30-Second Economics: The 50 Most Thought Provoking Economic Theories, Each Explained in Half a Minute (HARDBACK)

Everything economic from Keynes to The Invisible Hand explained, with colour illustrations, in half a minute.Keynesian Economics, Free Market Capitalism, Monetarism, Game Theory and the Invisible Hand. Sure, you know what they mean. That is, you’ve certainly heard of them. But do you know enough about these economic theories to join a dinner party debate or dazzle the bar with your financial kno…

Economyths: How the Science of Complex Thinking is Transforming Economic Thought (PAPERBACK)

  A groundbreaking look at how the science of complex systems is changing economics Economics has for decades claimed that the economy is a rational, stable, efficient machine, governed by well-understood laws. Mathematician David Orrell traces the history of this idea from ancient Greece to the financial centres of London and New York, showing exactly how it is mistaken – and then b…

Economyths: Ten Ways That Economics Gets it Wrong (EPUB)

From the failure of wealth to make us happier to the catastrophic blindness to the credit crunch, Economyths reveals ten ways in which economics has failed us all. Forecasters predicted a prosperous year in 2008 for financial markets – in one influential survey the average prediction was for an eleven percent gain. But by the end of the year major economies were plunging into recess…

Economyths: Ten Ways That Economics Gets it Wrong (PAPERBACK ORIGINAL)

From the failure of wealth to make us happier to the catastrophic blindness to the credit crunch, Economyths reveals ten ways in which economics has failed us all. Forecasters predicted a prosperous year in 2008 for financial markets – in one influential survey the average prediction was for an eleven percent gain. But by the end of the year major economies were plunging into recession.…

Economyths: Ten Ways That Economics Gets it Wrong (PDF)

From the failure of wealth to make us happier to the catastrophic blindness to the credit crunch, Economyths reveals ten ways in which economics has failed us all. Forecasters predicted a prosperous year in 2008 for financial markets – in one influential survey the average prediction was for an eleven percent gain. But by the end of the year major economies were plunging into recession…

How I Caused the Credit Crunch

A vivid and personal account of 21st century banking excess. How I Caused the Credit Crunch traces seven years at the forefront of the credit markets  a tale from the heart of the bewildering banking maelstrom whose catastrophic collapse has plunged the world towards the worst recession since the 1930s. Tetsuya Ishikawa's story reveals how a young Oxford graduate finds himself in command of vas…

How I Caused the Credit Crunch; An Insider's Story of the Financial Meltdown (EBOOK:EPUB)

A vivid and personal account of 21st century banking excess. How I Caused the Credit Crunch traces seven years at the forefront of the credit markets, a tale from the heart of the bewildering banking maelstrom whose catastrophic collapse has plunged the world towards the worst recession since the 1930s. Tetsuya Ishikawa's story reveals how a young Oxford graduate finds himself in command of vast…

Introducing Keynes: A Graphic Guide

  As we find ourselves at the cusp of an economic downturn, there has been a clear reinvigoration of Keynesian economics as governments are attempting to stimulate the market through public funds. Forming his economic theories in the wake of the Great Depression, John Maynard Keynes argued that a healthy economy depended on the total spending of consumers, business investors and, most impor…

It's Only Money

  'Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.' Woody Allen Presumably a sentiment shared by billionaire Eli Broad, who used his American Express card to buy Lichtenstein's painting 'I - I'm Sorry' for $2.5 million, earning him enough air miles to take him and eight friends to the moon and back. 'Part of the $10 million I spent on gambling, part on booze and part on women.…

Join The Club: How Peer Pressure Can Transform The World (EPUB)

This is the story of a new kind of social revolution which has transformed the lives of millions. It has drawn oppressed Indian women out of misery and passivity, persuaded teenagers to demand safe sex and to rebel against smoking, and prompted minority students to excel in university subjects where even well-prepared students were failing. It has helped cure tuberculosis, given soldiers …