributes to a balanced diet, so too is it essential we listen to a variety of economic perspectives. In Edible Economics, Chang makes challenging economic ideas more palatable by plating them alongside anecdotes about food from around the world. Beginning each chapter with a menu, Chang uses the stories behind key ingredients-where they come from, how they are cooked and consumed, what they mean to different cultures-to explore economic theory. For Chang, strawberries are delicious with cream, but they also prophesise a jobless future; chocolate is a wonderful pudding, but more exciting are the insights it offers into post-industrial knowledge economies. Explaining everything from the hidden cost of care work to the misleading language of the free market as he cooks dishes like anchovy and egg toast, Gambas al Ajillo and Korean dotori mook, Ha-Joon Chang serves up an easy-to-digest feast of bold ideas. Myth-busting, witty and thought-provoking, Edible Economics shows that getting to grips with the economy is like learning a recipe: if we understand it, we can change it-and, with it, the world"--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Anecdotes.; Economics.; Food; Food.;
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A splendid exchange : how trade shaped the world / by Bernstein, William J.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-447) and index.
Subjects: International trade; International economic relations;
© c2008., Atlantic Monthly Press,
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The changing world order : why nations succeed and fail / by Dalio, Ray,1949-author.;
From Ray Dalio, author of 'Principles' and a legendary investor who has spent half a century studying global markets, comes 'The Changing World Order', examining history's most turbulent economic and political periods to reveal why the times ahead will likely be radically different from those we've experienced in our lifetimes. Please Note: The following title was included in a previous Bestseller list; libraries may need to re-order.
Subjects: Balance of power; Economic development; Economic history.; Economic policy;
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Growing pains : the future of democracy (and work) / by Dyer, Gwynne,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Economic history; Economic history; World politics;
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Capitalism in America : a history / by Greenspan, Alan,1926-author.; Wooldridge, Adrian,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In Capitalism in America, Greenspan distills a lifetime of grappling with these questions into a thrilling and profound master reckoning with the decisive drivers of the US economy over the course of its history. In partnership with the celebrated Economist journalist and historian Adrian Wooldridge, he unfolds a tale involving vast landscapes, titanic figures, triumphant breakthroughs, enlightenment ideals as well as terrible moral failings. Every crucial debate is here -- from the role of slavery in the antebellum Southern economy to the real impact of FDR's New Deal to America's violent mood swings in its openness to global trade and its impact. But to read Capitalism in America is above all to be stirred deeply by the extraordinary productive energies unleashed by millions of ordinary Americans that have driven this country to unprecedented heights of power and prosperity. At heart, the authors argue, America's genius has been its unique tolerance for the effects of creative destruction, the ceaseless churn of the old giving way to the new, driven by new people and new ideas. Often messy and painful, creative destruction has also lifted almost all Americans to standards of living unimaginable to even the wealthiest citizens of the world a few generations past. A sense of justice and human decency demands that those who bear the brunt of the pain of change be protected, but America has always accepted more pain for more gain, and its vaunted rise cannot otherwise be understood, or its challenges faced, without recognizing this legacy. For now, in our time, productivity growth has stalled again, stirring up the populist furies. There's no better moment to apply the lessons of history to the most pressing question we face"--
Subjects: Capitalism; Economic history.;
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Ontario 1610-1985 : a political and economic history / by White, Randall;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-347) and index.
© 1985., Dundurn Press,
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