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Recent books on economics in Fordham Library

Fallacious Economicus by Theodore Muzio
Call Number: (RH, LC) HC106.83 .M85 2016

America is in decline. The idea may be hard to accept, but get used to it: the U.S. is in decline ... economic decline. Measure it globally, relative to its closest national rival, (still Red) China. Measure it at the personal level, in absolute terms of the actual and projected standard of living of the typical American. Each metric tells of decline. Even worse, this decline is not a one year fluke. It has been an ongoing secular trend for at least thirty years - with no sign of reversal. Worse yet, the decline is "by our own hand." The decline is the result of mistakenly adopting destructive national economic policies, policies based on fallacious reasoning! Hence, the rationale for this book.
A Question of Worth by Christopher Steed
Call Number: (RH) HB201 .S74 2016

We live in a world that has become a resource, a world conditioned by the progressive domination of a monetary scale applied across the board. Our value and worth are contingent upon what we earn and own. Amidst the financialization that characterizes much of the globe, the prevailing ethos is that the only values we can usefully measure are those that can be quantified and expressed in terms of economics. Yet economic value and the value of the human are closely connected: erode the economic and you erode the personal.
The Economics of Inequality by Thomas Piketty; Arthur Goldhammer
Call Number: (RH) HB523 .P54713 2015

Piketty begins by explaining how inequality evolves and how economists measure it. In subsequent chapters, he explores variances in income and ownership of capital and the variety of policies used to reduce these gaps. Along the way, with characteristic clarity and precision, he introduces key ideas about the relationship between labor and capital, the effects of different systems of taxation, the distinction between "historical" and "political" time, the impact of education and technological change, the nature of capital markets, the role of unions, and apparent tensions between the pursuit of efficiency and the pursuit of fairness. Succinct, accessible, and authoritative, this is the ideal place to start for those who want to understand the fundamental issues at the heart of one of the most pressing concerns in contemporary economics and politics.
Saving Capitalism by Robert B. Reich
Call Number: HB 501 .R359 2015
Publication Date: 2015-09-29

Robert B. Reich, and now reveals how power and influence have created a new American oligarchy, a shrinking middle class, and the greatest income inequality and wealth disparity in eighty years. He makes clear how centrally problematic our veneration of the "free market" is, and how it has masked the power of moneyed interests to tilt the market to their benefit.
Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty; Arthur Goldhammer (Translator)
Call Number: HB501 .P43613 2014

What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the concentration of wealth, and the prospects for economic growth lie at the heart of political economy. But satisfactory answers have been hard to find for lack of adequate data and clear guiding theories. In Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty analyzes a unique collection of data from twenty countries, ranging as far back as the eighteenth century, to uncover key economic and social patterns. His findings will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about wealth and inequality.
Collected Papers on Monetary Theory [electronic resource] by Robert E. Lucas; Max Gillman
Growing up in Poverty by Michael Bourdillon (Editor); Jo Boyden (Editor)
Call Number: HV804 .G76 2014

This collection brings together the latest evidence from Young Lives, a unique international study that focuses on children and poverty – particularly how poverty affects their development and their lives as children, and how children and their families respond to poverty. It shows how the persistence of inequality amid general economic growth is leaving some extremely poor children behind, despite the promises of the Millennium Development Goals.
A Re-Assessment of Aristotle's Economic Thought by Ricardo Crespo
Call Number: (RH) HB77 .C74 2014

The world has seen several financial and economic crises in the past few years. Psychological, ethical and philosophical levels of causal analysis have been discussed, and in this context, an interest in classical thinkers has emerged. The work of Aristotle has influenced writers from Marx and Menger to Amartya Sen. This book introduces us to Aristotle's thought on 'the economic' and on its influences on economists.
The Shifts and the Shocks: What We've by Martin Wolf
Call Number: (RH, LC) HB3722 .W63 2014

Tectonic changes in the global economy yielded collapse and an ill-judged fiscal austerity, according to this far-reaching study of the Great Recession. Financial Times editor Wolf (Fixing Global Finance) recaps the ongoing slump from the panic of 2008 and the frantic efforts of central banks to shore up the financial system, to the turn towards tight fiscal and monetary policies in the West in 2010, which he blames for the sluggish recovery and the subsequent Eurozone debt crisis.
The Universal Social Safety-Net and the Attack on World Poverty by Mozammel Huq; Anthony Clunies-Ross
Call Number: (RH) HC79.P6 C58 2014

The book is concerned with strategy and tactics for directing that small slice of world income into filling the gap. This must be done country by country, on the initiative of each country's government: with the maximum involvement of its own civil society, and with the rich world also making a contribution. To add momentum, the international community needs to adopt targets far more specific than the fifty percent extreme 'poverty reduction' of the first Millennium Development Goal.
Working and Living in the Shadow of Economic Fragility by Marion Crain; Michael Sherraden
Call Number: HC106.84 .W67 2014

Not since the Great Depression of the 1930s has the United States faced such a prolonged period of high unemployment and underemployment. Recovery from the "Great Recession" that began in 2008 has been slow, and is projected to remain sluggish over the next several years, while another shock to the global economy could erase the meager gains of the past months. Economic conditions remain fragile and employment challenges show no sign of letting up. With persistently high unemployment and underemployment - and growing inequality in wages - an increasing number of American families are no longer adequately supported by employment income and basic benefits.
After Piketty by Heather Boushey; J.Bradford DeLong (Editor); Marshall Steinbaum
Call Number: (RH)HB501 .A457 2017

Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century is the most widely discussed work of economics in recent history, selling millions of copies in dozens of languages. But are its analyses of inequality and economic growth on target? Where should researchers go from here in exploring the ideas Piketty pushed to the forefront of global conversation?

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