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The World in Depression, 1929-1939, Revised and Enlarged edition (History of the World Economy in the ...
Charles P. Kindleberger
University of California Press, 1986
Benchmark Study of the Causes of the Great Depression
This book is outstanding at describing the economics of the Great Depression. In his time, Kindleberger was regarded by many as the highest authority on the economics of the Great Depression. He also was a regular economist of the highest order. (Check out his other ...
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Dan Rooney: My 75 Years With the Pittsburgh Steelers and the NFL
Dan Rooney
Da Capo Press, 2007
Very good book, BUT
This is a very good book, but I did not appreciate the black magic marker mark on the bottom part of the book. It made it look like that book was retrieved from the garbage pile at the printers.
The book provides a very good history of the Rooney family and the ...
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Essays on the Great Depression
Ben S. Bernanke
Princeton University Press, 2004
Rigorous and Authoritative. The Best Book on Great Depression Economics
Bernanke rigorously explains the economics of the Great Depression. A massive monetary contraction (reduction in the money supply) was the cause of the Great Depression, in large part due to the flawed gold standard that was created following World War One. The massive ...
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Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes, Revised and Updated Edition
Michael J. Panzner
Kaplan Publishing, 2008
Credit Default swaps make up the fastest growing segment of the $415 trillion derivatives market
1. Hedge funds are structured around a performance-based compensation system. Hedge fund advisors are paid an incentive fee based on how well they do. Hedge fund advisors get a 20 percent cut above a preset benchmark, in addition to a 2 percent fee, of the total funds ...
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Principles of Microeconomics
N. Gregory Mankiw
Thompson South-Western, 2006
Principles of Microeconomics
Very good experience - product in great condition, shipped on time and arrived early despite my concerns.
I would order from with seller again.
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The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing: A Guide to Growing More Profitably (4th Edition) (Pie)
Thomas T. Nagle, John Hogan
Prentice Hall, 2005
GRATE BOOK
If you are an enterpreneur and you want to know how to price your product, don't look any further this is the book you are looking for. The chapter about costs has an MBA level and it will give you a lot of good ideas of how to improve your busines operation.
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Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises (Wiley Investment Classics)
Charles P. Kindleberger, Robert Aliber
Wiley, 2005
Timely and yet enduring
As I write this review, we are waiting to see if the Fed's somewhat drastic cut in the federal funds rate will stop the slide into recession. Bank of America is acquiring Countrywide mortgage lenders. UAE has bought an $7.5 billion worth of junk bonds from Citigroup ...
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Cracking the AP Economics Macro & Micro Exams, 2008 Edition (College Test Prep)
David Anderson
Princeton Review, 2007
Better than any that i've seen.
I took both of the macro and micro exams this year. I had a kaplan guide from my teacher, which was very, very confusing and had very few graphs or visuals.
this aide explained concepts much better and had more graphs. I studied more for the micro exam (i didn't take ...
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The Gridlock Economy: How Too Much Ownership Wrecks Markets, Stops Innovation, and Costs Lives
Michael Heller
Basic Books, 2008
Changes the way we see the world
Every once in a while a gifted academic writes a book about a technical subject that changes the way the lay public sees the world. Michael Heller has written such a book. The Gridlock Economy illuminates by giving language to a phenomena that is all around us but ...
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The Great Crash of 1929
John Kenneth Galbraith
Mariner Books, 1997
Relevant Again - and Readable as Always
Galbraith wrote The Great Crash in 1954 and he notes in his introduction that every time it was about to go out-of-print a new speculative mania would come along and a new printing would issue. One expects that the 2008 version must be in the works.
Galbraith ...
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Microeconomics, 6th Edition
Robert S. Pindyck, Daniel L. Rubinfeld
Prentice Hall, 2004
Awesome Pricing!
Brand new book, awesome pricing, and excellent delivery time. Perfect alternative to buying over-priced books at your College Student Store. This was about $50 less even including tax and s&h.
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Managerial Economics And Business Strategy
Michael Baye
McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2007
Great Service!!
I ordered the book and requested to receive it on the next day. I recieved it the next day!! It doesn't get any better than that!! Thanks Amazon!
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Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data
Jeffrey M. Wooldridge
The MIT Press, 2001
The missing link for cross section, panel data and program evaluation
This book fills a real gap for those who are interested in things like ATE, ATET and topics related to impact evaluation that are only talked about now in research papers. The explanations are very very clear and they walk you through the thinking process by which the ...
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Kaplan Scholarships 2009 Edition: Billions of Dollars in Free Money for College (Kaplan Scholarships)
Kaplan
Kaplan Publishing, 2008
Kaplan Scholarships, 2009 Edition features information on programs that offer significant and unrestricted scholarships combined with tips and advice on how to get them. The guide includes: *A list of scholarships--each worth at least $1,000--that do not restrict to any one school, and do not require repayment of any kind. *Detailed ...
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5 Steps to a 5 AP Microeconomics/Macroeconomics, 2008-2009 Edition (5 Steps to a 5 on the Advanced Placement ...
Eric Dodge
McGraw-Hill, 2007
great book
THis is a great product that can easily be understood by most people. It helps pass the exam.
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