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The Money Illusion
Irving Fisher
Издател: Martino Publishing
2011 reprint of 1928 edition. In economics, money illusion refers to the tendency of people to think of currency in nominal, rather than real, terms. This is a fallacy as modern fiat currencies have no inherent value and their real value is derived from their ability to be exchanged for goods and used for payment of taxes. The term was coined by
The Lean Startup
Eric Ries
Издател: Crown Business
"Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and Eric Ries defines a startup as an organization dedicated to creating something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty. This is just as true for one person in a garage or
A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960
Milton Friedman , Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Издател: Princeton University Press
Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz’s A Monetary History of the United States, 1867–1960 is perhaps the most influential work in economic history of the 20th century. The book, a perfect combination of historical narrative, empirical work, and theoretical analysis, was the major force in refocusing the economics profession’s thinking about the
The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover - The Great Depression, 1929-1941
Herbert Hoover
Издател: Lightning Source UK Ltd.
"The central difficulty during my term as President was, obviously, the worldwide ""Great Depression."" Domestically it first appeared in late 1929, eight months after my inauguration, and continued in the United States not only during my term but for eight years more, until the start of the Second World War in 1941.
That fateful eleven-year
Essays on the Great Depression
Ben S. Bernanke
Издател: Princeton University Press
Few periods in history compare to the Great Depression. Stock market crashes, bread lines, bank runs, and wild currency speculation were worldwide phenomena--all occurring with war looming in the background. This period has provided economists with a marvelous laboratory for studying the links between economic policies and institutions and
Mathematics for Economics
Michael Hoy , John Livernois , Chris McKenna , Ray Rees , Thanasis Stengos
Издател: The MIT Press
This text offers a comprehensive presentation of the mathematics required to tackle problems in economic analyses. To give a better understanding of the mathematical concepts, the text follows the logic of the development of mathematics rather than that of an economics course. The only prerequisite is high school algebra, but the book goes on to
International Economics: Theory and Policy
Paul Krugman , Maurice Obstfeld , Marc Melitz
Издател: Pearson
Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman, renowned researcher Maurice Obstfeld, and new co-author Marc Melitz of Harvard University, continue to set the standard for International Economics courses with the text that remains the market leader in the U.S. and around the world.
International Economics: Theory and Policy is a proven approach in
Bourbon for Breakfast: Living Outside the Statist Quo
Jeffrey Tucker
Издател: Terra Libertas
The state makes a mess of everything it touches, argues Jeffrey Tucker in Bourbon for Breakfast. Perhaps the biggest mess it makes is in our minds. Its pervasive interventions in every sector affect the functioning of society in so many ways, we are likely to intellectually adapt rather than fight. Tucker proposes another path: see how the state
The Case Against The Fed
Murray N. Rothbard
Издател: Terra Libertas
The most powerful case against the American central bank ever written. This work begins with a mini-treatment of money and banking theory, and then plunges right in with the real history of the Federal Reserve System. Rothbard covers the struggle between competing elites and how they converged with the Fed.
Rothbard calls for the abolition of the
Boomerang: The Meltdown Tour
Michael Lewis
Издател: Penguin Group
Having made the U.S. financial crisis comprehensible for us all in The Big Short, Michael Lewis realised that he hadn't begun to get grips with the full story. How exactly had it come to hit the rest of the world in the face too? Just how broke are we really? Boomerang is a tragi-comic romp across Europe, in which Lewis gives full vent to his
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