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7 Steps to Becoming Financially Free: A Catholic Guide to Managing Your Money 6 reviews
Phil Lenahan
Our Sunday Visitor, 2006
Answers I have been looking for
+ Make The Most Of God's Generous Gifts
+ Great book for getting Financially Started
+ A godly way to budgeting
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The Communist Manifesto: A Road Map to History's Most Important Political Document6 reviews
Karl Marx, Frederick Engels
Haymarket Books, 2005
More than a relic...
+ A Must-Read!
+ Perfect
+ Can't beat this version
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The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents--The Definitive Edition (The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek, Volume 2)152 reviews
F. A. Hayek
University Of Chicago Press, 2007
True Liberty Is Not the Freedom to Take From Others...This Book Explains Why
+ learning from the past
+ Its all about values
+ The Road To Serfdom - review
+ Required reading!
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The War Against Population: The Economics and Ideology of World Population Control 12 reviews
Jacqueline Kasun
Ignatius Press, 1999
Boldly Questioning the Assumptions
+ Eyeopening and Profound
+ What a reference!
+ Conception/birth not accidental + Life sustainable
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Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition143 reviews
Milton Friedman
University Of Chicago Press, 2002
Simply a great read.
+ A Masterpiece
+ Excellent!
+ Essential Reading for All Citizens
+ Worthy of a smoke afterward
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Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic (Bk Currents)109 reviews
John de Graaf, David Wann, ...
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2005
affluenza
+ Affluenza
+ Great and important read
+ One Less Black Tee Shirt Bought
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Basic Economics 3rd Ed: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy94 reviews
Thomas Sowell
Basic Books, 2007
Old-Fashioned Economic Discussion
+ Money made simple
+ very appropriate in this age
+ Easy concepts, wonderfully written
+ Great read
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Vienna and Chicago, Friends or Foes?: A Tale of Two Schools of Free Market Economics13 reviews
Mark Skousen
Capital Press, 2005
Austrian vs. Chicago School: Who You Got!?
+ Insightful comparison...some flawed conclusions
+ A fascinating topic, well told
+ A Useful Comparison
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Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa52 reviews
Dambisa Moyo
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010
Excellent Book and Service
+ Very good book
+ Concise Review of an Emerging View
+ Time to review Aid to Africa
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How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes106 reviews
Peter D. Schiff, Andrew J. Schiff
Wiley, 2010
Great Book!
+ Great read!
+ A Gem for all ages
+ review
+ The economy in a microcosm: A fun fable about fishermen
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The Commanding Heights : The Battle for the World Economy53 reviews
Daniel Yergin, Joseph Stanislaw
Free Press, 2002
I learned so much
+ Great!
+ Through Information
+ Its not over yet
+ Great for my economic geography
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Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial ...269 reviews
Vicki Robin, Joe Dominguez, ...
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008
Wisdom Literature
+ The best common sense advice on how to manage your money
I haven't worked the 9 Steps yet, although I hope to soon. So I can't comment on the program authoritatively.
I first borrowed this book, then bought it. It speaks to the frustration and uncertainty of the times and markets precisely, and it presents a side of the American psyche which is ...
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The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time136 reviews
Jeffrey Sachs
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006
very pleased
+ The West Told Me So
+ decent book
This book arrived quickly, securely wrapped, and in like-new condition. I couldn't be happier.
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SERVILE STATE, THE17 reviews
HILAIRE BELLOC
Liberty Fund Inc., 1977
Explaining the Past and Exploring the Future
+ A "Third Way"?
+ A work of great clarity
+ A Third State and prescient vision
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations72 reviews
Adam Smith
University Of Chicago Press, 1977
One of the Most Influential Books of All Time -- Usefully Annotated
+ a classic
What more is there to say about a book that's been around 233 years? That's considered to be the founding text of modern economics? Written by a man who has organizations and lectures named after him, whose name is synonymous with free markets?
Well, the following is a list of things not ...
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The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money 68 reviews
John Maynard Keynes
Harcourt, Brace & World, 1965
WARNING: Be careful of some versions.
+ Classic, but too many typos
+ Management Laboratory Press Edition
The Management Laboratory Press (2009) and some other recent editions of Keynes's General Theory lack footnotes and an index (which would be handy for referring to Keynes's initial definitions). The MLP edition is also full of disappointing typos that seem to be due to inaccurate scanning. It ...
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Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts ...224 reviews
Thomas E. Woods Jr.
Regnery Press, 2009
Insights from one of the handful of ecomomists who clearly foresaw the financial collapse
+ Learn all about the Fed and Congress destroying our money
+ Excellent Book
Insights from one of the few ecomomists who clearly saw the financial collapse coming - and wrote extensively about the real estate bubble in plenty of time to save your own investments.
What a pity that so many readers failed to read Tom Woods' earier books and numerous articles posted on ...
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The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World159 reviews
Niall Ferguson
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2009
Muy bueno
+ A One Stop Blockbuster History of Our Age
Aunque el autor no sea economista y por eso esta atrapado en la mentir monetarista es un muy buen repaso por la historia del dinero.
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Crash Proof 2.0: How to Profit From the Economic Collapse85 reviews
Peter D. Schiff, John Downes
Wiley, 2009
A true state of the union, and a roadmap from here
+ an educational book
+ Buy It he know all and more
+ Cash/Bonds, Foreign Investments/bonds, Gold, and commodities
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The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke273 reviews
Suze Orman
Riverhead Trade, 2007
a must read for financial newbies.
+ Just what I needed to hear
+ perfect gift for HS or college graduates
+ Great Guide to Personal Finances for Young People
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