Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when gasoline prices rose from under eighty cents to the staggering price of $1.40 a gallon, the United States government implemented measures to reduce oil imports and improve energy efficiency. Flash forward twenty-plus years. Larger vehicles are again the norm...
Shelf-Awareness included a nice selection of books related to the current financial crisis. EVPL either owns or has on order the vast majority of those titles, so I thought I'd share the list and links with you. I also saw an interesting survey in my blog reading this morning. At the Marketplace...
I picked this up because I thought it might serve as an Economics 101 substitute. The subtitle is great economic arguments and how they reflect our personal values and each chapter asks a questions and answers it with statements from economists throughout history. Questions include these: Are the rich...