American Money

The LaCroixs are four beautiful Haitian American women bound by money and blood. On the surface, the LaCroix Group is a venture capitalist company, but underneath, it’s so much more. The four sisters run long cons, targeting wealthy, prominent business figures. They have a system: Find the perfect mark, create the problem, then present the solution. For a cost....

Tiffani Black, the owner of Black Realty Group, is a 29 yr old millionaire with an eating disorder who has dreams of becoming a billionaire. Based out of Chicago she opens her first out of state realty firm in Miami. Fearless, she allows nothing to stop her rise as she makes deathly decisions. Tiffani is caught amongst a drug cartel’s revenge, money laundering & a married man. All for the love of money. Will Tiffani’s lust for the bag provide her with the mansion of her dreams or a coffin? Phaedra Woods is the ex-wife of Chicago Bulls rookie Trey Woods and is determined to take over the...

Filled with keen economic insight and advice for citizens, executives, policymakers, and educators, When More Is Not Better is the must-listen guide for saving democratic capitalism.

I can't believe that my parents are making me volunteer at a homeless shelter. It's my last year in college and now they want me to be humble. Whatever, I'll do it. But Then I met Tasha. She's the most attractive woman I've ever seen, and she happens to be black and homeless. My parents never seen that coming, neither did I. But now I'm in love with her and money can't buy the bond that we have.

New York Times best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Arthur Herman pens this fascinating look at how two businessmen turned the U.S. into a military powerhouse during World War II. In 1940, FDR asked General Motors CEO William Knudsen to oversee the production of guns, tanks, and planes needed for the war. Meanwhile, industrialist Henry J. Kaiser presided over the building of “Liberty ships” - vessels that came to symbolize America’s great wartime output.

Throughout time, from ancient Rome to modern Britain, the great empires built and maintained their domination through force of arms and political power. But not the United States. America has dominated the world in a new, peaceful, and pervasive way - through the continued creation of staggering wealth. In this authoritative, engrossing history, John Steele Gordon captures as never before the true source of our nation's global influence: wealth and the capacity to create more of it.

During the most dizzying days of the financial crisis, Washington Mutual, a bank with hundreds of billions of dollars in its coffers, suffered a crippling bank run. The story of its final, brutal collapse in the autumn of 2008, and its controversial sale to JPMorgan Chase, is an astonishing account of how one bank lost itself to greed and mismanagement, and how the entire financial industry - and even the entire country - lost its way as well. Kirsten Grind’s The Lost Bank is a magisterial and gripping account of these events.

Beginning in the 1950s, America entered a period of unprecedented social reform. This remarkable book demonstrates how the social programs of the 1960s and ’70s had the unintended and perverse effect of slowing and even reversing earlier progress in reducing poverty, crime, ignorance, and discrimination. Using widely understood and accepted data, it conclusively demonstrates that the amalgam of reforms from 1965 to 1970 actually made matters worse.

D. – Define the Problem; E. – Establish a Plan; B. – Build a Budget; and T. – Trust the Process. D.E.B.T. Free or Die Trying, a 4-week system. I lived paycheck-to-paycheck for a decade. Eventually, I buried myself $30,000 in debt from miscellaneous misadventures funded by credit cards and personal loans. At rock bottom, I spent most months rotating 0-percent interest offers and begging creditors for consolidation loans. When I finally started adulting, I put together my first budget and debt-free plan. With easy-to-follow Call to Actions, this book summarizes the exact 4-step ...

In Made in the USA, Vaclav Smil powerfully rebuts the notion that manufacturing is a relic of predigital history and that the loss of American manufacturing is a desirable evolutionary step toward a pure service economy. Smil argues that no advanced economy can prosper without a strong, innovative manufacturing sector and the jobs it creates. Smil assesses various suggestions for solving America's manufacturing crisis, including lowering corporate tax rates, promoting research and development, and improving public education. Will America act to reinvigorate manufacturing?

Populists on both sides of the political aisle routinely announce that the American Dream is dead. According to them, the game has been rigged by elites, workers can't get ahead, wages have been stagnant for decades, and the middle class is dying. Michael R. Strain, director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, disputes this rhetoric as both wrong and dangerous. In this succinctly argued volume, he shows that, on measures of economic opportunity and quality of life, there has never been a better time to be alive in America.

The conglomerate hires a younger all-girl crew to do their dirty work. As the conglomerate gain power in the luxury underworld, they handle their business by stepping on the toes, necks, and territory by any means necessary to control the black market. But when loose ties start the unravel the conglomerate find themselves in an unlucky place.

Had Jay Gould put his name on a university or concert hall, he would undoubtedly have been a household name today. The son of a poor farmer whose early life was marked by tragedy, Gould saw money as the means to give his family a better life…even if, to do so, he had to pull a fast one on everyone else.

Acting as a critical pillar for those seeking to build a rock-solid financial foundation, Financial Literacy for All is a must-have book for working professionals, blue-collar workers, members of young families, and established businesspeople looking for a better, more secure future for themselves and the ones they care about.

In part 2 of this urban chick trilogy, Yazmeen decided to move forward with her aspirations of building an empire after a significant blow and setback. When an opportunity presents itself to make major money moves, she pounces it on it like the lioness that she is. A new man, new home, and new money threaten the sisterhood she has with Aminah and Tiffani. Will she stay focused on her goals or give up to stand by the ones she loves? Aminah experiences betrayal in the form of a media frenzy while trying to have Yazmeen's back. Tiffani's secret is finally exposed and brought to the forefront. ...

As the stakes for the girls are raised higher Tiffani is confronted with an opportunity for true love without the bells and whistles. She faces the facts about her addiction and decides to become stronger mentally and physically. Phaedra's new life with her new man has her dumbing down for the come-up only to end up in a sticky situation. Will Tiffani walk away from the money, cars, and clothes for happiness, or take a stand? Will Phaedra's addiction to danger send her spiraling or wanting more? THIS IS A 3 BOOK SERIES

Long overshadowed by Japan and China, South Korea is a small country that happens to be one of the great national success stories of the postwar period. From a failed state with no democratic tradition, ruined and partitioned by war, and sapped by a half-century of colonial rule, South Korea transformed itself in just 50 years into an economic powerhouse and a democracy that serves as a model for other countries. With no natural resources and a tradition of authoritarian rule, Korea managed to accomplish a second Asian miracle.

The rich have always been different from you and me, but this revealing and funny journey through Richistan entertainingly shows that they are more different than ever. Richistanis have 400-foot-yachts, 30,000-square-foot homes, house staffs of more than 100, and their own "arborists". They're also different from Old Money, and have torn down blue-blood institutions to build their own shining empire.

In this audiobook, you'll discover everything you need to know about how, exactly, many of America's most famous (and infamous) millionaires and billionaires acquired their fortunes. The big surprise is that all of the super-wealthy it profiles got where they are today by taking one of just 10 possible roads - including starting a business, buying real estate, investing wisely, and marrying extremely well. Whether you aspire to shameful wealth or just a demure fortune, best-selling author and self-made billionaire Ken Fisher will show you how to walk in the footsteps of tycoons.

In Inside Money, acclaimed historian, commentator, and former financial executive Zachary Karabell offers the first full and frank look inside this institution against the backdrop of American history. Blessed with complete access to the company's archives, as well as a thrilling understanding of the larger forces at play, Karabell has created an X-ray of American power - financial, political, cultural - as it has evolved from the early 1800s to the present.