Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Economic policy

Ascensão e Queda do Euro    by Jorge Figueiredo
Price: $4.99 USD. 76130 words. Language: Portuguese. Published by Chiado Editora on June 16, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Economic policy.

Pode-se comparar o euro a um veículo com 23 secções articuladas, nas quais todas as rodas são de dimensões diferentes. Não irá muito longe. Rudo de Ruijter A classe dominante portuguesa não prima pela lucidez, não tem um projecto de desenvolvimento e age – reage – aos seus medos.
Presidential Hope for Change    by Dorothy Rayot
Price: $2.99 USD. 61770 words. Language: English. Published on April 11, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Economic policy.

This book is about President Barack Huessen Obama who never campaigned on the changes he had in mind but on the slogan he used in advertising that was "Hope and Change" and the Americans were unaware of his intentions: He wanted more government in your life, a new policy for green energy, a new policy for cap and trade, and a new education program with new objectives, new ideas, and new books.
A Fate Worse than Debt A Beginner’s Guide to Britain’s National Debt from Boadicea to Cameron    by Lee Rotherham
Price: $5.99 USD. 76780 words. Language: English. Published by Bretwalda Books  on March 27, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Economic policy.

As the UK talks of cuts and austerity, this book explores for beginners the true scale of our financial problems, and some of the controversies behind modern spending. Warning: do not read if you suffer from high blood pressure, or lack a sense of humour in a crisis.
Understanding Marx: A Reconstruction and Critique of Capital    by Robert Paul Wolff
Price: $12.00 USD. 72580 words. Language: English. Published by Society for Philosophy & Culture  on March 6, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Economic policy.

This book explains the development of the classical theory of value from Adam Smith to Karl Marx in a form readily accessible to readers unfamiliar with anything more than elementary arithmetic, while at the same time offering to the specialist a fundamental criticism of Marxian political economy and an original and controversial interpretation of Capital.
May the Odds Be With Us Legal Segregation in America    by Paul Czuchra
Price: $5.99 USD. 89180 words. Language: English. Published by The von Raesfeld Agency  on December 30, 2012. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Economic policy.

Americans are legally segregated. MAY THE ODDS BE WITH US shows how and why corporate sports monopolies and their political representatives were able to enact the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act. That legislation created legal segregation. The principles of liberty and justice apply to all Americans. Everyone should be free to make wagers on sports.
The Free Market Has Soon Turned 99 % Of Us Into Miserables    by Anderberg
Price: Free! 81480 words. Language: English. Published on October 25, 2012. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Economic policy.

If nothing else, the economic crisis in 2008 showed how close we are an economic collapse of the system we all suffer under today. The system that is named the "Free Market." This book shows how we got where we are beginning 100 years ago by presenting Edward Bernays who created a new political idea based on controlling people's irrational feelings, to keep them happy and calm by consuming.
A Social Carol    by Gregory Coffin
Price: $7.99 USD. 59340 words. Language: English. Published on September 2, 2012. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Political.

As in 'A Christmas Carol' with Scrooge's transformation, Evan Sanders is to be visited by three spirits to alter his collectivist worldview. Evan wants the people to control businesses and the State to control both for the Greater Good. However, when the spirits show him the worlds he wants and he begins to get what he wanted, Evan finds out that it wasn't what he wanted after all.
Reclaiming Socialism, or: Economic Democracy (Recovering a Stolen Word)    by Brian Rush
Price: Free! 258690 words. Language: English. Published on August 23, 2012. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Economic policy.

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An attempt to reclaim the word "socialism" from those that have re-defined it and rendered it taboo. Socialism does NOT mean a state-run economy or the end of private property, let alone Soviet-style tyranny. Socialism DOES mean economic democracy, worker-owned business, an economy for the 99%, and a humane alternative to capitalism. Capitalism is broken and it's time to discuss replacing it.
21st Century Essential Guide to South and East China Sea Territorial Disputes Involving China and Japan - Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands, Oil and Hydrocarbon Resources, East Asia and Pacific Disputes    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 245200 words. Language: English. Published on August 21, 2012. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » World politics.

This essential compilation of expert opinion from U.S. government reports and papers provides unique and up-to-date information about the ongoing territorial disputes over the South China Sea and East China Sea, including confrontations between China and Japan over the Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands.
In Search of Hippocrates: A Solution to the Health Care Crisis Facing America    by Mark Handwerker
Price: $7.95 USD. 53140 words. Language: English. Published on July 13, 2012. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Economic policy.

The authors of “In Search of Hippocrates” take a cold hard look at the primary causes of rising medical costs and present a simple, fair, and equitable solution to the problem: a common sense solution that will allow every American citizen to decide who treats them and how their medical care dollars are spent without interference from government administrators or health insurance companies.