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Book Cover: The Unfair Trade: how our broken global financial system destroys the   middle class
Published: 02/07/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781922070173
RRP: $35.00
Book Cover:  Extreme Money: The masters of the universe and the cult of risk

The bestselling author of Traders, Guns & Money on how money and finance enslaved the world.

Once, we built things – useful things.  Now, we construct immense financial structures from thin air and lies.  We have crafted a colossal worldwide financial machine that makes a few individuals staggeringly wealthy and sacrifices everyone else at its altar of risk.



The bestselling author of Traders, Guns & Money on how money and finance enslaved the world.

Once, we built things – useful things.  Now, we construct immense financial structures from thin...

Published: 12/08/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921880131
RRP: $32.95
Book Cover:  Octopus: Sam Israel, the Secret Market, and Wall Street's Wildest Con
Published: 25/07/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921844959
RRP: $32.95
Book Cover: The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the death of trust
By Diana B Henriques

THE INSIDE STORY OF BERNIE MADOFF AND HIS $65 BILLION PONZI SCHEME, WITH SURPRISING AND SHOCKING NEW DETAILS FROM MADOFF HIMSELF

Who is Bernie Madoff, and how did he pull off the biggest Ponzi scheme in history?


THE INSIDE STORY OF BERNIE MADOFF AND HIS $65 BILLION PONZI SCHEME, WITH SURPRISING AND SHOCKING NEW DETAILS FROM MADOFF HIMSELF

Who is Bernie Madoff, and how did he pull off the biggest Ponzi scheme in...


Published: 29/08/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921844485
RRP: $35.00
Book Cover:  When Money Dies: The nightmare of the Weimar hyper-inflation
By Adam Fergusson

'Excellent . . . One is left with utter disbelief that people could return to normality from such a monetary madhouse.' Financial Times


'Excellent . . . One is left with utter disbelief that people could return to normality from such a monetary madhouse.' Financial Times


Published: 03/10/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921844478
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  Keynes Hayek: The Clash that Defined Modern Economics
By Nicholas Wapshott

Can government fix a broken economy? Two great economists disagreed eighty years ago, and their debate dominates politics to this day.

Can government fix a broken economy? Two great economists disagreed eighty years ago, and their debate dominates politics to this day.

Published: 31/10/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921844362
RRP: $35.00
Book Cover:  Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth
By Juliet Schor

In Plenitude economist and bestselling author Juliet Schor offers a groundbreaking intellectual statement about the economics and sociology of ecological decline, suggesting a radical change in how we think about consumer goods, value, and ways to live.

In Plenitude economist and bestselling author Juliet Schor offers a groundbreaking intellectual statement about the economics and sociology of ecological decline, suggesting a radical change in how we...

Published: 31/05/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921640506
RRP: $35.00
Book Cover:  Unfinished Business: Paul Keating's Interrupted Revolution
By David Love
In the early 1980s, Paul Keating set out to reinvent the Australian economy. He floated the Australian dollar, liberated banking and finance from its regulatory shackles, and - most significantly - introduced a universal superannuation scheme. The results were astounding growth in the value of our national economy and in the personal wealth of ordinary Australians.

Keating's revolution was based on...

In the early 1980s, Paul Keating set out to reinvent the Australian economy. He floated the Australian dollar, liberated banking and finance from its regulatory shackles, and - most significantly - introduced...
Published: 04/08/2008
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921372193
RRP: $32.95
Book Cover: The Failure of Free-Market Economics
By Martin Feil & John Spooner

The basic concept behind free-market economics was simple and seductive: the government should not attempt to pick winners by granting assistance to specific industries, and it should only intervene in the market in circumstances where there has been a substantial market failure. The only trouble with this theory ­— as the global economic disaster has shown — is that it is based on...

The basic concept behind free-market economics was simple and seductive: the government should not attempt to pick winners by granting assistance to specific industries, and it should only intervene in...

Published: 29/03/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921215544
RRP: $35.00
Book Cover:  Too Much Luck: The Mining Boom and Australia's Future
By Paul Cleary

'We think we are the lucky country, but what we really have is dumb luck—a lot of luck without the planning or strategy to make sure our good fortune lasts.'—Paul Cleary

In Too Much Luck , Paul Cleary shows that the resources boom, which seems like a blessing, has the potential to become a curse – unless our governments take urgent action.

'We think we are the lucky country, but what we really have is dumb luck—a lot of luck without the planning or strategy to make sure our good fortune lasts.'—Paul Cleary

In Too Much Luck ...

Published: 02/08/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781863955379
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  Outrageous Fortunes: The Twelve Surprising Trends That Will Reshape the Global Economy
By Daniel Altman

A HARVARD-TRAINED ECONOMIST'S STARTLING PREDICTIONS REVEAL THE KEY CHALLENGES OF THE DECADES AHEAD – AND HOW BEST TO MEET THEM.

As we deal with the aftermath of the financial crisis, many of us are focused on forecasts for the next week, month or quarter.  Instead we should be asking what the global economy will look like in years to come: where will the long-term risks and opportunities...

A HARVARD-TRAINED ECONOMIST'S STARTLING PREDICTIONS REVEAL THE KEY CHALLENGES OF THE DECADES AHEAD – AND HOW BEST TO MEET THEM.

As we deal with the aftermath of the financial crisis, many of us are...

Published: 31/01/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781863955157
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his seminal work in psychology challenging the rational model of judgement and decision-making, is one of the world's most important thinkers. 
Daniel Kahneman, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his seminal work in psychology challenging the rational model of judgement and decision-making, is one of the world's most important thinkers. 
Published: 31/10/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781846146060
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  Paper Promises: Money, Debt and the New World Order
By Philip Coggan

The world is drowning in debt, in paper promises. Can we stay afloat?

The world is drowning in debt, in paper promises. Can we stay afloat?

Published: 06/02/2012
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781846145100
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  Winner Take All: The Race For The World's Resources
By Dambisa Moyo

We all know the world's resources - the commodities that underpin our daily lives and economies - are scarce. But how many of us know what that really means for the global economy today?

We all know the world's resources - the commodities that underpin our daily lives and economies - are scarce. But how many of us know what that really means for the global economy today?

Published: 25/07/2012
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781846145032
RRP: $45.00
Book Cover:  Winner Take All: China's Race For Resources and What It Means For Us
By Dambisa Moyo

We all know the world's resources the commodities that underpin our daily lives and economies are scarce. But how many of us know what that really means for the global economy today?

We all know the world's resources the commodities that underpin our daily lives and economies are scarce. But how many of us know what that really means for the global economy today?

Published: 25/07/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781846145049
RRP: $29.99
Book Cover:  Boomerang: The Meltdown Tour
Michael Lewis's brilliant tragi-comic romp across Europe shows how the financial crisis is about to hit everyone in the face.
Michael Lewis's brilliant tragi-comic romp across Europe shows how the financial crisis is about to hit everyone in the face.
Published: 10/10/2011
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781846144844
RRP: $39.95
Book Cover:  Freefall: Free Markets and the Sinking of the Global Economy
Joseph Stiglitz has crafted a tract which goes to the heart of economics and will be read long after the immediate impact of these mismanaged years has passed.
Joseph Stiglitz has crafted a tract which goes to the heart of economics and will be read long after the immediate impact of these mismanaged years has passed.
Published: 26/03/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781846143212
RRP: $32.95
Book Cover:  Crisis Economics: A Crash Course in the Future of Finance
By Nouriel Roubini & Stephen Mihm

One man saw it coming.

As far back as 2005, Professor Nouriel Roubini aka Dr Doom warned that the US housing bubble was set to crash, and what would begin as a national disease would soon spread overseas resulting in a deep recession. Free market fundamentalism would fail and we'd be faced with the worst economic crisis in history, crippling our global economy and bringing the world's financial systems...

One man saw it coming.

As far back as 2005, Professor Nouriel Roubini aka Dr Doom warned that the US housing bubble was set to crash, and what would begin as a national disease would soon spread overseas...

Published: 27/08/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781846143571
RRP: $32.95
Book Cover:  Illustrated Superfreakonomics
By Steven D Levitt & Stephen J Dubner
Bigger, better and more controversial, the international bestselling Freakquel is here in a super-deluxe, super-illustrated edition.
Bigger, better and more controversial, the international bestselling Freakquel is here in a super-deluxe, super-illustrated edition.
Published: 18/11/2010
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781846143038
RRP: $39.95
Book Cover:  India: A Portrait
By Patrick French

One of this century's greatest surprises has been the economic and social revolution in India. A country long characterized by such adjectives as 'timeless', 'spiritual' and 'backward' is now viewed through a new set of clichés: 'hi-tech', 'materialistic', 'go-getting'. But what is the real nature of this rapid change, and what are its roots?

One of this century's greatest surprises has been the economic and social revolution in India. A country long characterized by such adjectives as 'timeless', 'spiritual' and 'backward' is now viewed through...

Published: 07/03/2011
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781846142147
RRP: $49.95

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21 May 2012
2012 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) - winners

The Australian Book Industry Awards were held in Sydney on Friday night. It was a great night for Penguin with our books taking the top honors in four book categories including the prestigious Book of the Year. Congratulations also to Peg McColl, Kate McCormack and the rights team who won the International (Rights) Award for the second year running for Paul French's book Midnight in Peking. United Book Distributors were again named Distributor of the Year.

Illustrated Book of the Year

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