Search Results: Economics from Elk Creek Heritage Books

New York: The Penguin Press, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing Hard cover in very good condition with maroon boards containing gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean and tight with no markings or tears found. Appears unread. Contains black and white photos throughout. Dust jacket in fine condition. * This is a Special Asian Edition with text written exclusively for the Asian Market.

NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1932. Hardcover. Very Good. 7th Printing First Edition, Seventh Impression. Hard cover with maroon cloth boards in very good condition, showing light shelf & edge wear. Text block clean and tight. Former owner's name written on inside of back cover. No dust jacket. As of September 2019, WorldCat shows only two institutional holdings, both in Italy. * From the book, published in 1932, ""This book has been written in the hope that it may encourage and assist in a more general use of statistical methods in business. It is intended primarily for use as a textbook in university and college courses in Business Statistics, especially in those which emphasize the actual application of statistics to business problems. It is the aim throughout the book to introduce the subject to future business men and women in such a way that they will appreciate the usefulness of statistical methods and employ them in their practical problems when they have entered upon… Read More

Boston: South End Press, 1995. Soft cover. Very Good. Softcover in very good condition. Interior text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Wraps very good with just ghost of shelf and edge wear. * From the Introduction, ""The American Dream - always an impossible dream for many - is dying a slow death. As the systemic causes go untreated, a host of local and national leaders are peddling the snake oil of scapegoating. We don't have to swallow it. Together, we can find real remedies for our common problems...."" Softcover in very good condition. Interior text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Wraps very good with just ghost of shelf and edge wear.

New York: Scribner, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including the number one. Hard cover in very good condition with white boards, red spine cloth and silver gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings to note. Title page photograph of the Skyline of Pudong, A Special Economic Zone in Shanghai, the financial capital of China, by Dan Bibb. 342 numbered pages. Concludes with section of Notes, a Selected Bibliography, and an extensive Index. Dust jacket very good with only a ghost of shelf & edge wear; no tears; tiny chip / wear at top front corner. Not price clipped. * From the front jacket flap (note that book was published in 2005), ""China today is visible everywhere - in the news, in the economic pressures battering America, in the workplace, and in every trip to the store. Provocative, timely, and essential, this dramatic account of China's growing dominance as an… Read More

Houghton Mifflin, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4th Printing Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No writing, no markings noted. Dust Jacket likewise very good; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, ""Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world."" Napoleon's words seem eerily prescient today, as the shock waves from China's awakening reverberate across the globe. . . . . [This book] traces these tremors from Beijing to Europe to the Midwest as China's ravenous hunger for jobs, raw materials, energy, and food - and its export of goods, workers, and investments - drastically reshape world trade and politics. . . provides alternative explanations for China's explosive transformation, revealing many of the usual reasons given for its growth to be myths. Most important for the future, [the author] details China's deep, systemic weaknesses - rampant fraud, crippling environmental crises, a corrupt banking… Read More

New York: Times Books: a Division of Random House, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated First Edition with number line beginning with number two which is how Random House identified First Editions in the 1990s [McBride]. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards (Chinese letters on front board) and red spine cloth with gold gilt spine lettering. End papers contain a map of ""the People's Republic of China."" Interior text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings to note. Deckled side edges. Dust jacket very good with ghost of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. * On the Title Page is a quote attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, ""When China wakes, it will shake the world."" The jacket flap continues, ""That moment is now at hand. ... With the Chinese economy on a trajectory to overtake Japan and the United States in the coming decades....a spectacular economic boom ....[but concern looms because] China… Read More

John Wiley & Sons Inc & Casey Research LLC, 2015. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including number one. Hard cover in fine condition with black boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition. * From the book, "". . . . Rumbling underneath the surface of the short-term dramas that enthrall us from day to day is a slowly moving trend that threatens to completely unravel U.S. power and stability. At its helm is Vladimir Putin, the Russian leader who has too often been satinized and simplified in the American media. And at its center is the very stuff that makes the world go: energy. . . . argues that Putin's dream to restore Russia to its former glory revolves around taking control of the world's energy resources. . . . it could mean the rapid collapse of the American way of life. . . .""

New York: Time Warner Book Group, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4th Printing Stated First Edition February 2006; 4th printing.. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. Dust jacket likewise in very good condition. * Published in 2006 before what we now know as the Financial Crisis of 2008. From the book, ""Now, in The Economic Collapse, Dr. Leeb proves that the U.S. economy is standing on the brink of the biggest crisis in its history. As the fast-growing economies of China and India push global demand for oil beyond production capacity, Americans will experience a permanent energy shortfall far worse than the one in the 1970's. The result will be severe financial hardship for most people, and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for investors to become incredibly rich.""

Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, U.S.A.: The Career Press, Inc., 2004. Soft cover. Very Good. Glossy wraps show only hint of shelf and edge wear. Text block clean and tight with no markings noted. * From the Dedication, ""This book is dedicated to all past, present, and future corporate leaders who strive to use the resources of their companies to make the world a better place, and to the next generation of entrepreneurs who will see the power of the integrated philanthropy model and how it can make a positive impact on society.""

NY: Three Rivers Press, 1999. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. * From the book, ""Too many people drive their Land Rovers to the grocery store and think that 'paper or plastic' is a meaningful choice."" ""The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices"" will help you distinguish the crucial from the trivial and make choices that are congruent with your values.""

Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 1998. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per number line which includes number one. Softcover in very good condition with bright glossy wraps with no creases, tears, or defects to note. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. * From the book, "" . . . Theologians and biblical scholars have often pondered the dangers and the privileges of money. But few have focused on consumption as culture or a way of life, complete with its own set of attitudes, behaviors and purposes for living. . . . relying on insightful theologians, psychologists, sociologists, ecologists and economists to probe beneath and better understand what makes consumer culture work - and how people of faith might best respond.""

Sage Publications, 2003. Soft cover. Good. Soft cover in very good condition with pictorial wraps crisp & shiny. Text block tight. Has about four pages with ink underlining. * From the book, ""The Cultural Industries"" is an indispensable guide to the main forces at work in the production of media today. This lucid, careful and sophisticated book orders the entire field, for the US as well as Europe, and at one stroke becomes the state of the art, the standard.""

Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per number line. Hard cover in very good condition with gold spine lettering. Text block clean and tight. No markings or tears to note. Dust jacket in very good condition. * From the book, ""...the definitive guide to business-model innovation in the digital economy [as analyzed in the year 2000]""

New York: Random House, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition; no other printings noted. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards & red gilt spine lettering & author's initials on front cover. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings. 223 numbered pages. Concludes with a section of Notes on the Chapters, an Appendix with various Charts, and an extensive Index. Dust jacket very good with only hint of shelf & edge wear; no chips; not price clipped. * From the dust jacket front flap, ""For a century and a half, the American economy produced the most prosperous society the world has ever known - and then something happened. Beginning in 1973, the American economy, though it continued to grow, grew far more slowly than it had on average since the Civil War. The most dramatic result of this slowdown is that we have produced $12 trillion less in goods and services over the last twenty years than we… Read More

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. Book appears unread. Has a small bump at middle bottom of front cover. A hefty volume at 648 numbered pages. * From the book, ""A unique publication exploring the opportunities for addressing ten of the most serious challenges facing the world today: climate change, communicable diseases, conflicts, access to education, financial instability, governance and corruption, malnutrition and hunger, migration, sanitation and access to clean water and subsidies and trade barriers.. . . Each problem is introduced by a world-renowned expert who defines the scale of the problem and describes the costs and benefits of a range of policy options to improve the situation. Debate is encouraged through the addition of two sets of 'alternative perspectives' for each proposal, each also written by an internationally recognized expert. . . .""

New York, New York, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, 1992. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Wraps clean & crisp with only hint of gentle shelf & edge wear. Book concludes with section of references for further reading, extensive chapter end notes, and a comprehensive index.

Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Princeton University Press, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition per same date on title and copyright pages. Hardcover in very good condition. No indication that book was ever a library book. Dark mustard colored boards. Scar on back of front board from removal of former owner's bookplate. Text block pages clean & tight with no markings noted. Top of text block shows light foxing. Dust jacket in very good condition showing former owner's tape on bottom front on closed tear and small chip. A very precise cut out, 1/4 x 1"" on DJ back at bottom. Not price clipped.

United States: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 2008. Soft cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. Text block unmarked. Shows a small bump at top of front cover. * From the Foreward by Cathy E. Minehan, "".... we are excited by this interesting collection of papers, and very distinguished group of presenters and discussants. It is of critical importance that the Federal Reserve understands how changing labor supply in the United States will affect sustainable employment growth and the growth rate of potential output which, in turn, is the key factor driving improvements in living standards. I am sure that the results of this conference will better equip us to understand the changes which are to come.""

Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2007. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition with crisp clean wraps. Interior text block clean & tight; writing to note: a double check mark and circled number on page 202 by one of the references in the Notes to the Chapters, two or three tiny check marks / brackets in margin. No other writings or markings to note. * From the Introduction, 'Economic activity happens within a framework created by human beings. That is why the economy of Mexico is so different from the economy of the United States, which is different from Finland. The 'rules' that govern an economy shape its outcomes. And our moral values - what we think is right and important - shape these economic rules. . . .This book looks at our economy in light of Catholic moral principles. Many of these principles are universal and relevant to all Christians and people of other faiths who desire to examine the economy with a moral perspective. It is written for people who… Read More

Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company: Publisher, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. OVERSIZE. 1st Printing Stated ""First Printing , 1961"" Hardcover measuring approximately 11.5 "" x 8.25"" x 7/8"" thick. Deep beige boards with dark maroon spine cloth containing gold colored lettering in good condition showing only mild shelf & edge wear. Endpapers contains sepia-tinted pictures of various shop items of the period. Text block is clean but shows age toning and a spot here and there but nothing that detracts from the text. Pages are of heavier than normal weight. The stitched signatures are intact but a bit loose. Please Note: This is an Ex-Library book. However, it has only very unobtrusive evidence of such. There is a pasted in card pocket on the front free fly leaf that still contains the card with the signatures of borrowers. There are library stamps on the copyright page. The Dust Jacket is in very good… Read More