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Monday, January 10, 2011

America’s Bubble Economy: Profit When It Pops

America’s Bubble Economy is the first book to focus on several simultaneous financial bubbles that are interacting to temporarily boost—and ultimately threaten—the United States and world economies. Filled with expert analysis and straight talk, this book will show you how to turn the coming economic transformation into a once-in-a-lifetime wealth-building opportunity.

Summary: America’s Bubble Economy
Rating: 5

This is a great book. A must read for anyone with money invested in the Market in any form. A great way to be prepared.

Summary: interesting read
Rating: 3

I agree with a previous reviewer regarding the same information being replayed over and over again. I’m new to this subject, and initially found the book interesting, but found that the authors seemed to be re-hashing the same points more times than were necessary.
I did enjoy the book, but now think I would probably check it out of the library instead of purchasing it.

Summary: Sometimes, simple is good.
Rating: 3

This is a simplistic synopsis of the current state of the economy and offers some simple suggestions on how to deal with it. It’s a pretty good read for the non-economist who’s looking for a quick and easy grasp of the big picture. It does get a bit tedious and repetitious at times and has enough typos to keep a proofer busy for a week. There’s also a less than subtle self-serving purpose as the authors attempt to drive the reader to their web site. The only problem is it appears they haven’t updated the web site with any current information since the book was published.

Nonetheless, an interesting and quick read for those looking for the summary view of the world’s economy today.

Summary: Economic Understanding in the Midst of Denial
Rating: 5

The authors bring clarity through scholarly historical analysis, to unfolding economic events. Their established excellent track record using their proprietary techniques to predict the March 2000 stock market collapse and their timely advice then to buy gold, can only be dismissed by those who wish to cling to ideology while denying reality.

Summary: Broad Coverage of Issues
Rating: 4

This book gives a broad view of the fiscal problems facing the United States, using understandable language. It leaves little hope for a growing robust economy

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The Food Economy: Global Issues and Challenges

"The Food Economy: Global Issues and Challenges", Frank Bunte, Hans Dagevos
Wageningen Pers | 2009 | ISBN: 9086861091 | English | 191 pages | PDF | 1.35 MB

The food economy is increasingly shaped by such new issues as sustainability, safety and quality standards, consumer health, and industry concentration. Cultural and ethical arguments gain momentum when aligned with issues such as economic welfare and stakeholder interests. The food economy grows ever more global and encompasses more elusive elements like trust, integrity, transparency, corporate social responsibility and creating emotional bonds with customers. The food economy is inextricably interrelated with globalisation, changes in consumer demand for food and energy, the ICT revolution, sustainability issues, and shifts in the relationship between private companies and public regulators.

The Food Economy explores a variety of trends and topics from the broad perspective that their evolution is interdependent with all kinds of counter currents and opposite notions: scarcity goes together with abundance, public and private initiatives co-evolve, slow food is connected with fast food, global brands and local products exist simultaneously. The Food Economy devotes chapters to existing and emerging issues and challenges of the expanding food economy. The Food Economy is relevant to academics, students, policymakers and consumers who are interested in recent developments in the food system and their implications for the food policy and research agendas in the years to come.

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Economy and Society: An Outline of Interpretive Sociology

Economy and Society: An Outline of Interpretive SociologyUniversity of California Press | 1978-12-19 | ISBN: 0520035003 | 1640 pages | PDF | 48 MB

Max Weber's Economy and Society is the greatest sociological treatise written in this century. Published posthumously in Germany in the early 1920's, it has become a constitutive part of the modern sociological imagination. Economy and Society was the first strictly empirical comparison of social structures and normative orders in world-historical depth, containing the famous chapters on social action, religion, law, bureaucracy, charisma, the city, and the political community with its dimensions of class, status and power.

Economy and Society is Weber's only major treatise for an educated general public. It was meant to be a broad introduction, but in its own way it is the most demanding textbook yet written by a sociologist. The precision of its definitions, the complexity of its typologies and the wealth of its historical content make the work a continuos challenge at several levels of comprehension: for the advanced undergraduate who gropes for his sense of society, for the graduate student who must develop his own analytical skills, and for the scholar who must match wits with Weber.

When the long-awaited first complete English edition of Economy and Society was published in 1968, Arthur Stinchcombe wrote in the American Journal of Sociology: "My answer to the question of whether people should still start their sociological intellectual biographies with Economy and Society is yes." Reinhard Bendix noted in the American Sociological Review that the "publication of a compete English edition of Weber's most systematic work [represents] the culmination of a cultural transmission to the American setting...It will be a study-guide and compendium for years to come for all those interested in historical sociology and comparative study."

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Remaking the Argentine Economy

Remaking the Argentine Economy By Felipe A. M. De LA Balze
Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations Press 1995 | 197 Pages | ISBN: 0876091710 | PDF | 11 MB

While the economies of many Latin American and Asian countries have soared in the past two decades, Argentina -- a rich country in many ways -- has had great difficulty in fulfilling its economic potential. Remaking the Argentine Economy examines the historical reasons behind Argentina's disappointing economic performance since World War II, as well as recent encouraging changes that have taken place in Argentina's economy. According to de la Balze, Argentina's failure to thrive economically is a case of a relative modern country pursuing misguided economic strategies and its resulting inability to cope with changes in the international environment. Argentina's turbulent and unstable political system has also hampered its economic development. But the last few years have given rise to a more optimistic scenario: stringent economic reforms and profound political changes have begun to turn the economy around. De la Balze provides a concise, thorough exploration of all facets of Argentina's postwar economy and singles out the key issues that Argentina must face to ensure the success of the political and economic reforms underway. Remaking the Argentine Economy provides a valuable case study of one country's attempt to re-engineer its economic viability in today's world.

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America and the New Global Economy (TTC - Course 5620)

America and the New Global Economy (TTC - Course 5620) By Timothy Taylor
Publisher: The Teaching Company 2008 | 18 hours and 47 mins | ISBN: 1598034812 | MP3 | 757 MB

This riveting 36-lecture course takes you beyond the economy of the United States and reveals the recent history of economies in Asian countries, including Japan, India, and China, as well as in other regions. Journey with veteran Teaching Company Professor Timothy Taylor of Macalester College through the last 50 years of world economic history, explore international perspectives on the new global economy, and develop a richer understanding of our increasingly interconnected world.

1. The World Economy since 1950
2. The U.S. in the World Economy—1960 to 1995
3. The U.S. Economy Resurgent?
4. Europe—From Catch-Up to Jobless Growth
5. The Single European Market
6. The Rise of the Euro
7. The Economy of the Soviet Union
8. Transitions from Communism to Markets
9. Japan's Economic Miracle
10. When Japan's Bubble Economy Burst
11. Government versus Market in East Asia
12. East Asia's Tigers—Restore the Roar?
13. China's Gradualist Economic Reforms
14. China's Challenges for Continued Growth
15. India and the License Raj
16. India's Turn toward Market Economics
17. Inherited Institutions in the Middle East
18. The Curse of Oil Wealth in the Middle East
19. Africa's Geography and History
20. Time for Optimism on Africa?
21. Latin America and Import Substitution
22. Markets or Populism in Latin America?
23. Globalization in Goods and Services
24. Globalization of Capital Flows
25. The Foreign Exchange Market
26. Migration—Senders and Recipients
27. Global Population Growth
28. World Poverty—Growth or Redistribution?
29. Global Food Markets—The Supply-Demand Race
30. An Urbanizing World
31. Women in the Global Economy
32. Improving Governance, Fighting Corruption
33. Foreign Aid—Promises and Limits
34. The Multilaterals—World Bank, IMF, WTO
35. The Economics of Global Climate Change
36. Globalization and Convergence

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