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Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism
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While other books (linked below) have focused on the evils done in our name, this is the first book I have seen that dissects economic history in order to demonstrate the hypocrisy of the current regime that bullies lesser developed countries with the IMF-WTO-World Bank interlocking conditionalities.
The author comes down solidly in favor ... »
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The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
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I read a lot, almost entirely in non-fiction, and this book is easily one of the "top ten" on the future and one of the top three on extreme poverty, in my own limited reading.
The other two books that have inspired me in this specific area are:
[[ASIN:B00006L5AW The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid]]
[[ASIN:0143036580 The ... »
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The Wealth of Nations (Bantam Classics)
I had to buy this book for a class that I hated and almost couldn't force myself to read it. I had such a hard time with it and found it incredibly boring... »
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Making Globalization Work
Stiglitz is the Nobel prize-winning former chief economist of the World Bank and former chairman of President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisors. He h... »
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Globalization and Its Discontents
Due to massive media coverage, many people are familiar with the controversy and organized resistance that globalization has generated around the world, y... »
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