Popular North American Economics Books
Find economics books written by authors from North America for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (6)
1.
Children of Crisis Volume 1: A Study of Courage and Fear by Robert Coles EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
An analysis of the impact of a social revolution. Illustrated with a collection of drawings by negro & white children.
2.
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Now in paperback: the powerful, revelatory New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller, shortlisted for the Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year Award. An unflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind the Congo’s cobalt mining operation—and the moral implications that affect us all. Cobalt Red is the searing, first-ever exposé of the immense toll taken on the people and environment of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by cobalt mining, as told through the testimonies of the Congolese people themselves. Activist and researcher Siddharth Kara has traveled deep... continue
3.
Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at a Time by Tanya Lee Stone EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Worldwide, over 62 million girls are not in school. But one girl with courage is a revolution.Girl Rising, a global campaign for girls’ education, created a film that chronicled the stories of nine girls in the developing world, allowing viewers the opportunity to witness how education can break the cycle of poverty.Now, award-winning author Tanya Lee Stone uses new research to illuminate the dramatic facts behind the film, focusing both on the girls captured on camera and many others. She examines barriers to education in depth—early child marriage and childbearing, slavery, sexual traffickin... continue
4.
If You Can : How Millennials Can Get Rich Slowly by William J. Bernstein EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
William J. Bernstein promises to lay out an investment strategy that any seven year old could understand and will take just 15 minutes of work per year. He also promises it will beat 90% of finance professionals in the long run, but still make you a millionaire over time. Bernstein is addressing young Americans just embarking on their working careers. Bernstein advocates saving 15% of one's salary starting no later than age 25 into tax-sheltered savings plans (IRA or 401(k) in the U.S., RRSPs or Registered Pension Plans in Canada), and divvying up the money into just three mutual funds: a U.S.... continue
5.
Overdressed : The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion by Elizabeth L. Cline EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Cline argues that this rapid cycle of fashion consumption isn't just erasing a sense of style and causing massive harm to the environment and human rights--it's also bad for people's souls. Cline documents her own transformation from fast-fashion addict to conscientious shopper.
6.
The Complete Tightwad Gazette : Promoting Thrift as a Viable Alternative Lifestyle by Amy Dacyczyn EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
At last—the long-awaited complete compendium of tightwad tips for fabulous frugal living! In a newsletter published from May 1990 to December 1996 as well as in three enormously successful books, Amy Dacyczyn established herself as the expert of economy. Now The Complete Tightwad Gazette brings together all of her best ideas and thriftiest thinking into one volume, along with new articles never published before in book format. Dacyczyn describes this collection as "the book I wish I'd had when I began my adult life." Packed with humor, creativity, and insight, The Complete Tightwad Gazette inc... continue