Joseph-Beth offers a complete selection of business titles, from economic theory and history to investment analysis to the latest in personal finance. Whether you’re looking for Warren Buffett’s billions or clever ways to sell your product, we’ve got the title you’re looking for, and many, many more.
Keeping yourself knowledgeable and aware of economic and business trends is especially important in a turbulent economy. If you’re a business owner, your knowledge may be the key to keeping you in front of the competition. If you’re worried about your investments, your credit, or sticking to a budget, these books have the essential tips to keeping your finances in tact.
Here are ten suggested titles for the current economic crisis:
1. The Shock Doctrine – Naomi Klein [Paperback, $16.00]
Now in paperback, journalist Klein (No Logo) chronicles decades of economic disasters, such as the Chicago School makeovers launched by South American coups; the corrupt sale of Russia's state economy to oligarchs following the collapse of the Soviet Union; the privatization of New Orleans's public schools after Katrina; and the seizure of wrecked fishing villages by resort developers after the Asian tsunami.
2. Relevance – Tim Manners [Hardcover, $24.95]
Manners, a branding consultant and editor, takes the reader through the various aspects of building a successful brand. How can this be achieved? The author's answer: through relevant insights, innovation, investment and design. Combine these with careful attention to value and experience, and you'll get growth.
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Daniel Adamson and Joe Andrew identify the companies that have the most progressive social values - fair wages, equal opportunity, environmental responsibility - and also contribute to progressive political causes (or are at least neutral). They describe the portfolio they have built around those companies, which to date has out-performed the market. Their innovative investment strategy offers a profitable approach for investors seeking a principled and successful stock portfolio.
4. The Great Depression Ahead – Harry S. Dent [Hardcover, $27.00]
Dent, former strategic consultant at Bain & Company, outlines the features of what he predicts will be the next Great Depression. While Dent's doomsday predictions are depressing, his theories are persuasive and elaborated in meticulous descriptions of historic economic trends and cycles.
5. Suze Orman’s 2009 Action Plan – Suze Orman [Paperback, $9.99]
The nation’s go-to expert on financial matters, Suze Orman, believes that 2009 is a critical year for your money. There are safeguards to put in place, actions to take, costly mistakes to avoid, and even opportunities to be had, so that you are protected during the bad times and prepared to prosper when things take a turn for the better.
6. Surviving a Layoff – Lita Epstein [Paperback, $9.95]
This book is a practical guide to dealing with the tough questions a layoff poses. Using a week-to-week time line, the book offers advice on such topics as: coping with grief and anger after a downsizing; reorganizing life after a layoff; how to launch a job search; balancing the job search with family and personal time; explaining a layoff to family and friends; and more.
7. Financial Armageddon – Michael Panzner [Paperback, $16.95]
From desperate interest rate cuts and chaos in global financial markets to the sub-prime mortgage crisis and a fast-crumbling tower of public and private debt, Wall Street insider Michael J. Panzner exposes the cracks in the dike, the looming economic threats, and the vast array of promises and obligations that will ultimately go unfulfilled. In the process, he answers the ultimate question, “How did we get to this place, and how can we protect ourselves from the fallout?”
8. The Origin of Financial Crises – George Cooper [Paperback, $12.95]
In a series of disarmingly simple arguments financial market analyst George Cooper challenges the core principles of today's economic orthodoxy and explains how we have created an economy that is inherently unstable and crisis prone. With great skill, he examines the very foundations of today's economic philosophy and adds a compelling analysis of the forces behind economic crisis.
9. I.O.U.S.A – Addison Wiggin, David Walker, and Kate Incontrera [Paperback, $19.95]
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10. Leaving Microsoft to Change the World – John Wood [Paperback, $15.95]
It's a rare business book that not only provides savvy insights for better business practices but transcends the category altogether, to rank as an infectiously inspiring read. Wood takes the reader on an engaging journey from his life as a rather ordinary marketing director at Microsoft through the transformitive decision to launch the nonprofit organization Room to Read, which has created more than 2,000 schools and libraries for children across
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