Sentences with phrase «economic history books»

I love economic history books, and I believe that most investors should read economic history.

When the economic history books get written about the crisis at the end of the 2000s decade, the difficult analyses will involve Fannie, Freddie, Lehman, AIG, and the large banks that failed.

The book that I am reviewing tonight is different because unlike most economic history books, it is mainly empirical rather than mainly anecdotal.

Far better to read This Time Is Different or curl up with your favorite selection of economic history books.

Not exact matches

Twice Pulitzer - nominated, history professor Brands has elsewhere given book - length treatment to some of the threads he combines in this account of the 35 years that gave birth to the modern economic order.

In his book The Man and His Wonderful Shaving Device — King C. Gillette, biographer Russell B. Adams, Jr. noted, «King C. Gillette had thought he might be remembered as one of history's social and economic reformers.

In this episode we discuss the ancient history of debt cancellation, the untold life of Jesus as an economic justice activist, and more largely Professor Hudson's forthcoming book,»... and forgive them their debts,» out in summer...

This book is an aid in gaining understanding of economic history.

I think most investors could benefit from the book, mainly because I believe that economic history is valuable.

The dialogue that ensued engaged the authors with a series of questions surrounding the book's central thesis: despite the real progress in racial equality achieved by the 1960s civil rights legislation, the United States political institution has been caught in between two modes of conceptualizing, and enacting policy, about race — both of which have failed to close the tremendous gap in racial disparities in social and economic welfare that are a legacy of American history.

In his 1987 book The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, this Yale professor of economic history demonstrated that empires tend to expand until (basically) the amount that can be raised in taxes is lower than the cost of enforcing taxation, and the economy collapses.

The book, A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History, contends that human races are a biological reality and that recent human evolution has led to racial differences in economic and social behavior.

by Roland Laird with Taneshia Nash Laird Illustrated by Elihu «Adofo» Bay Foreword by Charles Johnson Sterling Publishing Paperback, $ 14.95 240 pages, illustrated ISBN: 978 -1-4027-6226-0 Book Review by Kam Williams «One of the invaluable features of Still I Rise, the first cartoon history of black America, is the wealth of information it provides about the marginalized — and often suppressed — political, economic and cultural contributions black people have made on this continent since the 17th C... Using pictures, it transports us back through time, enabling us to see how dependent American colonists were on the agricultural sophistication of African slaves and indentured servants; how blacks fought and died for freedom during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars; and how, in ways both small and large, black genius shaped the evolution of democracy, the arts and sciences, and the English language in America, despite staggering racial and social obstacles.

The following from American economist Deidre McCloskey's book The Economic History of Britain since 1700 is worth noting.

Built on specific English and world history state standards, the project covered concepts including the pre-World War II global economic crisis, the rise of totalitarianism, and the societal moral dilemmas that world leaders at that time faced, and then had students draw parallels to similar fictional themes in the book.

His auto columns have been reprinted in U.S. government publications and economic textbooks and he is profiled in the «World's Greatest Auto Show» history book about the Chicago Auto Show.

In part one of this two - part interview, Connie talks about the history of Battenkill Books, the strategies that have kept the business growing despite the difficult economic climate, her perspective on ebooks and their impact on publishing and bookstores, and the variety of customer preferences that she encounters on a daily basis.

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This is more of a history / economics book than a plain economic theory book.

Had Shiller published his research showing that valuations affect long - term returns in 1971 rather than in 1981, the name of the book would have been «A Valuation - Informed Walk Down Wall Street» and we would today be living in the greatest period of economic growth in U.S. history.

I think most investors could benefit from the book, mainly because I believe that economic history is valuable.

This book is a must for those that like economic history.

This book is an aid in gaining understanding of economic history.

If you don't like economic history, this will not be the book for you, because the old stories will not resonate, and say to you, «We never learn.»

This book is good for those who like economic history, and want to learn from the lessons of the past.

That's why I write book reviews on older books dealing with economic history (among others).

I believe that awareness of history, in particular, economic history, financial history, history of how technological improvements and technological breakthroughs have impacted the world, and history of geography — are important, so I think some history books are a must.

She holds a MA degree in economic and social history from the University of Amsterdam and worked as historian at the International Institute for Social History, during which she published her book on plantations in the Dutch East history from the University of Amsterdam and worked as historian at the International Institute for Social History, during which she published her book on plantations in the Dutch East History, during which she published her book on plantations in the Dutch East Indies.

She is the author of or has contributed to a number of essays and technical reports in economic geology and science history in addition to several books.

I just can't understand (and it angers me) how Mooney is invited to give talks everywhere and invited onto the AGU Board of Directors and held up as some master communicator when he's so extremely politically biased, and to boot knows absolutely nothing of the science — and now his new book is actually suggesting that conservatives are somehow medically or psychologically deficient for believing «more wrong things» (that's a quote from his book advertisement), and not just in science but also in history, economic policy, and foreign policy!

«This book aims to demonstrate how the profession has held to its anachronistic ways at key crisis points in US history: Watergate, communist infiltration, arrival of waves of immigrants, the litigation explosion, the civility crisis, and the current economic crisis that blends with dramatic changes in technology and communications and globalization.

Since then, history has witnessed radical changes in society and in the economy, which took Klaus Schwas, founder and chairman of the World Economic Forum, to write the book, «The fourth Industrial Revolution in 2016».

To that end, we've put together a list of books covering a variety of aspects about the blockchain industry: the history, the economic implications, the technical underpinnings, general educational books and the most influential whitepapers.