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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People : Powerful Lessons in Personal Changeby Stephen R. CoveyISBN 0671663984 (0-671-66398-4)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People : Powerful Lessons in Personal Change'Book summary:Amazon.co.uk Review According to Steven R. Covey, to live with security and wisdom, and to have the power to take advantages of the opportunities that change creates, we need fairness, integrity, honesty and human dignity. Quite a tall order when you consider that most of us live our lives in a permanent state of flux, questioning our ideals and values and fighting a daily battle with the lack of self-confidence that stops us from taking risks of any kind. But, in The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Covey manages to make it sound as if changing the way we look at ourselves and the world around us so that we can become more successful both personally and professionally an absolute doddle. He defines the "habits" as "the intersection of knowledge, skill and desire" and states that the "Seven Habits" of the title are not mutually exclusive, but rather when developed together help to form a well-rounded, sensitive, confident and effective human being. As with many self-help books, much of what you read here is based on basic common sense and can at times be irritatingly obvious. However, what Covey manages to do so successfully is to break down the barriers which prevent all of us from taking a long hard look at ourselves, and then gradually introduces new rules which allow us to move first from dependence to independence and then towards the ultimate goal of interdependence. But of course, the only real way to test the value of The Habits--be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think "win/win", seek first to understand and then to be understood, synergise, sharpen the saw-- is to work on them. This book is as good as any place to start on the road to self-awareness and self-improvement in the workplace and in the home without becoming too irritatingly smug and self-satisfied. --Susan Harrison [via]
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Africa: The People and Politics of an Emerging Continentby Sanford J. UngerISBN 0671628097 (0-671-62809-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Agents of Influenceby Pat ChoateISBN 0671743392 (0-671-74339-2)
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America: Who Really Pays the Taxes?by Donald L. Barlett, James B. SteeleISBN 0671871579 (0-671-87157-9)
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American Multinationals and Japan: The Political Economy of Japanese Capital Controls, 1899-1980by Mark MasonISBN 0674026306 (0-674-02630-6)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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The Anatomy of Racial Inequalityby Glenn C. LouryISBN 0674012429 (0-674-01242-9)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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The Antitrust Revolutionby Lawrence J. White, John E. KwokaISBN 0673383776 (0-673-38377-6)
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Beyond Individualismby Michael J. PioreISBN 0674068971 (0-674-06897-1)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beyond Individualism'Book summary:The Reagan and Bush years have left us with a troublesome dilemma: how to balance our budget deficit against our social deficit. This book takes up the urgent question of how, in a time of economic crisis and constraint, we can meet the pent-up demand for spending on our nation's neglected poor, infirm, and disadvantaged, old and young. Michael Piore's ambitious response is to develop a new social theory that balances individual preferences against the claims and responsibilities of the community. By explaining the role of groups in economic and social life, this theory makes sense of a host of perplexing social phenomena and policy issues, from equal employment opportunity to international competitiveness to the decline of organized labor, from multicultural education to health insurance to the underclass.
Piore traces our difficulties in addressing these issues to the limits of liberal social theory, particularly its sharp distinctions between individuality and community. He offers an alternative view of individuality as emerging through the discussions and debates conducted among a community's members. These discussions, Piore suggests, have turned inward, away from the borderlands where social groups and economic organizations meet--and therein lies the crux of some of the country's deepest political and economic problems. His book points beyond the liberal conception of politics as a negotiation among competing interests and of policymaking as technical decisionmaking. Instead, it prescribes a politics focused on the process of discussion and debate itself, a politics that enlarges the borderlands by broadening the range of people who talk to one another and the range of topics they address.
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Birth of a Salesman: The Transformation of Selling in Americaby Walter A. FriedmanISBN 0674018338 (0-674-01833-8)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Breaking the Vicious Circle: Toward Effective Risk Regulationby Stephen BreyerISBN 0674081153 (0-674-08115-3)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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The Change Masters: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the American Corporationby Rosabeth Moss KanterISBN 0671528009 (0-671-52800-9)
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Charlie Needs a Cloakby Tomie De PaolaISBN 0671664670 (0-671-66467-0)
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Classics and Moderns: Collected Essays on Economic Theoryby John HicksISBN 0674137434 (0-674-13743-4)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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The Deal of the Century: The Break Up of At&Tby Steve CollISBN 0671645927 (0-671-64592-7)
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The Dependent City: The Changing Political Economy of Urban Americaby Paul Kantor, Stephen M. DavidISBN 0673397823 (0-673-39782-3)
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Dr. Deming: The American Who Taught the Japanese about Qualityby Rafael Aguayo, W. Edwards DemingISBN 0671746219 (0-671-74621-9)
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Just how different is the Deming Management Method? Compare just a few of the many differences in beliefs between conventional organizations and Deming organizations:
Standard Company
* Quality is expensive
* Defects are caused by workers
* Buy at lowest cost
* Fear and reward are proper ways to motivate
* Play one supplier off against another
Deming Company
* Quality leads to lower costs
* Most defects are caused by the system
* Buy from vendors committed to quality
* Fear leads to disaster
* Work with suppliers [via]
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Dreams Come Due: Government and Economics As If Freedom Matteredby John GaltISBN 0671611593 (0-671-61159-3)
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The Economics of Informationby Kenneth Joseph ArrowISBN 0674137639 (0-674-13763-9)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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The End of Globalization: Lessons from the Great Depressionby Harold JamesISBN 0674010078 (0-674-01007-8)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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James examines one of the great historical nightmares of the twentieth century: the collapse of globalism in the Great Depression. Analyzing this collapse in terms of three main components of global economics--capital flows, trade, and international migration--James argues that it was not simply a consequence of the strains of World War I but resulted from the interplay of resentments against all these elements of mobility, as well as from the policies and institutions designed to assuage the threats of globalism. Could it happen again? There are significant parallels today: highly integrated systems are inherently vulnerable to collapse, and world financial markets are vulnerable and unstable. While James does not foresee another Great Depression, his book provides a cautionary tale in which institutions meant to save the world from the consequences of globalization--think WTO and IMF, in our own time--ended by destroying both prosperity and peace.
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The Endangered American Dream: How to Stop the United States from Becoming a Third-World Country and How to Win the Geo-Economic Struggle for Industby Edward N. LuttwakISBN 0671896679 (0-671-89667-9)
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Environmental Economics and Policyby Jonathan A. Lesser, Daniel E. Dodds, Rochard O. ZerbeISBN 0673982106 (0-673-98210-6)
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Environmental Economics and Policyby Tom TietenbergISBN 0673469743 (0-673-46974-3)
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Euroquake: Europe's Explosive Economic Challenge Will Change the Worldby Daniel BursteinISBN 0671756753 (0-671-75675-3)
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Facing Up: Paying Our Nation's Debt and Saving Our Children's Futureby Peter G. PetersonISBN 0671898906 (0-671-89890-6)
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The Good News Is the Bad News Is Wrongby Ben J. WattenbergISBN 0671606417 (0-671-60641-7)
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The Grabbing Hand: Government Pathologies and Their Curesby Andrei Shleifer, Robert W. VishnyISBN 0674010140 (0-674-01014-0)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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A Hacker Manifestoby Mackenzie WarkISBN 0674015436 (0-674-01543-6)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Historical Viewpoints: Notable Articles from American Heritageby John Arthur GarratyISBN 0673992004 (0-673-99200-4)
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If You're an Egalitarian, How Come You're So Rich?by G. A. CohenISBN 0674006933 (0-674-00693-3)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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In Pursuit of Happiness and Good Governmentby Charles A. MurrayISBN 0671611003 (0-671-61100-3)
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In the Hurricane's Eye: The Troubled Prospects of Multinational Enterprisesby Raymond VernonISBN 0674004248 (0-674-00424-8)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Industry Structure, Strategy, and Public Policyby F. M. SchererISBN 0673992896 (0-673-99289-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins College Div
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Intermediate Microeconomicsby Roy J. RuffinISBN 0673463214 (0-673-46321-4)
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International Political Economy: A Readerby Stiles, Tsuneo AkahaISBN 0673463826 (0-673-46382-6)
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International Trade and Finance: Readingsby Robert E. Baldwin, David J. RichardsonISBN 0673391159 (0-673-39115-9)
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The Internet Challenge to Televisionby Bruce M. OwenISBN 0674003896 (0-674-00389-6)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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The Japan That Can Say No: Why Japan Will Be First Among Equalsby Shintaro IshiharaISBN 0671758535 (0-671-75853-5)
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The LaNague Chroniclesby F. Paul WilsonISBN 0671721399 (0-671-72139-9)
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The Literate Economist : Brief History of Economicsby E. Ray CanterberyISBN 0673992551 (0-673-99255-1)
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Macroeconomicsby Robert B. EkelundISBN 0673520978 (0-673-52097-8)
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Macroeconomicsby Robert J. GordonISBN 0673520528 (0-673-52052-8)
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Making the Most of Your Money : A Comprehensive Guide to Financial Planningby Jane Bryant QuinnISBN 0671659529 (0-671-65952-9)
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Mass Communication in a New Age: A Media Surveyby Linda J. BusbyISBN 0673185648 (0-673-18564-8)
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Microcosm: The Quantum Revolution in Economics and Technologyby George GilderISBN 067170592X (0-671-70592-X)
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Microeconomic Theory and Applicationsby Edgar K. Browning, Jacqueline M. BrowningISBN 0673521427 (0-673-52142-7)
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Microeconomicsby Richard G. Lipsey, Paul N. CourantISBN 0673994775 (0-673-99477-5)
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Money, Financial Institutions, and Economic Activityby Bruce R. DalgaardISBN 0673158764 (0-673-15876-4)
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Moving Beyond Wordsby Gloria SteinemISBN 0671649728 (0-671-64972-8)
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Moving Beyond Words/Age, Rage, Sex, Power, Money, Muscles: Breaking the Boundaries of Genderby Gloria SteinemISBN 0671510525 (0-671-51052-5)
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The New Argonauts: Regional Advantage in a Global Economyby Annalee SaxenianISBN 0674022017 (0-674-02201-7)
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No Ordinary Time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War IIby Doris Kearns GoodwinISBN 0671642405 (0-671-64240-5)
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Political Competition: Theory And Applicationsby John E. RoemerISBN 0674021053 (0-674-02105-3)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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The Princeby Niccolo MachiavelliISBN 0671826573 (0-671-82657-3)
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Principles of Microeconomicsby Paul R. Gregory, Roy J. RuffinISBN 0673994937 (0-673-99493-7)
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Randomnessby Deborah J. BennettISBN 0674107462 (0-674-10746-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Randomness'Book summary:"Chance governs all," said Milton, but he was writing about hell, not statistical probability. In the modern world, we assume that Milton's hell is everywhere--that is, that fate is best described in terms of statistics, odds, risks, and randomness. But most people, even many scientists, find probability difficult to understand and often counter to common sense. Mathematician Deborah Bennett looks at the history of statistics, games of chance and the casting of lots, the "Monty Hall" problem, and sources of random numbers. "Every day we can see evidence that the human species does not yet have a very highly developed probabilistic sense." With more books like Bennett's, we may in time become better at it--chances are. --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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The Real American Dream: A Meditation on Hopeby Andrew DelbancoISBN 0674003837 (0-674-00383-7)
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Reconstructing Macroeconomics: Structuralist Proposals and Critiques of the Mainstreamby Lance TaylorISBN 0674010736 (0-674-01073-6)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Regulating Infrastructure: Monopoly, Contracts, And Discretionby Jose A. Gomez-IbanezISBN 0674022386 (0-674-02238-6)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Changeby Stephen R. CoveyISBN 0671708635 (0-671-70863-5)
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Social Economics: Market Behavior in a Social Environmentby Gary Stanley Becker, Kevin M. MurphyISBN 067401121X (0-674-01121-X)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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The Spirit of Capitalism: Nationalism and Economic Growthby Liah GreenfeldISBN 0674012399 (0-674-01239-9)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Nowhere has economic activity been further removed from the rational calculation of costs than in the United States, where the economy has come to be perceived as the end-all of political life and the determinant of all social progress. American "economic civilization" spurs the nation on to ever-greater economic achievement. But it turns Americans into workaholics, unsure of the purpose of their pursuits, and leads American statesmen to exaggerate the weight of economic concerns in foreign policy, often to the detriment of American political influence and the confusion of the rest of the world. [via]
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The Spirit of Enterpriseby George GilderISBN 0671606425 (0-671-60642-5)
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Statistics for Business and Economicsby Heinz KohlerISBN 0673463257 (0-673-46325-7)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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Strategies of Commitment: And Other Essaysby Thomas C. SchellingISBN 0674019296 (0-674-01929-6)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Suburban Sweatshops: The Fight for Immigrant Rightsby Jennifer GordonISBN 067401524X (0-674-01524-X)
Hardcover, Belknap Pr
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The Success Of Open Sourceby Steve WeberISBN 0674018583 (0-674-01858-3)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Traditionally, intellectual property law has allowed companies to control knowledge and has guarded the rights of the innovator, at the expense of industry-wide cooperation. In turn, engineers of new software code are richly rewarded; but, as Weber shows, in spite of the conventional wisdom that innovation is driven by the promise of individual and corporate wealth, ensuring the free distribution of code among computer programmers can empower a more effective process for building intellectual products. In the case of Open Source, independent programmers--sometimes hundreds or thousands of them--make unpaid contributions to software that develops organically, through trial and error.
Weber argues that the success of open source is not a freakish exception to economic principles. The open source community is guided by standards, rules, decisionmaking procedures, and sanctioning mechanisms. Weber explains the political and economic dynamics of this mysterious but important market development.
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The Suicidal Corporationby Paul H. WeaverISBN 0671523783 (0-671-52378-3)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Sun Also Sets: The Limits to Japan's Economic Powerby Bill EmmottISBN 0671735861 (0-671-73586-1)
Softcover, Touchstone Books
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Surviving the Great Depression of 1990: Protect Your Assets and Investments-And Come Out on Top!by Ravi BatraISBN 0671663240 (0-671-66324-0)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Susan Lee's Abz's of Economicsby Susan LeeISBN 0671557114 (0-671-55711-4)
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Uncle Jed's Barbershopby Margaree K. Mitchell, James RansomeISBN 0671769693 (0-671-76969-3)
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Understanding Povertyby Robert H. Haveman, Sheldon H. DanzigerISBN 0674008766 (0-674-00876-6)
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Understanding Povertyby Sheldon H. Danziger, Robert H. HavemanISBN 0674007670 (0-674-00767-0)
Hardcover, Harvard University Press
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Urban Economic Issues: Readings and Analysisby Stephen MehayISBN 0673166244 (0-673-16624-4)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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Urban Economicsby Edwin S. Mills, Bruce W. HamiltonISBN 0673468674 (0-673-46867-4)
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Utopia : A New Translation with an Introductionby Thomas More, Peter K. Marshall, J. A. ScottISBN 0671726536 (0-671-72653-6)
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The Voice of the E.A.R.T.Hby Theodore RoszakISBN 0671729683 (0-671-72968-3)
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Voice of the Earthby Theodore RoszakISBN 0671867539 (0-671-86753-9)
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Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Personal Financeby Kenneth M. Morris, Alan M. SiegelISBN 0671879642 (0-671-87964-2)
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Wealth and Welfareby John HicksISBN 0674137418 (0-674-13741-8)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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What You Need to Know about Business, Money, and Powerby Michael Kidron, Ronald SegalISBN 0671541145 (0-671-54114-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Who Rules America Now?: A View for the 80'sby G. William DomhoffISBN 0671622358 (0-671-62235-8)
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