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Economic History

Sections Below: Wall Street | Advertizing | Personalities | Companies | Economic Theory | Fiction

23 titles below ($2.00 to $40.00) including (in alphabetical order): 21st Century Capitalism * Big Mac * Collision * Confessions on a Taoist on Wall Street * Free to Trade * The Gallagher Way * The Go-Go Years * How the West Grew Rich * In the Rings of Saturn * Levine & Co. * Liar's Poker * A Life in Our Times * The Lion of Wall Street * Luxottica * Minding the Store * My Vast fortune * On a Clear Day You Can See General Motors * The Predators' Ball * The Trouble with Prosperity * What's Wrong At Wal-Mart? * Where the Suckers Moon * The Winner Take All Society

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See Also: Money and Business 
See Also: Business Leaders & Wealthy Families - 25 titles 
See Also: Future Past - 19 titles 
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Wall Street

liarspoker_ Liar's Poker: Rising through the Wreckage on Wall Street (used hardcover)

By Michael Lewis. 1989, Norton, 249pp. An insider at Solomon Brothers tells how things really worked in the wild 1980s. (Fine in Fine DJ)

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liarspokep_ Liar's Poker: Rising through the Wreckage on Wall Street (used trade paperback)

By Michael Lewis. 1990, Penguin Books, 250pp. "Get the inside track on the freewheeling antics that fueled john gutfreund's downfall at Salomon Brothers". (Near Fine)

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predatorsb_ The Predators' Ball (used trade paperback)

By Connie Bruck. 1989, Penguin, 399pp. "The inside story of Drexel Burnham and the rise of the Junk Bond Raiders". (Good. Several pages dog-eared, previous owners name inside front cover)

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levineco_ Levine & Co.: Wall Street's Insider Trading Scandal (used mass-market paperback)

By Douglas Frantz. 1988, Avon, 374pp, 7x4". "This is the story of an illegal network that functioned without detection for more than five years. It is the story of millions of dollars of ill-gotten gains. And it is the story of a too-clever kid from Bayside, Queens, with a second-rate MBA and no connections to speak of, who pushed his way into the high-stakes world of ..". (Good+)

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gogoyears The Go-Go Years: When Prices Went Topless (used mass-market paperback)

By John Brooks. 1973 (1974), Ballantine, 374pp, 7x4". A lively exploration of Wall Street in the 1960s. (Good+. Browned pages)

(8/5/00) - Also listed on Post-War Years: 1945-1969.

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Advertizing

suckersmoo Where the Suckers Moon: An Advertising Story (used hardcover)

By Randall Rothenberg. 1994, Knopf, 478pp. (Near Fine in Near Fine DJ)

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Personalities

tobiasbio_ My Vast fortune: Andrew tobias (used hardcover)

By Andrew tobias. 1997, Random, 205pp. A witty, self-deprecating look at wealth, finance, politics, and real estate, shows thatmoney can be funny even if Wall Streethas no sense of humor. . (Library discard with usual markings. VG in VG DJ in mylar wraps)

(1/11/00) - Also listed on Business Leaders & Wealthy Families.

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galbraith_ A Life in Our Times (used hardcover)

By John Kenneth Galbraith. 1981, Houghton Mifflin Company, 563pp. (Library discard with usual markings. VG+ in VG+ DJ in mylar wraps)

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dreyfuslio_ The Lion of Wall Street: The Two Lives of Jack Dreyfus (used hardcover)

By Jack Dreyfus. 1996, Renergy Publishing, 340pp. B/W photos through out. From competitive Wall Street maverick to compassionate health innovator, here is the dramatic story of The Lion of Wall Street, an account of a man of uncommon commitment and passion....Jack maintains his ceaseless efforts to make the multiple benefits of phenytoin understood. (Library discard with discreet markings. Near Fine in Fine DJ in mylar wraps)

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Companies

ringsaturn_ In the Rings of Saturn (used hardcover)

By Sherman. 1994, Oxford University Press, 337pp. "America's largest auto maker beat the odds and produce a successful small car-now, can it learn from this success how to reinvent itself and compete with the world's best companies?". (Library discard with discreet markings. VG+ in Fine DJ in mylar wraps. Very clean and bright. Front FEP removed)

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minjdstore_ Minding the Store: A Memoir (used mass-market paperback)

By Stanley Marcus. 1975, Signet, 276pp, 7x4". "The personalities and decisions that expanded a once modest "specialty shop" into one of the most fabulous retail operations in the world, renowned for the quality of its merchandise and the calibre of its service - Neiman-Marcus." Illustrated by B&W illustrations. (VG+)

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seegenmot_ On a Clear Day You Can See General Motors: John Z. De Lorean's Look Inside the Automotive Giant (used hardcover)$4.00
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bigmac Big Mac: The Unauthorized Story of McDonalds (used mass-market paperback)

By Max Boas and Steve Chain. 1976, A Mentor Book, 185pp, 7x4". (VG)

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luxottica Luxottica (used hardcover)

By Unstated. 1984, Luxottica, 96pp, 9x9". A privately published photo book showings offices and production facilities of the Luxottica company in Italy, makers of fine eyeglasses. Includes a short history of company. Intended for corporate promotional purposes. (VG in Fair DJ)

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collision Collision: How the Rank and File Took Back the Teamsters (used hardcover)

By Kenneth C. Crowe. 1993, Charles Scribner's Sons, 303pp. 1st. Includes index, notes, bibliography & appendices, B & W photos. (Library discard with usual markings. Good+ in VG DJ)

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wrongwalm What's Wrong At Wal-Mart?: Is America's Greatest Success Story Going Down the Tubes? (used trade paperback)

By Avis - the Greeter. 1997, Hamco Books, 356pp. "The author, a retired businessman and former 'greeter' at a Wal-Mart store, gripes about management and the "Nobody Cares Syndrome". He gives recommendations for a "simple sure-fire, 8-week cure program." (AS-NEW)

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gallagher The Gallagher Way: A Corporate History of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (new hardcover)

By Unknown. 1995, Gallagher, 9.2x7.5". A privately published history of the insurance company. Author, date, pages and other details unknown because the book is still sealed in original shrinkwrap packaging. Assumed to be printed in the 1990s. (New)

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Economic Theory

cap21stcen_ 21st Century Capitalism (used trade paperback)

By Robert Heilbroner. 1993 (1994), Norton, 175pp. (Fine. Remainder mark at bottom)

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howwestgrw How the West Grew Rich: The Economic Transformation of the Industrial World (used hardcover)

By Nathan Rosenberg and L.E. Birdzell. 1985, Basic Books, 353pp. "Two scholarly explanations of the unparalleled wealth of the West." (Near Fine in VG DJ. DJ has one small closed tear, top/front)

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winnerall The Winner Take All Society: How More and More Americans Compete for Ever Fewer and Bigger Prizes, Encouraging Economic Waste, Income Inequality, and An Impoverished Cultural Life (used hardcover)

By Robert H. Frank. 1995, Free Press, 272pp. (Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. Remainder mark on bottom)

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prosperity The Trouble with Prosperity (used hardcover)

By James Grant. 1996, Times Books, 348pp. "The loss of fear, the rise of speculation, and the risk to American savings." (Fine in VG DJ. Closed tear on edge of DJ, else Fine)

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Fiction

freetrade_ Free to Trade: A Novel of Suspense (used hardcover)

By Michael Ridpath. 1995, HarperCollins, 346pp. (Library discard with usual markings. VG+, no DJ)

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taowallstr Confessions on a Taoist on Wall Street (used trade paperback)

By David Payne. 1985 (1996), Ballantine, 735pp. Novel. "From the tranquillity of an Oriental monastery to the tumult of the New York Stock Exchange, the hero of this amazing novel embarks on a quest for a father, a fortune, and the ultimate essence of the universe." (Fine)

"The illegitimate son of a Chinese woman and an American officer, he was reared as an orphan by Taoist monks. When he learns that his father may be a wealthy Wall Street entrepreneur, he feels compelled to go to New York. His efforts to reconcile his two lives -- to find the Tao in the Dow -- make a story rich in character, wit, and insight." (6/16/00) - Also listed on Eastern Religions: Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, etc..

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