Creator: Andrew Skinner
Edition: 4
Publication date: 2004-01-29
Dewey code: 330.153
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.94
Review The Wealth of Nations: IV-V / Penguin Classics:
Publication date: 2004-09-24
Dewey code: 643
RRP: £10.99
Price: £4.50
Review How to Be a Property Millionaire: From Coronation Street to Canary Wharf - Annie Hulley - Her Self-help Guide to Property Investment / How To Books Ltd:
Creator: Andrew Spencer
Publication date: 2008-11-20
Dewey code: 332.0973
RRP: £13.95
Price: £9.16
Review Bear-Trap: The Fall of Bear Stearns and the Panic of 2008 / Brick Tower Press:
Authors
- Kenneth Hopper
- Will Hopper
Dewey code: 973
RRP: £25.00
Price: £60.85
Review The Puritan Gift: Triumph, Collapse and Revival of an American Dream / I B Tauris & Co Ltd:
Publication date: 2008-02-01
Dewey code: 387.5442
RRP: £8.95
Price: £4.71
Review The Box How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger / Princeton University Press:
Publication date: 2008-03-27
RRP: £7.99
Price: £3.69
Review Michael O'Leary: A Life in Full Flight / Penguin:
Creator: Victor Neuburg
Edition: Reprint
Publication date: 2006-04-27
Dewey code: 305.56909421
RRP: £12.99
Price: £5.03
Review London Labour and the London Poor: Selection (Classics) / Penguin Classics:
Edition: 5
Publication date: 2005-06-14
Dewey code: 344.410465
RRP: £29.99
Price: £26.51
Review Health and Safety Law / Prentice Hall:
Publication date: 2006-09-03
Dewey code: 338.04092241
RRP: £14.99
Price: £7.83
Review My Big Idea: 30 Successful Entrepreneurs Reveal How They Found Inspiration / Kogan Page Ltd:
Publication date: 1990-07-01
Dewey code: 647.9573
RRP: £8.99
Price: £1.62
Review Grinding it out: The Making of Mcdonalds / Saint Martin's Press Inc.:
Edition: New edition
Publication date: 2007-02-16
Dewey code: 337.0904
RRP: £10.99
Price: £6.16
Review Global Capitalism: Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century / W. W. Norton & Co.:
Publication date: 2007-08-03
Dewey code: 330.9
RRP: £17.95
Price: £9.90
Review A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World (Princeton Economic History of the Western World) / Princeton University Press:
Edition: Reissue
Publication date: 2000-06
Dewey code: 332.64509
Price: £11.12
Review Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation / Plume Books:"The longest bull market in history" is a term that gets used a lot these days. Since 1990, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has risen some 8,000 points, from around 2,700 in January 1990 to nearly 11,000 today-a boom by anyone's standards, including Edward Chancellor's. In Devil Take the Hindmost, Chancellor takes an entertaining, albeit sobering, look at the history of speculative manias and the mass delusion that surrounds them. Beginning with the "tulipomania" that gripped Holland in the 1630s, Chancellor chronicles the formations and irrational euphoria that can inflate markets, from shares of South Sea stock in England in the 1720s to real estate in Japan in the late 1980s. He characterises the speculative spirit as one that loves freedom, detests cant and abhors restrictions. From the tulip colleges of the 17th century to the Internet investment clubs of the late 20th century, speculation has established itself as the most demonic of economic activities. Although profoundly secular, speculation is not simply about greed. The essence of speculation remains a utopian yearning for freedom and equality which counterbalances the drab rationalistic materialism of the modern economic system with its inevitable inequalities of wealth. But it is precisely such inevitability that always seems to win out, when "sharply rising prices followed by sudden panic without cause" bring speculative excess to an abrupt end. Highly recommended. [+]-Harry C. Edwards "The longest bull market in history" is a term that gets used a lot these days. Since 1990, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has risen some 8,000 points, from around 2,700 in January 1990 to nearly 11,000 today-a boom by anyone's standards, including Edward Chancellor's. In Devil Take the Hindmost, Chancellor takes an entertaining, albeit sobering, look at the history of speculative manias and the mass delusion that surrounds them. Beginning with the "tulipomania" that gripped Holland in the 1630s, Chancellor chronicles the formations and irrational euphoria that can inflate markets, from shares of South Sea stock in England in the 1720s to real estate in Japan in the late 1980s. He characterises the speculative spirit as one that loves freedom, detests cant and abhors restrictions. From the tulip Colleges of the 17th century to the Internet investment clubs of the late 20th century, speculation has established itself as the most demonic of economic activities. Although profoundly secular, speculation is not simply about greed. The essence of speculation remains a Utopian yearning for freedom and equality which counterbalances the drab rationalistic materialism of the modern economic system with its inevitable inequalities of wealth. But it's precisely such inevitability that always seems to win out, when "sharply rising prices followed by sudden panic without cause" bring speculative excess to an abrupt end. Highly recommended. -Harry C. Edwards, Amazon. com.
Edition: New edition
Publication date: 1999-04-01
Dewey code: 330
RRP: £14.99
Price: £8.18
Review The Wealth and Poverty of Nations / Abacus:Professor David S. Landes takes an historic approach to the analysis of the distribution of wealth in this landmark study of world economics. Landes argues that the key to today's disparity between the rich and poor nations of the world stems directly from the Industrial Revolution, in which some countries made the leap to industrialisation and became fabulously rich, while other countries failed to adapt and remained poor. Why some countries were able to industrialise and others weren't has been the subject of much heated debate over the decades; climate, natural resources and geography have all been put forward as explanations-and are all brushed aside by Landes in favour of his own controversial theory: that the ability to effect an industrial revolution is dependent on certain cultural traits, without which industrialisation is impossible to sustain. Landes contrasts the characteristics of successfully industrialised nations- work, thrift, honesty, patience and tenacity-with those of non-industrial countries, arguing that until these values are internalised by all nations, the gulf between the rich and the poor will continue to grow.
Authors
- Robert Z. Aliber
- Charles P. Kindleberger
Publication date: 2005-08-10
RRP: £21.99
Price: £20.02
Review Manias, Panics and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises / Palgrave Macmillan:
Edition: Revised edition
Publication date: 2007-03-01
Dewey code: 381.120941
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.30
Review The Rise and Fall of Marks & Spencer: ..and How it Rose Again: ..and How It Rose Again / Profile Books Ltd:Judi Bevan's The Rise & Fall of Marks & Spencer tells the storyof how the distinctively bright green figurehead of British retail got the blues. From humble beginnings, Marks & Spencer became the UK's leading department store, famous for its ready meals, woolly jumpers and no-frills underwear. However, the British chain suffered a dramatic reversal of fortune starting in the late 1990s, with tumbling profits, poor sales and a series of boardroom bust-ups. Judi Bevan's intelligent and thoughtful analysis of the Marks & Spencer story covers the financial rise and fall of the retailing icon, but it's the personalities and relationships that made Marks & Spencer different. This was the first British retailer to offer staff hot meals at lunchtime and to organise holiday trips abroad for its workers. Yet, M&S also ruled with a rod of iron: staff were expected to be punctual, efficient, polite and-most dangerously of all-to unquestioningly follow orders from above. It's this colonial-style rule that ultimately led Marks & Spencer into disaster and The Rise and Fall carefullydetails each step down the path. While the Gap and Next were making inroads on the British high street, M&S was still in a world ofchauffeur driven managers and carpeted executive offices. It was evident to journalists visiting Baker Street duringthis time that much of the company still looked longingly backward. Visitors would be escorted along seemingly endless corridors, with their closed doors on either side, by a uniformed female minder who would transport them into the care of the white-gloved waiters on the seventh floor. [+]The atmosphere reeked of imperial Britain. As the family interest in the company declined, a generation of middle managers fought and back-stabbed their way into the boardroom, not always in the best interests of the company. With more than 50 years of history to cover, it's not surprising that Judi Bevan's tale can occasionally become confusing, but this is morethan made up for by the level of detail: from the controversial cheap home loans offered to directors to the regimented positioning of oranges on the fruit aisles, this is as compelling as business gets. -SallyWhittle.
Edition: 1st Free Press Hardcover Ed
Publication date: 2008-08-18
Dewey code: 330.973
RRP: £16.99
Price: £9.23
Review The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too / The Free Press:
Edition: 2nd Beacon Paperback Ed
Publication date: 2002-05-10
Dewey code: 330.9
RRP: £21.00
Price: £16.78
Review Great Transformation (N.e. 4.02) / Beacon Press:
Publication date: 1998-12-31
Dewey code: 647.4573092
RRP: £11.99
Price: £2.38
Review Pour Your Heart into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time / Hyperion:Since 1987, Starbucks's star has been on the rise, growing from 11 Seattle, WA-based stores to more than 1,000 worldwide. Its goals grew, too, from the more modest, albeit fundamental one of offering high-quality coffee beans roasted to perfection to, more recently, opening a new store somewhere every day. An exemplary success story, Starbucks is identified with innovative marketing strategies, employee-ownership programs, and a product that's become a subculture. Whether you're an entrepreneur, a manager, a marketer, or a curious Starbucks loyalist, Pour Your Heart into It will let you in on the revolutionary Starbucks venture. CEO Howard Schultz recounts the company's rise and explains the company's core values, such as "Winning at the expense of employees is not victory at all. " -Theda Ross.
Publication date: 2006-08-25
RRP: £14.99
Price: £9.73
Review How to Run a Successful Pub: A Comprehensive Guide to Acquiring and Running Your Own Licensed Premises / How To Books Ltd:
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