Hard Choices A Memoir by Hillary Rodham Clinton
$24.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'S INSIDE ACCOUNT OF THE CRISES, CHOICES AND CHALLENGES SHE FACED DURING HER FOUR YEARS AS AMERICA'S 67TH SECRETARY OF STATE, AND HOW THOSE EXPERIENCES DRIVE HER VIEW OF THE FUTURE. 'All of us face hard choices in our lives,' Hillary Rodham Clinton writes at the start of this perso ...Show more
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins
$36.00 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
From the author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller, "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man," comes an expose of international corruption, and an inspired plan to turn the tide for future generations With a presidential election around the corner, questions of America's military buildup, environmen ...Show more
Harry's Last Stand: How the World My Generation Built is Falling Down, and What We Can Do to Save it by Harry Leslie Smith
$19.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
'As one of the last remaining survivors of the Great Depression and the Second World War, I will not go gently into that good night. I want to tell you what the world looks like through my eyes, so that you can help change it...' In November 2013, 91-year-old Yorkshireman, RAF veteran and ex-carpet sale ...Show more
Clinton, Inc.: The Audacious Rebuilding of a Political Machine by Daniel Halper
$32.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
Weekly Standard editor Daniel Halper provides a meticulously researched account of the brilliant calculations, secret deals, and occasionally treacherous maneuverings that led to the Clintons' return to political prominence.In the twelve years since the Clintons left the White House, they have gone from ...Show more
Shifting Sands: The Unravelling of the Old Order in the Middle East by Raja Shehadeh
$21.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
At a time when the Middle East dominates media headlines more than ever - and for reasons that become ever more heartbreaking - Shifting Sands brings together fifteen impassioned and informed voices to talk about a region with unlimited potential, and yet which can feel, as one writer puts it, 'as thoug ...Show more
Rethinking Capitalism: Economic Policy for Sustainable and Equitable Growth by Mariana Mazzucato
$44.95 AUD
Category: Political / Economic | Series: Political Quarterly Monograph Series
In Rethinking Capitalism, leading economists challenge orthodox ideas about economic theory and policy and propose novel approaches to achieving a more just and sustainable economy. * Details the reality of contemporary capitalism and the failure of current economic policies to encourage long-term growt ...Show more
The Courage to Act: A Memoir of a Crisis and its Aftermath by Ben S. Bernanke
$49.95 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
In 2006, Ben S. Bernanke was appointed chairman of the Federal Reserve, capping a meteoric trajectory from a rural South Carolina childhood to professorships at Stanford and Princeton, to public service in Washington's halls of power. There would be no time to celebrate, however-the burst of the housing ...Show more
Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalisation of Democracy by Francis Fukuyama
$24.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
In The Origins of Political Order, Francis Fukuyama took us from the dawn of mankind to the French and American Revolutions. Here, he picks up the thread again in the second instalment of his definitive account of mankind's emergence as a political animal.This is the story of how state, law and democrac ...Show more
Econobabble : How to Decode Political Spin and Economic Nonsense by Richard Denniss
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Category: Political / Economic
'Our world abounds with businesspeople and politicians spouting arguments that sound like economics, but aren't. If you fear you've been taken in - or have just had your doubts - this is the book to set things straight. It is the best guide you'll find to the literal non-sense that usually passes for ec ...Show more
The New Tsar by Steven Lee Myers
$35.00 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
An epic tale of Vladimir Putin's path to power, as he emerged from obscurity to become one of the world's most conflicted and important leaders. Former New York Times Moscow Bureau Chief Steven Lee Myers has followed Putin since well before the recent events in the Ukraine, and gives us the fullest and ...Show more
Heretic Why Islam Needs a Reformation by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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Category: Political / Economic
Continuing her journey from a deeply religious Islamic upbringing to a post at Harvard, the brilliant, charismatic and controversial New York Times and Globe and Mail #1 bestselling author of Infidel and Nomad makes a powerful plea for a Muslim Reformation as the only way to end the horrors of terrorism ...Show more
Surgery, the Ultimate Placebo: A Surgeon Cuts Through the Evidence by Ian Harris
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Category: Political / Economic
For many complaints and conditions, the benefits from surgery are lower, and the risks higher, than you or your surgeon think. In this book you will see how commonly performed operations can be found to be useless or even harmful when properly evaluated. That these claims come from an experienced, pract ...Show more