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Vintage Reading: From Plato to Bradbury: A Personal Tour of Some of the World's Best Books    by Robert Kanigel
Price: $7.99 USD. 59750 words. Published by Bancroft Press on July 19, 2010. .

Vintage Reading brings eighty of the world's most unforgettable books out from behind the high castle walls, lowers the drawbridge, and welcomes readers inside. With lively and concise commentary, award-winning author Robert Kanigel throws an arm around the reader and becomes the tour guide to classics, best-sellers, lesser-known greats, and everything in-between.
Money Grows on Trees! Economics for Teens    by David Heyman
Price: $4.99 USD. 15560 words. Published by Wilcox Publishing  on January 11, 2011. .

Ask any teenager about money, and you'll be surprised to find that money grows on trees. In spite of their education in math, science, and the arts, they're woefully uninformed about financial "facts of life." The McDevitt family is about to purchase a new car, and Ty and Kerry, the youngsters, learn about borrowing, interest, and mortgages. Their discussions lead to the GDP and the national debt.
Barbecue Economics: Be Your Neighborhood Expert on Demand, Supply, and the Free Market    by Dick Gillette
Price: $4.99 USD. 60840 words. Published on October 26, 2012. .

Want to be able to discuss economic policy issues comfortably? Here is an overview of economic principles with examples of their application in free markets and our mixed economy. Written by a businessman for the general reader, the book covers micro and macroeconomics, taxation, money, regulation, and foreign trade, and examines how cronyism conspires to limit economic growth and prosperity.
Understanding Marx: A Reconstruction and Critique of Capital    by Robert Paul Wolff
Price: $12.00 USD. 76170 words. Published by Society for Philosophy & Culture  on March 6, 2013. .

Returning to the central issue of classical political economy, the search for a valid theory of natural price, Wolff reconstructs the theoretical models of Adam Smith and David Ricardo. He then shows how Marx’s reformulation “exploded” classical political economy. The theoretical contributions of Marx’s writings are critically assessed.
The Post-Capitalist era: how the world is moving towards a post-capitalist socio-economic system    by Ivan Gomez
Price: $1.50 USD. 71220 words. Published on April 26, 2013. .

Uncertainty about the future in relative and absolute terms has been on the rise among people from the “old core” and so has been the demand for explanations on how we have got here, what is really happening today worldwide, as well as what is to be expected in the near and in the long term.