Lyons Regional Library

"One of our most influential progressive voices tells the story of the hollowing of the American middle class and lays out the choices that we must make now to ensure that the dream of prosperity can live on for generations." --Provided by the publisher.

"In How the West Was Lost, the New York Times bestselling author Dambisa Moyo offers a bold account of the decline of the economic supremacy of the West. She examines how the West's flawed financial decisions and blinkered political and military choices have resulted in an economic and geopolitical seesaw that is now poised to tip in favor of the emerging world. As Western economies hover on the brink of recession, emerging economies post double-digit...

An update of the author's financial survival guide takes into account the dramatic economic shifts that are reshaping America and provides insights and information to help survive the current economic downturn.

Two leading financial experts offer an incisive analysis of the ever-increasing federal debt, the trade deficit, and the declining value of the dollar and what it means for the future of America, drawing on the wisdom of Warren Buffett, Robert Rubin, David Walker, Alice Rivlin, Paul O'Neill, and Pete Peterson to reflect on the nation's spending habits and what to do about the problems.

Renowned economic forecaster Harry S. Dent, Jr., explains that by 2010 rising oil prices and peaking generational spending will lead to a more severe downtrend for the global economy and individual investors alike. He outlines the critical issues that will face us and offers long- and short-term tactics for weathering the storm.

Like all of us, though few so visibly, Alan Greenspan was forced by the financial crisis of 2008 to question some fundamental assumptions about risk management and economic forecasting. No one with any meaningful role in economic decision making in the world saw beforehand the storm for what it was. How had our models so utterly failed us?To answer this question, Alan Greenspan embarked on a rigorous and far-reaching multiyear examination of how Homo...

"In this long-awaited work, award-winning economist and columnist Paul Krugman challenges us to take on George Bush and the radical right. Drawing from his New York Times columns, he chronicles how the boom economy unraveled: how exuberance gave way to pessimism, how the age of corporate heroes gave way to corporate scandals, and how fiscal responsibility collapsed. Krugman asks how it was possible for a country with so much going for it to head downhill...