Economics
Junkyard Planet
Adam Minter
How can garbage turn into gold? What does recycling have to do with globalization? Where does all that stuff we throw away go, anyway?
Why Nations Fail
James A. Robinson and Daron Acemoglu
Format: Paperback
A provocative bestseller that explains why the world is divided into nations with wildly differing levels of prosperity.
Enough is Enough
Fintan O'Toole, and Books editor, print Laurence Mackin
Format: Paperback
Sequel to the Irish number one bestseller Ship of Fools, this takes on the financial crisis and asks: what next?
The Pinch
David Willetts
Format: Paperback
This provocative and thought-provoking book argues that the baby boomer generation have thrived at the expense of their children.
False Dawn
John Gray
Format: Paperback
Gray's powerful and prescient polemic against extreme freemarket capitalism, in a new edition, with a new chapter on the events of the last five years.
The Economist: Directors: An A-Z Guide
Bob Tricker
Format: Paperback
A clear and lively A to Z guide to the role and responsibilities of directors, aimed not only at those on the board, but managers and stakeholders in every kind of organisation.
Rogue Economics
Loretta Napoleoni
Format: Paperback
A spirited expose of the rapid and unexpected transformations generated by market forces unleashed under globalisation, and the impact on people's lives around the world.
A Short History of Socialist Money
Gavin Peebles
Format: Paperback
A Short History of Socialist Money is a historical and institutional account of the role of money in the planned economies. It is an essential guide for general readers and students interested in monetary economics, the planned economies, comparative economic studies and economic histories.
Positive Linking
Paul Ormerod
Format: Paperback
A groundbreaking and accessible work of economics, linking nudge and network theory for the first time.
Introducing Economics
David Orrell, illustrated by Borin van Loon
Format: Paperback
Brand-new INTRODUCING guide to the subject that makes the world go round
