Money for Nothing

Money for Nothing
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Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Total Pages : 481
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ISBN-10 : 9780812987966
ISBN-13 : 0812987969
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Money for Nothing by : Thomas Levenson

The sweeping story of the world’s first financial crisis: “an astounding episode from the early days of financial markets that to this day continues to intrigue and perplex historians . . . narrative history at its best, lively and fresh with new insights” (Liaquat Ahamed, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Lords of Finance) A Financial Times Economics Book of the Year ● Longlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award In the heart of the Scientific Revolution, when new theories promised to explain the affairs of the universe, Britain was broke, facing a mountain of debt accumulated in war after war it could not afford. But that same Scientific Revolution—the kind of thinking that helped Isaac Newton solve the mysteries of the cosmos—would soon lead clever, if not always scrupulous, men to try to figure a way out of Britain’s financial troubles. Enter the upstart leaders of the South Sea Company. In 1719, they laid out a grand plan to swap citizens’ shares of the nation’s debt for company stock, removing the burden from the state and making South Sea’s directors a fortune in the process. Everybody would win. The king’s ministers took the bait—and everybody did win. Far too much, far too fast. The following crash came suddenly in a rush of scandal, jail, suicide, and ruin. But thanks to Britain’s leader, Robert Walpole, the kingdom found its way through to emerge with the first truly modern, reliable, and stable financial exchange. Thomas Levenson’s Money for Nothing tells the unbelievable story of the South Sea Bubble with all the exuberance, folly, and the catastrophe of an event whose impact can still be felt today.

The Falsification of History

The Falsification of History
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 733
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ISBN-10 : 1291419438
ISBN-13 : 9781291419436
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis The Falsification of History by : John Hamer

This book relates the current, insidious plight facing the human race as a direct result of a grand deception that has been imposed upon it for tens of thousands of years if not longer. This has been perpetrated by the systematic, ongoing falsification of history in much the same way as perpetrated by the powers that be in the suspiciously prophetic novel '1984', by George Orwell. We have all been deceived on a monumental scale by a tiny clique of people who by their own birthright and bloodlines absolutely believe that they have the divine right to rule over us by whatever method best suits their purposes. In order to achieve this they have lied, deceived, murdered and even committed genocide down the millennia in an attempt to bring their ultimate goal to fruition. Find out about the use of drugs, vaccinations, micro-chipping, mind control, trans-humanism and 24/7 distractions such as non-stop sports, entertainments and the invasive 'celebrity culture' that attempts to pervade our whole lives.

Red Symphony

Red Symphony
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Publisher : Рипол Классик
Total Pages : 57
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ISBN-10 : 9785872870005
ISBN-13 : 5872870000
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Red Symphony by : Josif Maksimovitch Landowsky

13 Bankers

13 Bankers
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 338
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ISBN-10 : 9780307379221
ISBN-13 : 0307379221
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis 13 Bankers by : Simon Johnson

In spite of its key role in creating the ruinous financial crisis of 2008, the American banking industry has grown bigger, more profitable, and more resistant to regulation than ever. Anchored by six megabanks whose assets amount to more than 60 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, this oligarchy proved it could first hold the global economy hostage and then use its political muscle to fight off meaningful reform. 13 Bankers brilliantly charts the rise to power of the financial sector and forcefully argues that we must break up the big banks if we want to avoid future financial catastrophes. Updated, with additional analysis of the government’s recent attempt to reform the banking industry, this is a timely and expert account of our troubled political economy.

Tragedy and Hope 101

Tragedy and Hope 101
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Publisher : Brushfire Publishing
Total Pages : 215
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ISBN-10 : 0985728310
ISBN-13 : 9780985728311
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis Tragedy and Hope 101 by : Joseph Plummer

The information contained in this book contradicts nearly everything you've been led to believe about democracy and "representative government." Based on the groundbreaking research of respected historian Carroll Quigley, "Tragedy and Hope 101" reveals an unimaginably devious political system, skillfully manipulated by a handful of elite, which is undermining freedom and democracy as we know it. The goal of those who control the system, in Quigley's own words, is to dominate "all habitable portions of the world." Using deception, theft, and violence, they have achieved more toward this goal than any rulers in human history. However, the Information Age is quickly derailing their plans. The immorality of their system, and those who serve it, has become nearly impossible to hide. Awareness and resistance are growing...Tragedy is yielding to hope.

Official Stories

Official Stories
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Publisher : CreateSpace
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 147756134X
ISBN-13 : 9781477561348
Rating : 4/5 (4X Downloads)

Synopsis Official Stories by : Liam Scheff

"Official stories exist to protect officials." With the opening line as our guide, we're going to pry open the vault of "official-dom" and see what lies beneath. Drawing information from 10 years of investigative journalism, Liam invites you to join the hunt for the details that lie just beneath the surface. In this heavily-researched but irreverent book, we'll look under the rocks and stones of our culture: From CIA and JFK, to 9/11 and Shakespeare; from Vaccination to HIV to Big Bang theory, Darwinism, Plate Tectonics and more. Think of it as a corrective textbook to all the tales we were taught in school. Why do we accept some stories as true when the details so obviously contradict the headlines? We're going to find out what's real, what's true, and what's just an "official story."

Forty Centuries of Wage and Price Controls

Forty Centuries of Wage and Price Controls
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Publisher : Ludwig von Mises Institute
Total Pages : 194
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ISBN-10 : 9781610165259
ISBN-13 : 161016525X
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis Forty Centuries of Wage and Price Controls by : Robert L. Schuettinger.

The Mises Institute is thrilled to bring back this popular guide to ridiculous economic policy from the ancient world to modern times. This outstanding history illustrates the utter futility of fighting the market process through legislation. It always uses despotic measures to yield socially catastrophic results. It covers the ancient world, the Roman Republic and Empire, Medieval Europe, the first centuries of the U.S. and Canada, the French Revolution, the 19th century, World Wars I and II, the Nazis, the Soviets, postwar rent control, and the 1970s. It also includes a very helpful conclusion spelling out the theory of wage and price controls. This book is a treasure, and super entertaining!

Why Men Like Straight Lines and Women Like Polka Dots

Why Men Like Straight Lines and Women Like Polka Dots
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Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9781846947087
ISBN-13 : 1846947081
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis Why Men Like Straight Lines and Women Like Polka Dots by : Gloria Moss

Discover how men and women perceive the world differently and why they won't agree on the colour or shape of the sofa!

Twilight Language

Twilight Language
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 343
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ISBN-10 : 0990954757
ISBN-13 : 9780990954750
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Twilight Language by : Michael Hoffman

A study of the occult uses of neurolinguistic programming and the alchemical processing of humanity, with special emphasis on symbolism and psychodrama in ritual murders, Black Jack game theory, 21st century Revelation of the Method, and the reign of dead matter.

How to Be Right

How to Be Right
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Publisher : Headline
Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : 075531591X
ISBN-13 : 9780755315918
Rating : 4/5 (1X Downloads)

Synopsis How to Be Right by : James Delingpole

As a journalist for the Sunday Telegraph and The Spectator, James Delingpole has expressed his thoughts - articulately and amusingly - on everything from politics to popular music, from school sports days to spliffs. In this A-Z of brief essays he turns his lively mind to modern society gone mad. Can't understand what's wrong with much-loved feet and inches? Don't believe the global-warming hype? Wondering whatever happened to good, old-fashioned universities? Pouring scorn on the state of Britain after ten years under Brown and Blair, HOW TO BE RIGHT couldn't have come along at a more appropriate time. Prepare to foam and splutter, and to be seriously entertained.