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The Meltdown Years The Meltdown Years Wolfgang Münchau The Meltdown Yearsoffers the most lucid and useful explanation todate about why home values, life savings, jobsecurity, and investments around the worldare in peril. Rather than focus on who is to bl… OL15445372W
Global capitalism in crisis Global capitalism in crisis Murray E. G. Smith xi, 179 p. : 23 cm OL15454517W
Aftershocks Aftershocks A. Hemerijck "Aftershocks was written in the midst of the deepest economic crisis since the Great Depression. Although it would be premature to presume to identify the repercussions of the crisis, it is clear tha… OL15619323W
Fool's gold Fool's gold Gillian Tett Award-winning journalist and social anthropologist Gillian Tett takes us inside the shadowy world of complex finance and derivatives and explains how the business of slicing and dicing debt led us to… OL15712259W
Breakout nations Breakout nations Ruchir Sharma After a decade of rapid growth, the world's most celebrated emerging markets are poised to slow down. Which countries will rise to challenge them? To identify the economic stars of the future we shou… OL16532135W
Global turning points Global turning points Mauro F. Guillén "The twenty-first century is replete with uncertainty and complexity: game-changing events and trends are transforming the world beyond recognition. For the first time in human history more people li… OL16627023W
The global financial crisis The global financial crisis Holly Dolezalek Examines an important historic event -- the modern global financial crisis. Easy-to-read, compelling text explores the impact of the failing housing market and the credit crisis in the United States,… OL16713063W
The future The future Al Gore "The consequential age we are living in will be remembered as one of the great turning points in civilization. Once we turn, though, where will we be? That is the compelling question Al Gore sets out… OL17306423W
The statesman's yearbook 2011 The statesman's yearbook 2011 Turner, Barry Following recent research into customer needs, a wealth of extra content has been included in this new edition, including political profiles, government histories, extended economic overviews and a g… OL18179596W
The retreat of western liberalism The retreat of western liberalism Edward Luce In his widely acclaimed book Time to Start Thinking, Financial Times chief US columnist and commentator Edward Luce charted the course of America's relative decline, proving to be a prescient voice o… OL19712269W
Capitalism 4.0 Capitalism 4.0 Anatole Kaletsky Argues that the economic recession of 2008-2009 forced a change in the philosophy of global capitalism, and will redirect the fundamentals of the capitalist system to create a new, successful, produc… OL19940448W
The consolations of economics The consolations of economics Gerard Lyons In the next twenty years the world economy will enjoy one of its strongest periods of growth. Greater innovation and technical change will increase opportunities. Life expectancy, income and educatio… OL23416578W
The Economist pocket world in figures 2016 The Economist pocket world in figures 2016 The Economist The 25th annual edition of this perennial favourite has been completely updated, revised and expanded with many new features, including a section exploring the huge global changes since its inception… OL24157495W