Economia
mconomics and business
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty. By Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo. PublicAffairs; 336 pages; $26.99 and £17.99An engrossing book by two young economists who draw on some intrepid research and a store of personal anecdotes to illuminate the lives of the 865m people who live on less than $0.99 a day. Winner of the 2011 Financial Times/Goldman Sachs business book of the year award.
The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All the Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better. By Tyler Cowen. Dutton Adult; 128 pages; $12.95A small book full of big ideas about the historic changes wrought through education and innovation. An American economist offers plenty to think about for readers of every ideological stripe.
Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon. By Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner. Times Books; 331 pages; $30 and £19.99Gretchen Morgenson, a veteran New York Times reporter, and Joshua Rosner, a consultant, join up the dots between Congress, special-interest groups, government-sponsored enterprises and Wall Street, including many that other books failed to link, and provide the best account yet of how the American mortgage system went off the rails.
Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World. By William Cohan. Doubleday; 672 pages; $30.50. Allen Lane; £25A rollercoaster account of how Goldman Sachs does business, and the best analysis yet of its increasingly tangled web of conflicts, by a master-storyteller.
- The Keynes Comeback - 2009?
From The Economist: The Keynes comeback A trio of new books celebrate the man and declare victory for his ideas. Keynes: The Twentieth Century’s Most Influential Economist. By Peter Clarke.Bloomsbury; 224 pages; £16.99. To be published in America...
- Quem Vai Ganhar A Copa?
Goldman Sachs Predicts the World Cup Winner "... which team will win the tournament? Hosts Brazil, according to Goldman SachsGS +1.00%, which has crunched lots of numbers. Lots and lots of numbers (Dominic Wilson and Jan Hatzius from Goldman...
- Bric Ou Ric?
Brazilian Economy Threatened By Bloated Government April 10, 2012 Alvaro Vargas Llosa Investors.com Just over a decade ago, in a paper entitled “The World Needs Better Economic BRICs,” Goldman Sachs Asset Management Chairman Terence James “Jim”...
- O Retorno Da Crise Financeira Global
In "Reckless Endangerment," co-authors Gretchen Morgenson and Josh Rosner examine the origins of the crisis, starting in the early 1990s. The co-authors pull no punches and aren't shy about placing blame. Too Big to Fail: Now, Even Bigger! "We have...
- "meltdown" - Tom Woods Explica A Crise
Meltdown’ Blames Feds for the Crashby Declan McCullagh (CBS) Not only is our current recession unusually deep and severe, but it’s about to become the longest since the Great Depression. Housing prices are crashing, stocks have fallen into a deep...
Economia
Os melhores livros 2011 de economia e negócios ecolhidos pelo The Ecomist
mconomics and business
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty. By Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo. PublicAffairs; 336 pages; $26.99 and £17.99An engrossing book by two young economists who draw on some intrepid research and a store of personal anecdotes to illuminate the lives of the 865m people who live on less than $0.99 a day. Winner of the 2011 Financial Times/Goldman Sachs business book of the year award.
The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All the Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better. By Tyler Cowen. Dutton Adult; 128 pages; $12.95A small book full of big ideas about the historic changes wrought through education and innovation. An American economist offers plenty to think about for readers of every ideological stripe.
Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon. By Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner. Times Books; 331 pages; $30 and £19.99Gretchen Morgenson, a veteran New York Times reporter, and Joshua Rosner, a consultant, join up the dots between Congress, special-interest groups, government-sponsored enterprises and Wall Street, including many that other books failed to link, and provide the best account yet of how the American mortgage system went off the rails.
Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World. By William Cohan. Doubleday; 672 pages; $30.50. Allen Lane; £25A rollercoaster account of how Goldman Sachs does business, and the best analysis yet of its increasingly tangled web of conflicts, by a master-storyteller.
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- The Keynes Comeback - 2009?
From The Economist: The Keynes comeback A trio of new books celebrate the man and declare victory for his ideas. Keynes: The Twentieth Century’s Most Influential Economist. By Peter Clarke.Bloomsbury; 224 pages; £16.99. To be published in America...
- Quem Vai Ganhar A Copa?
Goldman Sachs Predicts the World Cup Winner "... which team will win the tournament? Hosts Brazil, according to Goldman SachsGS +1.00%, which has crunched lots of numbers. Lots and lots of numbers (Dominic Wilson and Jan Hatzius from Goldman...
- Bric Ou Ric?
Brazilian Economy Threatened By Bloated Government April 10, 2012 Alvaro Vargas Llosa Investors.com Just over a decade ago, in a paper entitled “The World Needs Better Economic BRICs,” Goldman Sachs Asset Management Chairman Terence James “Jim”...
- O Retorno Da Crise Financeira Global
In "Reckless Endangerment," co-authors Gretchen Morgenson and Josh Rosner examine the origins of the crisis, starting in the early 1990s. The co-authors pull no punches and aren't shy about placing blame. Too Big to Fail: Now, Even Bigger! "We have...
- "meltdown" - Tom Woods Explica A Crise
Meltdown’ Blames Feds for the Crashby Declan McCullagh (CBS) Not only is our current recession unusually deep and severe, but it’s about to become the longest since the Great Depression. Housing prices are crashing, stocks have fallen into a deep...