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The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
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Updated Edition: Thomas L. Friedman is not so much a futurist, which he is sometimes called, as a presentist. His aim in The World Is Flat, as in his earlier, influential Lexus and the Olive Tree, is not to give you a speculative preview of the wonders that are sure to come in your lifetime, but rather to get you caught up on the w... »
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
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Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine advances a truly unnerving argument: historically, while people were reeling from natural disasters, wars and economic upheavals, savvy politicians and industry leaders nefariously implemented policies that would never have passed during less muddled times. As Klein demonstrates, this reprehensible game of bait-... »
Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism
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There are just waaay too many books on economics that precede from faulty premises, with impeccable logic, to faulty conclusions. Many even go into extensive math to "prove" their conclusions, as if the emotional actions of individuals can be simulated by a computer program that assumes all actors always behave in their own rational self-interest. ... »
The Second World: Empires and Influence in the
The Second World provides a pretty decent entry-level review of the economic and geopolitical realities of the modern world. If you are reading it to get... »
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for
Celebrated economist Jeffrey Sachs has a plan to eliminate extreme poverty around the world by 2025. If you think that is too ambitious or wildly unrealis... »
Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battl
It began with a simple $27 loan. After witnessing the cycle of poverty that kept many poor women enslaved to high-interest loan sharks in Bangladesh, Dr. ... »
The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shif
I like this book. It is stimulating and relevant. Also, his perspective is especially valuable for Americans, who understand very little about Asia (or ... »
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight T
For thousands of years, wherever government had failed, poverty, illiteracy and other social evils have been fought by noble individuals, some where calle... »
The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts
Provides a good balance to Jeff Sach's "The End of Poverty." If you haven't read Sach's book, read it first, then Easterly's "The White Man's Burden." B... »
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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