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Are the huge profits garnered by corporations each year a case of a few bad apples in the business world taking advantage of unmonitored dealings? Is this consolidation of wealth made at the expense of the overall economy and the wellbeing of the average citizen? Will the planet be saved by developing...

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics. Long in the forefront of the anti-globalization movement, Jerry Mander sets forth in clear and impassioned terms the devastating effects of...

The book has an active table of contents for easy access to each chapter of the following titles: 1. Democracy in America: Volume 1 - Alexis de Tocqueville 2. Democracy in America: Volume 2 - Alexis de Tocqueville 3. Constitution of the United States of America Alexis...

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics. Neva Goodwin expects the next sixty-five years to be a time of rapid change in America and worldwide. Based on the best projections available,...

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.​ As the co-founder and staff attorney for the nonprofit Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, Thomas Linzey is engaged in the work of...

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics. Founder and director of the International Society for Ecology and Culture, Helena Norberg-Hodge presents an eloquent argument in favor of worldwide...

As any student of economics knows, the flow of money is only a part of the story of the science of economics. This study guide explains, in clear and easy to understand terms, some of the more complex concepts that make up the foundation of economic theory. It makes clear concepts such as scarcity,...

Man Vs. Markets by Paddy Hirsch of NPR’s “Marketplace” is economics explained, pure and simple, for the layperson who wouldn’t know a “bond” from an “option,” and who believes that a “future” is when we’ll all have flying cars. Here is an illuminating, insightful, and wonderfully...

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics. Michael Shuman asks his audience how many have pension funds, and a fair number of hands go up, then enquires of those who have them, "How...

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics. When Andrew Kimbrell examines what is causing the greatest social and ecological havoc in today‘s world, he sees that it is not what we traditionally...

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A very clear, reliable and readable history of economic thought from the ancient world to the present day. From Homer to Marx to John Stuart Mill, Backhouse shows how to keep your Keynsians from your post-Keynsians and New Keynsians. A core book.

The book has an active table of contents for easy access to each chapter. David Ricardo made essential contributions to classical economics and has been called the most influential classical economist along with Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, and John Stuart Mill. He contributed many aspects...

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics. Peter Barnes defines the commons as "the sum of all we inherit together and must pass on, undiminished and more or less equally, to our...