Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Depressions
Languages : en
Pages : 248

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John Kenneth Galbraith's classic study of the Wall Street Crash of 1929.

Author: Roger Lowenstein
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143034677
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 289

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With his singular gift for turning complex financial events into eminently readable stories, Roger Lowenstein lays bare the labyrinthine events of the manic and tumultuous 1990s. In an enthralling narrative, he ties together all of the characters of the dot-com bubble and offers a unique portrait of the culture of the era. Just as John Kenneth Galbraith’s The Great Crash was a defining text of the Great Depression, Lowenstein’s Origins of the Crash is destined to be the book that will frame our understanding of the 1990s.

Author: Andrew Wedderburn
Publisher: Coach House Books
ISBN: 1770566252
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 281

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE RELIT 2022 NOVEL AWARD A joy ride set on a crash course with the past. Audrey Cole has always loved to drive. Anytime, anywhere, any car: a questionable rustbucket, a family sedan, the SUV she was paid to drive around the oil fields. From the second she learned to drive, she’s always found a way to hit the road. Years ago, when she abandoned her oil field job, she found herself chauffeuring around the Lever Men, a B-list band relegated to playing empty dive bars in far-flung towns. That’s how she found herself at the Crash Palace, an isolated lodge outside the big city where people pay to party in the wilderness. And now, one night, while her young daughter is asleep at home, Audrey is struck by that old urge and finds herself testing the doors of parked cars in her neighbourhood. Before she knows it, she’s headed north in the dead of winter to the now abandoned Crash Palace in a stolen car, unable to stop herself from confronting her past The Crash Palace is a funny, moving, and surprising novel by the author of the Amazon First Novel Award–nominated The Milk Chicken Bomb. Audrey is unlike any character you’ve met before, and you'll love being along for the ride.

Author: Chris Martenson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118013123
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 336

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The next twenty years will be completely unlike the last twenty years. The world is in economic crisis, and there are no easy fixes to our predicament. Unsustainable trends in the economy, energy, and the environment have finally caught up with us and are converging on a very narrow window of time—the "Twenty-Teens." The Crash Course presents our predicament and illuminates the path ahead, so you can face the coming disruptions and thrive--without fearing the future or retreating into denial. In this book you will find solid facts and grounded reasoning presented in a calm, positive, non-partisan manner. Our money system places impossible demands upon a finite world. Exponentially rising levels of debt, based on assumptions of future economic growth to fund repayment, will shudder to a halt and then reverse. Unfortunately, our financial system does not operate in reverse. The consequences of massive deleveraging will be severe. Oil is essential for economic growth. The reality of dwindling oil supplies is now internationally recognized, yet virtually no developed nations have a Plan B. The economic risks to individuals, companies, and countries are varied and enormous. Best-case, living standards will drop steadily worldwide. Worst-case, systemic financial crises will toss the world into jarring chaos. This book is written for those who are motivated to learn about the root causes of our predicaments, protect themselves and their families, mitigate risks as much as possible, and control what effects they can. With challenge comes opportunity, and The Crash Course offers a positive vision for how to reshape our lives to be more balanced, resilient, and sustainable.

Author: Paul Kropp
Publisher: High Interest Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 9781897039120
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 76

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A school bus is bringing a basketball team home after a game. Skidding on ice, the bus slides down a steep hill into deep snow. The bus driver is out cold. One of the guys is badly hurt. Can Craig, Rory and Lerch find help in time?

Author: Sharyn O'Halloran
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231549997
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 454

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The 2008 crash was the worst financial crisis and the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression. It triggered a complete overhaul of the global regulatory environment, ushering in a stream of new rules and laws to combat the perceived weakness of the financial system. While the global economy came back from the brink, the continuing effects of the crisis include increasing economic inequality and political polarization. After the Crash is an innovative analysis of the crisis and its ongoing influence on the global regulatory, financial, and political landscape, with timely discussions of the key issues for our economic future. It brings together a range of experts and practitioners, including Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel Prize winner; former congressman Barney Frank; former treasury secretary Jacob Lew; Paul Tucker, a former deputy governor of the Bank of England; and Steve Cutler, general counsel of JP Morgan Chase during the financial crisis. Each poses crucial questions: What were the origins of the crisis? How effective were international and domestic regulatory responses? Have we addressed the roots of the crisis through reform and regulation? Are our financial systems and the global economy better able to withstand another crash? After the Crash is vital reading as both a retrospective on the last crisis and an analysis of possible sources of the next one.

Author: J. G. Ballard
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 000728702X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 45

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The definitive cult, post-modern novel - a shocking blend of violence, transgression and eroticism.

Author: Tracey Baptiste
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473544386
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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When a new virtual-reality version of Minecraft brings her dreams to life, one player must face her worst nightmares. Bianca has never been good at following the plan. She’s more of an act-now, deal-with-the-consequences-later type of person. But consequences can’t be put off forever, as Bianca learns when she and her best friend, Lonnie, are in a terrible car crash. Waking up in the hospital, Bianca is faced with questions she’s not equipped to answer. She chooses instead to try a virtual-reality version of Minecraft that gives her control over a world at the very moment she thought she’d lost it. There she encounters a glitching avatar she believes to be Lonnie. Bianca teams up with Esme and Anton – two kids also playing on the hospital server – to save her friend. Is Lonnie really stuck in the game? And can Bianca help him back to reality?

Author: Tim Morris
Publisher: ZML Corp LLC
ISBN: 1393865119
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 56

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This One Signal Has Predicted a Stock Market Crash For the Last 60 Years! ━━━━━━━▲━━━━━━━ In this ground breaking book, Tim Morris shows you the one signal which has flashed before every stock market crash for the last 60 years! He goes into the details of why this happens, and provides you the tools so you can know exactly when it will happen again. Tim not only teaches you how to determine when a crash will occur, but gives you a step-by-step outline of how to actually make money when the crash is happening... but we're not finished! Tim then teaches you two little known signals which let you know that the crash is over and it's safe to start investing again in the markets. If you have any money in stocks, which includes a 401K, you can't risk not knowing this information! Save your money and sanity from the next stock market crash or even profit from it. The choice is yours! ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ As a complimentary bonus, only for book buyers, you'll receive Tim's special report titled Crush the Market. This special report is packed with 14 incredibly beneficial tips to help you make money in the stock market! This report is not available to the general public, or anywhere else. It exists solely as a "thank you" to buyers of this book. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ If you want to protect what you own and not have to worry about the next stock market crash, click the "Buy Now" button at the top of this page and pick up your copy of The Crash Signal NOW!

Author: Robert R. Prechter, Jr.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470606703
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 481

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Today's financial and economic tribulations were a long time in the making. Many people ask, "Why didn't someone see it coming?" A New York Times bestselling book did see it coming. Over 100,000 people read it in time to protect their wealth. The book foresaw and explained the collapse in home prices, plunge in stocks, subprime debacle, liquidity crisis, the demise of Fannie and Freddie, the Federal Reserve's failure to turn the trend, and lots more. The book was Robert Prechter?s Conquer the Crash, published in early 2002, when the Dow was above 10,000 and the financial world was partying around-the-clock. Fast forward to today: the average U.S. homeowner has suffered a decline of 30% to 40% in property value. Stocks and commodities had their biggest fall since 1929-1932. Fannie Mae is a zombie corporation under the government?s protection. The Fed has pushed every button at its disposal (and then some), to no avail. If Prechter thought a whole new book would help, he'd have written one. But Conquer the Crash is a book-length forecast that's still coming true -- only some of the future has caught up with the specific predictions he published back then. There is much more to come. That means more danger, but also great opportunity. Conquer the Crash, 2nd edition offers you 188 new pages of vital information (480 pages total) plus all the original forecasts and recommendations that make the book more compelling and relevant than the day it published. In every disaster, only a very few people prepare themselves beforehand. Think about investor enthusiasm in 2005-2008, and you'll realize it's true. Even fewer people will be ready for the soon-approaching, next leg down of the unfolding depression. In this 2nd edition, Prechter gives a warning he's never had to include in 30 years of publishing -- namely, that the doors to financial safety are closing all over the world. In other words, prudent people need to act while they can. Conquer the Crash, 2nd Edition readers will receive exclusive online access to the Conquer the Crash Readers Page, where Prechter continually updates the book's recommended services and institutions.