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The road to financial reformation The road to financial reformation Henry Kaufman Our financial crisis: what happened, how we got here, and what needs to be done Henry Kaufman-an esteemed economist and statesman-is one of the most preeminent financial figures of the day, with a h… OL11546198W
Aftershock Aftershock Robert B. Reich When the nation’s economy foundered in 2008, blame was directed almost universally at Wall Street. But Robert B. Reich suggests a different reason for the meltdown, and for a perilous road ahead. He … OL15091463W
Unterm Strich Unterm Strich Peer Steinbrück Peer Steinbrück analysiert schonungslos die Lage und zeigt Wege aus der Krise. Seine Botschaft ist eindeutig. Egal, ob es um die Stärkung unserer Wirtschaft, die Stabilität der sozialen Sicherungssys… OL15380913W
Overheated Overheated Andrew T. Guzman “Deniers of climate change sometimes quip that claims about global warming are more about political science than climate science. They are wrong on the science, but may be right with respect to its p… OL16805265W
Working scared (or not at all) Working scared (or not at all) Carl E. Van Horn "Work Scared draws on nearly twenty-five thousand interviews with employed and unemployed Americans conducted from 1998 to 2012. These voices of American workers tell a compelling story about wrenchi… OL17884273W
Leadership in the era of economic uncertainty Leadership in the era of economic uncertainty Ram Charan "There is no better person than Ram Charan to provide advice on managing in a downturn."-Larry Bossidy, former Chairman & CEO Honeywell International Inc."This is all classic guru writing, stressing … OL1867060W
Breadlines knee-deep in wheat Breadlines knee-deep in wheat Janet Poppendieck Library Journal: This book provides historical perspective on two of today's important public issues: farm income and hunger. It analyzes the origins of a national food assistance policy during the T… OL1876546W
Lords of finance Lords of finance Liaquat Ahamed With penetrating insights for today, this vital history of the world economic collapse of the late 1920s offers portraits of four men--Montagu Norman, Amile Hilaire Emile Moreau, Hjalmar Horace Greel… OL20546656W
Democracy at work Democracy at work Richard D. Wolff Wolff shows why and how to make democratic workplaces real. He speaks to those who realize that capitalism economics and politics as usual have become intolerable and who seek a concrete action progr… OL20547712W
Fault lines - Verwerfungen Fault lines - Verwerfungen Raghuram G. Rajan Aus der Finanzkrise ist über die Währungskrise längst eine weltweite Bedrohung des Finanzsystems geworden. Die akuten Brandherde der globalen Finanzstruktur scheinen zwar immer wieder unter Kontrolle… OL24826301W
Schwankender Westen Schwankender Westen Udo Di Fabio Udo Di Fabios Buch analysiert die Fundamente der westlichen Gesellschaft, zeigt deren Gefährdungen auf und plädiert für ein neues Gesellschaftsmodell. Untersucht werden die Auswirkungen, die instabil… OL27036918W