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Economics
How Much is Enough?
By Robert Skidelsky
Hardback
Published 28-Jun-2012
| RRP: | £20.00 |
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Argues that wealth is not an end in itself but a means to the achievement and maintenance of a 'good life', and that our economy should be organised to reflect this fact. The book includes a definition of the 'good life', discusses the relevance of 'Happiness Studies' and the environmental impact of our ever-growing need to consume.
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New Few
By Ferdinand Mount
Paperback
Published 28-Mar-2013
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A sharp and engaging political analysis of how democracy in Britain is being replaced by oligarchy
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Why Marx Was Right
By Terry Eagleton
Paperback
Published 03-Jan-2012
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Taking ten of the most common objections to Marxism - that it leads to political tyranny, that it reduces everything to the economic, that it is a form of historical determinism, and so on - this title demonstrates in various cases what a woeful travesty of Marx's own thought these assumptions are.
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Tiger Head, Snake Tails
By Jonathan Fenby
Paperback
Published 25-Apr-2013
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A complete and coherent picture of China by a world expert on the subject
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Enough is Enough
By Rob Dietz
Paperback
Published 04-Jan-2013
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False Dawn
By John Gray
Paperback
Published 05-Oct-2009
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A prescient book criticising the greed and unsustainable economic practices which have proved to be the seeds of a world-wide recession. It considers how the economic landscape has shifted in a decade, and asks the crucial question: where do we go from here?
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Constant Economy
By Zac Goldsmith
Paperback
Published 01-Sep-2010
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The earth's resources are finite, climate change threatens to dramatically transform how and where we live, and the global economic system is in disarray. One way or another we have to change. In this brilliant and timely book Zac Goldsmith argues here for the creation of what he calls 'a constant economy'.
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Economics For Dummies
By Peter Antonioni
Paperback
Published 23-Nov-2010
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Untangle the jargon and understand how you're involved in everyday economics If you want to get to grips with the basics of economics and understand a subject that affects British citizens on a daily basis, then look no further than Economics For Dummies.
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Antifragile
By Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Hardback
Published 27-Nov-2012
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Just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress and tension, many things in life benefit from stress, disorder, volatility, and turmoil. In this title, the author shows that highly improbable and unpredictable events underlie almost everything about our world.
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End This Depression Now!
By Paul Krugman
Hardback
Published 11-May-2012
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A call-to-arms from Nobel Prize winning economist and best-selling author Paul Krugman.
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