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1 Information Rules : A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy
Carl Shapiro, Hal R. Varian

Current:
9.7
Chapter 1 of Information Rules begins with a description of the change brought on by technology at the close of the century--but the century described is not this one, it's the late 1800s. One hundred years ago, it was an emerging te ... [more] [Submit]
2 Rules For Revolutionaries
Guy Kawasaki, Michele Moreno

Current:
9.7
Guy Kawasaki, former chief evangelist at Apple Computer and an iconoclastic corporate tactician who now works with high-tech startups in Silicon Valley, is back in print with his seventh book: Rules for Revolutionaries: The Capitalist Ma ... [more] [Submit]
3 Blown to Bits : How the New Economics of Information Transforms Strategy
Philip Evans, Thomas S. Wurster

Current:
9.7
Philip Evans and Thomas S. Wurster think that the Internet can blow away practically any business, and in Blown to Bits, they examine how the new economy is "deconstructing" industries such as newspapers, auto retailing, and banking ... [more] [Submit]
4 Blur : The Speed of Change in the Connected Economy
Stanley M. Davis

Current:
9.6
Blur: The Speed of Change in the Connected Economy, by Stan Davis and Christopher Meyer, is a shrewd appraisal of the new corporate reality. The authors, who both direct research at the Ernst & Young Center for Business Innovation, m ... [more] [Submit]
5 The Great Boom Ahead : Your Comprehensive Guide to Personal and Business Profit in the New Era of Prosperity
Harry S. Dent Jr.

Current:
9.5
Predicting the decline of Japan and the re-emergence of the United States as the most powerful economy on the planet, the Harvard economist offers readers practical advice on taking advantage of the situation. 65,000 first printing. --T ... [more] [Submit]
6 New Rules for the New Economy : 10 Radical Strategies for a Connected World
Kevin Kelly

Current:
9.5
There's hype and then there's the Internet. The widespread emergence of the World Wide Web and the idea of a network economy have set new records for excess in overheated marketing campaigns, breathless newspaper and magazine articles, and ... [more] [Submit]
7 The Roaring 2000s: Building the Wealth and Life Style You Desire in the Greatest Boom in History
Harry S., Jr. Dent

Current:
9.4
America's favorite optimist is at it again. Harry S. Dent Jr. is famous for his book, The Great Boom Ahead. It was published in 1992 when the U.S. economy barely had a pulse, "downsizi ... [more] [Submit]
8 New Rules for the New Economy : 10 Radical Strategies for a Connected World
Kevin Kelly

Current:
9.4
There's hype and then there's the Internet. The widespread emergence of the World Wide Web and the idea of a network economy have set new records for excess in overheated marketing campaigns, breathless newspaper and magazine articles, and ... [more] [Submit]
9 The Crisis of Global Capitalism: Open Society Endangered
George Soros, Geoff Shandler

Current:
9.3
The symptoms are hard to ignore. First the Thai crisis precipitated the currency collapse in Asia. Next the Russian meltdown inflicted temporary chaos on the Western financial system. And the recent volatility of the world's stock markets h ... [more] [Submit]
10 The Return of Depression Economics
Paul R. Krugman

Current:
9.2
What do babysitting coops and liquidity traps have in common? Lots, according to Paul Krugman. In The Return of Depression Economics, the MIT professor looks at the alarming string of financial crises that plagued various economies a ... [more] [Submit]
11 Building Wealth: The New Rules for Individuals, Companies and Nations
Lester C. Thurow

Current:
9.2
The world is on the verge of another industrial revolution, driven by knowledge this time, not the steam engine or electricity, according to noted MIT economist Lester C. Thurow. In his book, Building Wealth: The New Rules for Individual ... [more] [Submit]
12 Entertainment Economy : How Mega-Media Forces Are Transforming Our Lives
Michael J. Wolf

Current:
9.1
Michael J. Wolf says that all businesses--even banks and supermarkets--will increasingly need to be entertaining to thrive. In The Entertainment Economy, Wolf, one of the media industry's top strategists, demonstrates how business is ... [more] [Submit]
13 Eat the Rich
P. J. O'Rourke

Current:
9.0
A conservative, prosperous, American journalist gadding around the world laughing at all the ways less successful nations screw up their economy--this might not sound like the recipe for a great read, unless you're Rush Limbaugh, but if tha ... [more] [Submit]
14 Buffettology : The Previously Unexplained Techniques That Have Made Warren Buffett the World's Most Famous Investor
Mary Buffett, David Clark

Current:
8.9
Americans are infatuated with the stock market. The number of households that own stock has increased from around 20 percent in the early 1980s to over 40 percent today. The market offers the hope of quick wealth and early retirement, and j ... [more] [Submit]
15 Natural Capitalism : Creating the Next Industrial Revolution
Paul Hawken

Current:
8.9
In Natural Capitalism, three top strategists show how leading-edge companies are practicing "a new type of industrialism" that is more efficient and profitable while saving the environment and creating jobs. Paul Hawken and Amory and ... [more] [Submit]
16 The Long Boom
Peter Schwartz

Current:
8.8
Thanks to various technological, fiscal, and political revolutions that have reshaped our world over the past two decades, some observers believe, the new millennium will offer opportunities for economic expansion that rival any previously ... [more] [Submit]
17 Eat the Rich
P. J. O'Rourke

Current:
8.6
A conservative, prosperous, American journalist gadding around the world laughing at all the ways less successful nations screw up their economy--this might not sound like the recipe for a great read, unless you're Rush Limbaugh, but if tha ... [more] [Submit]
18 Entertainment Industry Economics : A Guide for Financial Analysis
Harold L. Vogel

Current:
8.6
Each year Americans spend at least 120 billion hours and over $150 billion on legal forms of entertainment. In this newly revised book, Harold Vogel, examines the business economics of the major entertainment enterprises: movies and televis ... [more] [Submit]
19 The Winner's Curse : Paradoxes and Anomalies of Economic Life
Richard H. Thaler

Current:
8.6
Richard Thaler challenges the received economic wisdom by revealing many of the paradoxes that abound even in the most painstakingly constructed transactions. He presents literate, challenging, and often funny examples of such anomalies as ... [more] [Submit]
20 Deflation; Why It's Coming, Whether It's Good or Bad, and How It Will Affect Your Investments, Business, and Personal Affairs
A. Gary Shilling, Bruce J. McCowan

Current:
8.5
Although all eyes have been on Southeast Asia since October, it's not the only game around. A broader look shows that the financial crisis in that part of the world is to global deflation what the 1973 oil embargo was to inflation: it focus ... [more] [Submit]
21 Inflation Targeting : Lessons from the International Experience
Ben S. Bernanke

Current:
8.4
"The most accessible study of this important new monetary regime--accessible to a wide range of readers well beyond the ranks of professional economists. [Inflation Targeting] should, and is intended to, appeal to historians, politic ... [more] [Submit]
22 Deflation : How to Survive and Thrive in the Coming Wave of Deflation
A. Gary Shilling

Current:
8.4
Most people associate deflation with the 1930s: depression, unemployment, and a spectacular stock market crash. But A. Gary Shilling doesn't think that deflation is all that bad--in fact, he says, if you're prepared, deflation can be a good ... [more] [Submit]
23 The Conquest of American Inflation
Thomas J. Sargent

Current:
8.4
In the past fifteen years, inflation has been conquered by many advanced countries. History reveals, however, that it has been conquered before and returned. In The Conquest of American Inflation, Thomas J. Sargent presents a groundb ... [more] [Submit]
24 Death of Inflation : Surviving and Thriving in the Zero Era
Roger Bootle

Current:
8.3
Imagine a world without inflation: prices rising in some years but falling in others; pay rising by 2 or 3% inthe good years, but static or falling in the bad ones; house prices are likely to fall as to rise; interest rates in the range of ... [more] [Submit]
25 Interest, Growth & Inflation
John Burr Williams

Current:
8.2
Subtitled The Contractual Savings Theory of Interest. To control the business cycle, forecast any movement of interest rates and guide the growth rate of the economy, there is a strong chain of cause and effect. The faster the growth, the h ... [more] [Submit]
26 Reducing Inflation : Motivation and Strategy (National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report)
Christina D. Romer, David H. Romer

Current:
8.1
While there is ample evidence that high inflation is harmful, little is known about how best to reduce inflation or how far it should be reduced. In this volume, sixteen distinguished economists analyze the appropriateness of low inflation ... [more] [Submit]
27 Death of Inflation : Surviving and Thriving in the Zero Era
R. P. Bootle

Current:
8.1
Imagine a world without inflation: prices rising in some years but falling in others; pay rising by 2 or 3% inthe good years, but static or falling in the bad ones; house prices are likely to fall as to rise; interest rates in the range of ... [more] [Submit]
28 Theories of Inflation
Helmut Frisch

Current:
8.1
The main purpose of this book is to analyze why local officials in China comply with investment-reduction and inflation-control policies of the central government against their own economic interests. The book shows the importance of politi ... [more] [Submit]
29 Inflation and Investment Controls in China : The Political Economy of Central-Local Relations During the Reform Era
Yasheng Huang

Current:
8.0
The main purpose of this book is to analyze why local officials in China comply with investment-reduction and inflation-control policies of the central government against their own economic interests. The book shows the importance of politi ... [more] [Submit]
30 Inflation and Investment Controls in China : The Political Economy of Central-Local Relations During the Reform Era
Yasheng Huang

Current:
7.9
The main purpose of this book is to analyze why local officials in China comply with investment-reduction and inflation-control policies of the central government against their own economic interests. The book shows the importance of politi ... [more] [Submit]
31 Program-Related Investments: A Technical Manual for Foundations
Christie I. Baxter

Current:
7.9
Program-related investments (PRIs) are hybrid grants/loans made by foundations to charities. They allow foundations to stretch their limited funds further. This book provides foundations with guidelines for evaluating PRIs, monitoring grant ... [more] [Submit]
32 The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success : A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams
Deepak Chopra

Current:
7.9
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33 The Digital Economy : Promise and Peril in the Age of Networked Intelligence
Don Tapscott

Current:
7.9
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34 Boomernomics: The Future of Your Money in the Upcoming Generational Warfare
William Sterling, Stephen Waite

Current:
7.8
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35 Myths of Rich & Poor : Why We're Better Off Than We Think
W. Michael Cox, Richard Alm

Current:
7.8
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36 The Economics of Electronic Commerce
Andrew B. Whinston

Current:
7.8
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37 Economics Explained : Everything You Need to Know About How the Economy Works and Where It's Going
Robert L. Heilbroner, Lester C. Thurow

Current:
7.8
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38 The Great Disorder : Politics, Economics, and Society in the German Inflation, 1914-1924
Gerald D. Feldman

Current:
7.6
While inflation protection bonds are specifically esigned to hold their value int oday's uncertain economy, are you still unclear on their specific attrributes and uses? If so, you may be missing out on one of the most powerful and versatil ... [more] [Submit]
39 Betting on Ideas : Wars, Invention, Inflation
Reuven Brenner

Current:
7.6
While inflation protection bonds are specifically esigned to hold their value int oday's uncertain economy, are you still unclear on their specific attrributes and uses? If so, you may be missing out on one of the most powerful and versatil ... [more] [Submit]
40 Inflation Protection Bond : Understanding Structure and Implementing Strategies
John B. Brynjolfsson, Anthony L. Faillace

Current:
7.6
While inflation protection bonds are specifically esigned to hold their value int oday's uncertain economy, are you still unclear on their specific attrributes and uses? If so, you may be missing out on one of the most powerful and versatil ... [more] [Submit]
41 Money and Inflation
Frank Hahn

Current:
7.4
The main purpose of this book is to analyze why local officials in China comply with investment-reduction and inflation-control policies of the central government against their own economic interests. The book shows the importance of politi ... [more] [Submit]
42 The Politics of Inflation and Economic Stagnation : Theoretical Approaches and International Case Studies
Leon N. Lindberg, Charles S. Maier

Current:
7.4
Program-related investments (PRIs) are hybrid grants/loans made by foundations to charities. They allow foundations to stretch their limited funds further. This book provides foundations with guidelines for evaluating PRIs, monitoring grant ... [more] [Submit]
43 Monetarist Perspectives
David E. W. Laidler

Current:
7.4
Program-related investments (PRIs) are hybrid grants/loans made by foundations to charities. They allow foundations to stretch their limited funds further. This book provides foundations with guidelines for evaluating PRIs, monitoring grant ... [more] [Submit]
44 Buffer Stock Models and the Demand for Money
Paul Mizen

Current:
7.3
Program-related investments (PRIs) are hybrid grants/loans made by foundations to charities. They allow foundations to stretch their limited funds further. This book provides foundations with guidelines for evaluating PRIs, monitoring grant ... [more] [Submit]
45 The Dynamics of Inflation : An Analysis of the Relations Between Inflation, Public Sector Financial Fragility, Expectations, and Profit Margins
Antonio Kandir

Current:
7.3
Program-related investments (PRIs) are hybrid grants/loans made by foundations to charities. They allow foundations to stretch their limited funds further. This book provides foundations with guidelines for evaluating PRIs, monitoring grant ... [more] [Submit]
46 Inflation, Tax Rules, and Capital Formation
Martin Feldstein

Current:
7.3
Program-related investments (PRIs) are hybrid grants/loans made by foundations to charities. They allow foundations to stretch their limited funds further. This book provides foundations with guidelines for evaluating PRIs, monitoring grant ... [more] [Submit]
47 Income Distribution, Inflation, and Growth : Lectures on Structuralist Macroeconomic Theory
Lance Taylor

Current:
7.3
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48 Inflation and Disinflation : The Israeli Experiment
Leonardo Leiderman

Current:
7.3
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49 Economic Policy and Stabilization in Latin America
Nader Nazmi

Current:
7.3
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50 The International Transmission of Inflation
James Lothian

Current:
7.3
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