Empire of Debt or Start and Run Your Own Record Label

Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis

Author: William Bonner

In Empire of Debt, maverick financial writers Bill Bonner and Addison Wiggin provide you with the first in-depth look at how the American character has shifted to accommodate its new imperial role; how we have abandoned the private virtues of personal liberty, economic freedom, and fiscal restraint; and how the government has gained control of public life and the economy.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Slouching toward Empire.

I. Imperia Absurdum.

1. Dead Men Talking.

2. Empires of Dirt.

3. How Empires Work.

4. As We Go Marching.

II. Woodrow Crosses the Rubicon.

5. The Road to Hell.

6. The Revolution of 1913 and the Great Depression.

7. MacNamara’s War.

8. Nixon’s the One.

III. Evening in America.

9. Reagan’s Legacy.

10. America’s Glorious Empire of Debt.

11. Modern Imperial Finance.

12. Something Wicked This Way Comes.

IV. The Essential Investor.

13. Welcome to Squanderville.

14. Still Turning Japanese.

15. The Wall Street Fandango.

16. Subversive Investing.

Appendix: The Essentialist Glossary.

Notes.

Index.

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Start and Run Your Own Record Label

Author: Daylle Deanna Schwartz

For anyone interested in starting their own record label -- because they want to make a career from scouting signing, and marketing new talent, or because they want to produce and promote their own music -- now is the time! As veteran author Daylle Deanna Schwartz reveals in this new, updated and expanded edition of Start & Run Your Own Record Label, today's market offers more opportunity than ever before to make money as an independent record label.

Start & Run Your Own Record Label is the perfect guidebook to building your own record business from the ground up. Written from the perspective of an industry insider who started and ran her own record label, and packed full of A-Z advice, tips, and solid how-to information from industry pros, this indispensable reference offers useful strategies for novices and professionals alike. Now, the successful first edition of this book has been rewritten to reflect recent changes in the music industry, and it's even more comprehensive, authoritative, and practical. Start & Run Your Own Record Label reflects interviews with over 100 industry pros. including Danny Goldberg (chairman and CEO of Artemis Records), recording artist EL-P (Definitive Jux Records). Dave Roberge (president of Everfine Records), recording artist Jonatha Brooke (Bad Dog Records), Damon Dash (founder of Roc-a-Fella records); the five top indie distributors (ADA, Navarre, Caroline, Red, Koch); as well as the editors of top music magazines, radio MDs, and industry publicists.