Boomerang: The Biggest Bust by Michael Lewis
$22.99 AUD
Category: Economics
Right now, Europe is in serious financial chaos. In Greece, infrastructure costs mean it would be cheaper to transport all Greek rail passengers by taxi, and hairdressing is classified as arduous for tax avoidance purposes. In Iceland, Range Rovers frequently explode as owners collect the insurance to p ...Show more
Don't Panic Aged Care Survival Guide (Blue) by Nick Bruining
$29.95 AUD
Category: Economics
Easy to follow advice about aged care by the team that brought you 'Don't Panic: Why you Don't Need $1 Million to Retire Well' This book will show you how to use Australia's aged care system to grow old on your own terms without going broke by: Accessing home care to maintain your independence Structuri ...Show more
Doughnut Economics - Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist by Kate Raworth
$22.99 AUD
Category: Economics | Reading Level: good-very good
The book behind the hit TED Talk** The Sunday Times Bestseller**** Longlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2017** 'The John Maynard Keynes of the 21st century.' George Monbiot, Guardian' This is sharp, significant scholarship . . . Thrilling.' Times Higher Education Economics is ...Show more
Double Entry by Jane Gleeson-White
$24.99 AUD
Category: Economics | Reading Level: good
How the merchants of Venice shaped the modern world - and how their invention could make or break the planet. A fascinating exploration of how a simple system used to measure and record wealth spawned a cultural revolution. Prepare to have your idea of accounting changed forever. 'The rise and metamorph ...Show more
The Creation and Destruction of Value: The Globalization Cycle by Harold James
$19.95 AUD
Category: Economics
Harold James examines the vulnerability and fragility of processes of globalization, both historically and in the present. This book applies lessons from past breakdowns of globalization - above all in the Great Depression - to show how financial crises provoke backlashes against global integration: aga ...Show more
Beyond the Boom: Penguin Special by John Edwards
$9.99 AUD
Category: Economics | Series: Penguin Specials Ser.
After decades of prosperity Australians are now worried about their jobs, their incomes and their future. The mining boom, said to explain Australia's past success, is declared to be over. Unemployment has increased, carmakers have folded, the government is running a huge deficit. In a striking analysis ...Show more
Money, Marriage and Divorce by Paul Clitheroe
$19.99 AUD
Category: Economics
A practical guide to protecting your financial assets throughout marriage and divorce. Money is a tricky subject to broach, especially with the new-found love of your life. But Paul Clitheroe, expert financial advisor, says it's never too early to have the conversation. By agreeing on a financial plan t ...Show more
A Gift to My Children: A Father's Lessons for Life and Investing by Jim Rogers
$24.95 AUD
Category: Economics
"When I was a boy, my father often pulled me aside to convey lessons intended to build what we generally refer to as 'character'. Often his advice was very simple - work hard, think for yourself, do right by others - but I believe those lessons provided the foundation for everything that has followed in ...Show more
This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein
$24.99 AUD
Category: Economics | Reading Level: very good
The most important book yet from the author of the international bestseller The Shock Doctrine, a brilliant explanation of why the climate crisis challenges us to abandon the core "free market" ideology of our time, restructure the global economy, and remake our political systems. In short, either we em ...Show more
Other People's Money: Masters of the Universe or Servants of the People? by John Kay
$32.99 AUD
Category: Economics
We all depend on the finance sector. We need it to store our money, manage our payments, finance housing stock, restore infrastructure, fund retirement and support new business. But these roles comprise only a tiny sliver of the sector's activity: the vast majority of lending is within the finance secto ...Show more
Investing with Keynes: How the World's Greatest Economist Overturned Conventional Wisdom and Made a Fortune on the Stock Market by Justyn Walsh
$29.99 AUD
Category: Economics
World-changing economist John Maynard Keynes is known as an architect of the postwar international monetary system. But unlike many economists, he also made vast sums of money on the stock market. When he died, Keynes' net worth - almost entirely built through successful stock investments - amounted to ...Show more