Examines the 'gold rush fantasy' in American psychology and describes its dire consequences. This book talks about the Florida land boom, the operations of Insull, Kreuger and Hatry, and the Shenandoah Corporation.

Examines the 'gold-rush fantasy' in American psychology and describes its dire consequences.

Explains the history of economics including various theories.

Presents the hazards of individual and social complacency about economic inequality. This title challenges why we worship work and productivity when so many of the goods we produce are superfluous, and why we grudge spending on public works while ignoring extravagance in the private sector.

The paradox of globalization is that it both weakens and activates social forces of resistance. This book establishes the centrality of the political in our understanding of globalization and explores strategies of resistance on a local, national, regional and global scale.

Redefines America's perception of itself. This book shows that the United States is no longer a free-enterprise society, but a structured state controlled by the largest companies. It presents the goal of these companies as immortality through an uninterrupted stream of earnings.

Uniquely authoritative account of Japan's economic resconstruction after World War II.

States that the private sector and the public realm are becoming increasingly intertwined. This title shows how politics and the media have colluded in the myth of a benign market system, accepting obscene pay gaps and unrestrained self-enrichment - ultimately meaning that we have come to condone legal, legitimate, 'innocent' fraud.