Retire On the House: Using Real Estate To Secure Your Retirement: Gillette Edmunds, James Keene

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Use your home to finance your retirement
Forgot to save for retirement, but bought a house? Saved a lot and also bought a house? Whatever your situation, Retire on the House can show you how to best use your home equity for a long and prosperous retirement.
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King of the Club: Richard Grasso and the Survival of the New York Stock Exchange: Charles Gasparino

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From Publishers Weekly
Beginning with a handy list of players and ending with copious notes and references, this well-documented look at the rise and fall of New York Stock Exchange chairman Richard Grasso, who served from 1995-2003, gives readers an astonishing look inside the boardroom of the [...]

The American Dream vs. The Gospel of Wealth: The Fight for a Productive Middle-Class Economy (The Future of American Democracy Series): Norton Garfinkle

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“This book is clearly written, without jargon, and Garfinkle does a very good job of linking macroeconomic arguments with their political and moral implications.”-Ian Shapiro, author of The Moral Foundations of Politics (Ian Shapiro )
“A dramatic description of contemporary economic issues and their origin in the [...]

King of the Club: Richard Grasso and the Survival of the New York Stock Exchange: Charles Gasparino

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From Publishers Weekly
Beginning with a handy list of players and ending with copious notes and references, this well-documented look at the rise and fall of New York Stock Exchange chairman Richard Grasso, who served from 1995-2003, gives readers an astonishing look inside the boardroom of the [...]

Jimmy Carter’s Economy: Policy in an Age of Limits (Luther Hartwell Hodges Series on Business, Society, and the State): W. Carl Biven

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One of the best case studies we have of policy-making in the White House, Biven’s book will be indispensable reading for policy analysts, students of the Carter presidency, and anyone interested in the recent history of the American economy. (Allen J. Matusow, Rice University)
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The Iron Triangle: Inside the Secret World of the Carlyl Group: Dan Briody

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“…strongly recommended to anyone who enjoys a good conspiracy theory.” (The Spectator, 21st January 2006)
A TRUSTED adviser to the Pentagon stands to make $725,000 for advising a company seeking a deal that the government opposes on national security grounds. When the country [...]

Coming Up Short: The Challenge of 401(K) Plans: Annika Sunden, Alicia H. Munnell

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As the baby boom begins to withdraw from the labor force, ensuring a secure retirement income becomes an increasingly important issue, the number of people over age 65 is expected to double by 2030. That trend will continue, accompanied by worries about stock market volatility, [...]