Business & Economics
18 books
*Non-fiction
913
Ida M. Tarbell - History of Standard Oil: Volume 2
The History of the Standard Oil Company is a book written by journalist Ida Tarbell in 1904. It was an exposé of the Standard Oil Company, run at that time by oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, the richest figure in...
9 hours 54 minutes
*Non-fiction
957
Ida M. Tarbell - History of Standard Oil: Volume 1
The History of the Standard Oil Company is a book written by journalist Ida Tarbell in 1904. It was an exposé of the Standard Oil Company, run at that time by oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller the richest figure in...
9 hours 25 minutes
*Non-fiction
959
Frédéric Bastiat - Sophisms of the Protectionists
«To rob the public, it is necessary to deceive them,» Bastiat said and believed. He reasoned, employing repetition to various applications, against fallacious arguments promoting the «Protection» of industries to the...
11 hours 6 minutes
Business & Economics
1.1K
Adam Smith - Wealth of Nations, Book 1
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith, published on March 9, 1776 during the Scottish Enlightenment. It is a clearly written account of...
9 hours 17 minutes
Business & Economics
1.1K
Alfred Marshall - Principles of Economics, Book 5: General Relations of Demand, Supply and Value
Principles of Economics was a leading economics textbook of Alfred Marshall (1842-1924), first published in 1890. Marshall began writing the book in 1881, and he spent much of the next decade at work on it. His...
7 hours 7 minutes