A Rabble of Dead Money
The Great Crash and the Global Depression: 1929-1939
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There is no single theory of what caused the Great Depression and never will be, Morris argues. Macreconomics is a social science, and such a massive event always takes its shape from a terrible confluence of factors. The mismanagement of the gold standard, the growth in consumer credit, the insistence on deflation by some of the best minds in finance, the spread of "Fordism" through the manufacturing sector, the global agricultural catastrophe, and the inability of the major European belligerents of World War I to agree on a reconstruction agenda are just a few of the shocks that in aggregate pushed the world into an economic Armageddon. Morris does not fail to provide lessons that modern listeners can learn from the Great Crash. It's tempting to pontificate about events of 80 years ago, but as Morris reminds us, our modern macroeconomics is still coming to terms with its failure to forecast how directly the much-trumpeted Great Moderation would lead to the Great Financial Crash of 2008.
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Good book wrong title
- De Hectoris en 10-06-16
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How Asia Works
- Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region
- De: Joe Studwell
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 11 h y 46 m
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In How Asia Works, Joe Studwell distills extensive research into the economics of nine countries - Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, and China - into an accessible narrative that debunks Western misconceptions, shows what really happened in Asia and why, and for once makes clear why some countries have boomed while others have languished.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The best economic development book I’ve ever seen
- De Jay en 02-17-20
De: Joe Studwell
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Putinomics
- Money and Power in Resurgent Russia
- De: Chris Miller
- Narrado por: Traber Burns
- Duración: 8 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 293
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 251
In Putinomics, Chris Miller examines the making of Russian economic policy since Vladimir Putin took power in 1999. Miller argues that Putin's economic strategy has functioned far more effectively than most Westerners realize. While acknowledging that part of Putin's successes - above all, quadrupling per capita GDP in just a decade and a half - can be attributed to cashing in on high oil prices, Miller details the government policies that have also been fundamental to Russia's growth.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Go find something better
- De Anonymous User en 08-04-21
De: Chris Miller
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Borrowed Time
- Two Centuries of Booms, Busts, and Bailouts at Citi
- De: James Freeman, Vern McKinley
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 11 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 34
To save the economy and keep Citi afloat in 2008, the government provided huge infusions of cash through multiple bailouts that frustrated and angered the American public. But, as Wall Street Journal writer James Freeman and financial expert Vern McKinley reveal, the 2008 crisis was just one of many disasters Citi has experienced since its founding more than 200 years ago. In Borrowed Time they reveal Citi’s disturbing history of instability and government support. It’s a story that neither Citi nor Washington wants told.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Biased
- De CF en 08-09-19
De: James Freeman, y otros
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The Ascent of Money
- A Financial History of the World
- De: Niall Ferguson
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 11 h y 27 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 3,356
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,186
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2,175
Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Finance. Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot, lucre, moolah, readies, the wherewithal: Call it what you like, it matters. To Christians, love of it is the root of all evil. To generals, it's the sinews of war. To revolutionaries, it's the chains of labor. Niall Ferguson shows that finance is in fact the foundation of human progress.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A mostly successful and interesting history
- De A reader en 02-24-09
De: Niall Ferguson
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Americana
- A 400-Year History of American Capitalism
- De: Bhu Srinivasan
- Narrado por: Scott Brick, Bhu Srinivasan
- Duración: 21 h y 18 m
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From the days of the Mayflower and the Virginia Company, America has been a place for people to dream, invent, build, tinker, and bet the farm in pursuit of a better life. Americana takes us on a 400-year journey of this spirit of innovation and ambition through a series of Next Big Things - the inventions, techniques, and industries that drove American history forward: from the telegraph, the railroad, guns, radio, and banking, to flight, suburbia, and sneakers, culminating with the Internet and mobile technology at the turn of the 21st century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent history!
- De L. Maranto en 10-14-17
De: Bhu Srinivasan
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Currency Wars
- The Making of the Next Global Crises
- De: James Rickards
- Narrado por: Walter Dixon
- Duración: 9 h y 52 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,771
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In 1971, President Nixon imposed national price controls and took the United States off the gold standard, an extreme measure intended to end an ongoing currency war that had destroyed faith in the U.S. dollar. Today we are engaged in a new currency war, and this time the consequences will be far worse than those that confronted Nixon. Currency wars are one of the most destructive and feared outcomes in international economics.
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2 out of 5 stars
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don't be misled
- De peter en 04-01-12
De: James Rickards
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The Forgotten Depression
- 1921: The Crash That Cured Itself
- De: James Grant
- Narrado por: Rick Adamson
- Duración: 9 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 48
In 1920-1921, Woodrow Wilson and Warren G. Harding met a deep economic slump by seeming to ignore it, implementing policies that most 21st-century economists would call backward. Confronted with plunging prices, wages, and employment, the government balanced the budget and, through the Federal Reserve, raised interest rates. No "stimulus" was administered, and a powerful, job-filled recovery was under way by late 1921. Yet by 1929, the economy spiraled downward as the Hoover administration adopted the policies that Wilson and Harding had declined to put in place.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Best thinking-sharpener I know of
- De Philo en 03-11-20
De: James Grant
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Wall Street
- A History, Updated Edition
- De: Charles R. Geisst
- Narrado por: Stephen McLaughlin
- Duración: 27 h y 28 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 121
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Wall Street is an unending source of legend - and nightmares. It is a universal symbol of both the highest aspirations of economic prosperity and the basest impulses of greed and deception. Charles R. Geisst's Wall Street is at once a chronicle of the street itself - from the days when the wall was merely a defensive barricade built by Peter Stuyvesant - and an engaging economic history of the United States, a tale of profits and losses, enterprising spirits, and key figures that transformed America into the most powerful economy in the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Many books in one; best linking of stories, eras
- De Philo en 03-23-14
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A History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War II
- De: Murray N. Rothbard
- Narrado por: Matthew Mezinskis
- Duración: 13 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 184
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 168
In what is sure to become the standard account, Rothbard traces inflations, banking panics, and money meltdowns from the colonial period through the mid-20th century to show how government's systematic war on sound money is the hidden force behind nearly all major economic calamities in American history. Never has the story of money and banking been told with such rhetorical power and theoretical vigor. You will treasure this volume.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great facts (if selective); ideological rigidity
- De Philo en 02-04-16
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Rainbow's End: The Crash of 1929
- Oxford University Press: Pivotal Moments in US History
- De: Maury Klein
- Narrado por: Sean Crisden
- Duración: 11 h y 45 m
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The first major history of the Crash in over a decade, Rainbow's End tells the story of the stock market collapse in a colorful, swift-moving narrative that blends a vivid portrait of the 1920s with an intensely gripping account of Wall Street's greatest catastrophe. The book offers a vibrant picture of a world full of plungers, powerful bankers, corporate titans, millionaire brokers, and buoyantly optimistic stock market bulls.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Plenty of fine detail, especially of the 1920s
- De Philo en 04-18-13
De: Maury Klein
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The Death of Money
- The Coming Collapse of the International Monetary System
- De: James Rickards
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 13 h y 13 m
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The international monetary system has collapsed three times in the past hundred years, in 1914, 1939, and 1971. Each collapse was followed by a period of tumult: War, civil unrest, or significant damage to the stability of the global economy. Now James Rickards, the acclaimed author of Currency Wars, shows why another collapse is rapidly approaching - and why this time, nothing less than the institution of money itself is at risk.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A good review of the global financial system
- De Jean en 04-22-14
De: James Rickards
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The Company
- A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea [Modern Library Chronicles]
- De: John Micklethwait, Adrian Wooldridge
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 6 h y 46 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 149
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In The Company, the largely unknown history of the joint-stock company is presented by the editors of Economist. One of history's greatest catalysts, the joint-stock company has dramatically changed the way human beings live, work, and conduct business. With companies now affecting the world on a global scale, it is more pressing than ever before to understand this driving force.
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4 out of 5 stars
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unique history with a unique perspective
- De D. Littman en 10-31-05
De: John Micklethwait, y otros
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Aftershock
- The Next Economy and America’s Future
- De: Robert B. Reich
- Narrado por: Robert Reich
- Duración: 4 h y 30 m
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The author of 12 acclaimed books, Robert B. Reich is a Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and has served in three national administrations. While many blamed Wall Street for the financial meltdown, Aftershock points a finger at a national economy in which wealth is increasingly concentrated at the top - and where a grasping middle class simply does not have the resources to remain viable.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very plausible assessment of our economy
- De CAR TOP CAMPER en 10-06-10
De: Robert B. Reich
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A History of the United States in Five Crashes
- Stock Market Meltdowns That Defined a Nation
- De: Scott Nations
- Narrado por: Christopher Grove
- Duración: 12 h y 32 m
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In this absorbing, smart, and accessible blend of economic and cultural history in the vein of the works of Michael Lewis and Andrew Ross Sorkin, a financial executive and CNBC contributor examines the five most significant stock market crashes in the United States over the past century, revealing how they have defined the nation today.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A solid telling of crucial history
- De Philo en 06-17-17
De: Scott Nations
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Naked Money
- A Revealing Look at What It Is and Why It Matters
- De: Charles Wheelan
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 13 h y 11 m
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Consider the $20 bill. It has no more value, as a simple slip of paper, than Monopoly money. Yet even children recognize that tearing one into small pieces is an act of inconceivable stupidity. What makes a $20 bill actually worth $20? In the third volume of his best-selling Naked series, Charles Wheelan uses this seemingly simple question to open the door to the surprisingly colorful world of money and banking.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is a beautiful audiobook, and well-narrated.
- De Thirsty Mind en 11-10-18
De: Charles Wheelan
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- Greg
- 10-18-17
The social scene in the 1920s
I thought this was a book about economics, but it is really a social history of the American early 20th century. If you are looking for economic analysis look elsewhere. I found it somewhat interesting but not what I was looking for.
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- Tom Kregenbild
- 03-11-18
a great review of the 20's and 30's
It is a great overview of the 20's and 30's but is short on the details and causes of the 1929 crash and focuses more on the great depresessio itself
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