books about: microeconomics     books:     Microeconomics      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.             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 ...             Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises (Wiley Investment Classics) Charles P. Kindleberger, Robert Aliber Wiley, 2005 Second to none on the cause of financial crises Kindleberger who passed away before the current financial crisis wrote the best book I have read on financial crises. His analysis of boom and bust cycle is prescient. It is much superior to Morris' still excellent The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High ...             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 ...             The Great Crash of 1929 John Kenneth Galbraith Mariner Books, 1997 The History of Now First published in 1954, this book is understandably piquing interest because of the current financial issues facing the United States and world. The causes of the 1929 crash do seem similar in many ways to the current issues of today in 2008. However, many ...             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.             The First Billion Is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America's Energy Future T. Boone Pickens Crown Business, 2008 the truth behind gas prices A great book! T. Boone Pickens is a true Patriot. One who loves this country and mankind before the love of money. I enjoyed knowing more about the man and his direction for America's energy future; even though I did not agree with everything he says. For example, as ...             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 ...             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 ...             The Great Depression of Debt: Survival Techniques for Every Investor Warren Brussee Wiley, 2008 Quite interesting, I like the format, alarmingly accurate. With all of the doom and gloom in our financial markets, I wanted to take in a few authors opinions and try and come to my own conclusion. (Cramer is not my fortune teller) With that said, the author lays out a lot of the structural problems in the financial industry ...             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 ...             Social and Economic Networks Matthew O. Jackson Princeton University Press, 2008 Networks of relationships help determine the careers that people choose, the jobs they obtain, the products they buy, and how they vote. The many aspects of our lives that are governed by social networks make it critical to understand how they impact behavior, which network structures are likely to emerge in a society, and why we organize ...             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 ...             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 ...             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 ...          products you might be interested in search for books catastrophes, depression, econometric, microeconomics, reflections, scholarships      geepe.com    web we recommend GRATE BOOK randomly chosen book: My So-Called Freelance Life: How to Survive and Thrive as a Creative ...