The Economics of Innocent Fraud: Truth for Our Time by John Kenneth GalbraithRequirements: .ePUB Reader, 74.9 kBOverview: Sounding the alarm about the increasing gap between reality and “conventional wisdom” — a phrase he coined — Galbraith tells, along with much else, how we have reached a point where the private sector has unprecedented control over […]
Monsters Are Attacking Tokyo!: The Incredible World of Japanese Fantasy Films by Stuart Galbraith IV, Yukari Fujii & Atsushi SakaharaRequirements: ePUB Reader, 68.7 MBOverview: The author of "The Japanese Filmography" presents the definitive, extensively illustrated study of Japanese science fiction movies. With the "Godzilla" movies (1954-1995) at the center of it all, Galbraith has assembled […]
The End of Normal: Why the Growth Economy Isn’t Coming Back-and What to Do When It Doesn’t by James K. Galbraith Requirements: .ePUB .MOBI Reader | 1.5 MBOverview: The years since the Great Crisis of 2008 have seen slow growth, high unemployment, falling home values, chronic deficits, a deepening disaster in Europe—and a stale argument […]
The Affluent Society by John Kenneth Galbraith Requirements: .ePUB Reader | 1.1 MBOverview: Why worship work and productivity if many of the goods we produce are superfluous – artificial ‘needs’ created by high-pressure advertising? Why begrudge expenditure on vital public works while ignoring waste and extravagance in the private sector of the economy? This title […]
Troubled Waters by Gillian Galbraith (Alice Rice Mystery Series #6)Requirements: ePUB/MOBI Reader, 2.5MBOverview: A young disabled girl is lost on a winter’s night in Leith, unable to help herself or find her way home. Someone is combing the streets, frantically searching for her. Within hours of her disappearance, a body is washed up on Beamer […]