The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Knopf $22.95

America's Great Depression by Paul Johnson $19.00
Applied Austrian economics doesn't get better than this. Murray N. Rothbard's America's Great Depression is a staple of modern economic literature and crucial for understanding a pivotal event in American and world history. The Mises Institute edition features, along with a new introduction by historian Paul Johnson, top-quality paper and bindings, in line with the standard set by The...

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism (Politically Incorrect Guides) by Perry Richards $29.95
Participating in the economy is a part of everyday life; yet much of what is commonly accepted as economic fact is wrong. Keynesian schoolteachers and the liberal media have filled the world with politically correct errors that myth-busting professor Robert Murphy sets straight. Murphy explains hot topics like outsourcing (why it's good for Americans) and zoning restrictions (why they're not)....

How Rich Countries Got Rich ... and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor by Carroll & Graf $25.99
In this refreshingly revisionist history, Erik Reinert shows how rich countries developed through a combination of government intervention, protectionism, and strategic investment, rather than through free trade. Reinert suggests that this set of policies in various combinations has driven successful development from Renaissance Italy to the modern Far East. Yet despite its demonstrable success,...

The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism by Simon and Schuster $66.04
...a major work for our times. --Irving Kristol, The Public Interest

Community Economics: Linking Theory and Practice by Wiley-Blackwell $104.95
This Complete revision of Dr. Shaffer's classic Community Economics provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of economic structure in small communities and urban neighborhoods of America. Authors Shaffer, Deller, and Marcouiller review the economics of smaller communities with continued emphasis on how to build and achieve theoretically sound community economic development policy. The...

The Wealth Inequality Reader, 2nd Edition by Dollars & Sense $24.95
Wealth is distributed more unequally in the United States today than at any time since the twenties. Does it matter? The authors of the The Wealth Inequality Reader answer this question with a resounding yes. In the thoroughly revised and expanded second edition, thirty-eight substantive, engaging essays explore the hidden vector of welath inequality: its causes, its consequences, and...

Ripples from the Zambezi: Passion, Entrepreneurship, and the Rebirth of Local Economies by New Society Publishers $14.95
An intelligent, humanistic, and exciting alternative to welfare reform.

Identity and Modernity in Latin America by Polity $34.95
In this important new book Jorge Larrain examines the trajectories of modernity and identity in Latin America and their reciprocal relationships. Drawing on a large body of work across a vast historical and geographical range, he offers an innovative and wide-ranging account of the cultural transformations and processes of modernization that have occurred in Latin America since colonial times.The...

Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a Global Age by Free Press