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.
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Trouble Is My Business
In the four long stories in this collection, Marlowe is hired to protect a rich old guy from a gold digger, runs afoul of crooked politicos, gets a line on some stolen jewels with a reward attached, and stumbles across a murder victim who may have been an extortionist.
Rob Chesney might have fooled Ellie Engleman into thinking he is a woman, but no one, not even Ellie's boyfriend, NYPD homicide detective Sam Ryder, can convince Ellie that Rob is a killer. Still, the evidence against Rob is quite damning. Not only did the police find him standing over the body of fellow drag queen Carmella Sunday, but the rumor backstage is that Carmella was gunning for Rob's spot in the show. The only witness to the murder is Rob's dog Bitsy, but the poor thing is so traumatized Ellie can't get a word out of her.
The Alden children investigate various mix-ups at a zoo run by their grandfather's friend in an effort to save it not only from pranksters but also from the town council. The Boxcar Children try to find out who's responsible for causing some trouble at Edward Marlow's zoo.
Two lonely towns in Colorado: Hope and Despair. Between them, twelve miles of empty road. Jack Reacher never turns back. It's not in his nature. All he wants is a cup of coffee. What he gets is big trouble. So in Lee Child's electrifying new novel, Reacher a man with no fear, no illusions, and nothing to lose goes to war against a town that not only wants him gone, it wants him dead.
