The Bonds of Debt: Borrowing Against the Common Good

The credit crisis has pushed the whole world so far into the red that the gigantic sums involved defy understanding. On a human level, what does such an enormous degree of debt and insolvency mean? In this timely book the author considers the financial crisis, global poverty, media politics and radical theory to parse the various implications of a world where man is born free but everywhere is in debt.

TTC - Interpreting the 20th Century: The Struggle Over Democracy

Course No. 8090 (48 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture)
Taught by Pamela Radcliff
University of California at San Diego
Ph.D., Columbia University
1. Framing the 20th Century
2. The Opening Act—World War I
3. Framing the Peace—The Paris Peace Treaties
4. Intellectual Foundations—Nietzsche and Freud
5. Art and the Post-War "Crisis of Meaning"
6. Gender Crisis—The "Woman Question"
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Heartstone

C. J. Sansom - Heartstone

Summer, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong, and a massive French fleet is preparing to sail across the Channel. As the English fleet gathers at Portsmouth, the country raises the largest militia army it has ever seen. The King has debased the currency to pay for the war, and England is in the grip of soaring inflation and economic crisis. Meanwhile Matthew Shardlake is given an intriguing legal case by an old servant of Queen Catherine Parr.

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The Trouble with Markets: Saving Capitalism from Itself

In the spirit of John Kenneth Galbraith and Paul Krugman, Roger Bootle challenges readers to look at the deep causes of the current financial crisis, what went wrong and how to fix it. Bootle blames the crisis not on bankers and regulators, but on the idea that financial markets can be left alone. The book examines a host of critical questions, including what investors should do with their money in turbulent times.

Profiting from the Worlds Economic Crisis: Finding Investment Opportunities by Tracking Global Market Trends

Praise for Profiting From the World's Economic Crisis
"Someone is going to make money in the next decade. Perhaps Bud will help you find your way."
—Jim Rogers, cofounder, Quantum Fund; author, A Gift to My Children