Wealth is not the Problem: Credit Default Swaps and More

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Another great EconTalk podcast, for those of you who are willing to spend more time understanding how we got here.

"Kling on Credit Default Swaps, Counterparty Risk, and the Political Economy of Financial Regulation"

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Books on Economics

Capitalism: A Treatice on Economics by George Reisman
Capitalism: the Unkown Ideal by Ayn Rand
Common Sense Economics by Gwartney, Stroup and Lee
Economics in One Lesson by Henry Haziltt
In Defense of Global Capitalism by Johan Norberg
It's Getting Better All the Time: Greatest Trends of the Last 100 Years by Stephen Moore and Juian Simon
Property and Freedom by Richard Pipes
The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic and Philosophic Case for Lassez-Faire by Andrew Bernstein
The Improving State of the World by Indur Goklany
The Mystery of Capital by Hernando De Soto
The Noblest Triumph: Property and Prosperity through the Ages by Tom Bethell

Books on Environmental Issues

Blue Planet in Green Shackles by Vaclav Klaus
Climate Alarmism Reconsidered by Robert Bradley
Climate Confusion by Dr. Roy Spencer
Eco-nomics by Richard Stroup
Rational Readings on Environmental Concerns ed. byJay H.Lehr
Taken by Storm: The Troubled Science, Policy and Politics of Global Warming by Chrisopher Essex and Ross McKitrick
The Bottomless Well by Peter Huber & Mark Mills
The Chilling Stars: A New Theory of Climate Change by Svensmark and Calder
The Precautionary Principle: A Critical Appraisal of Environmental Risk Assessment by Undur Goklany
The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjorn Lomberg
The Ultimate Resource 2 by Julian Simon

Wealth is not the Problem