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Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, A Urban New World
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This book was very disappointing. Although at 54 I am getting to the point where I need granny glasses to read those books where the print is too fine, this book goes way in excess to the other side: large print and triple spacing. This book is a 60 page article inflated to 300 pages.
The author has endured privation and offers many usefu... »
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The Speculation Economy: How Finance Triumphed Over Industry (BK Currents)
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Mitchell(M) has done a great job in this book .He allows the reader to clearly understand the crucial differences between entrepreneurship-enterprise and speculation.The former leads to booms and economic growth.The latter leads to bubbles,manias,panics,and crashes.
There is one small area where M could have improved the book.He co... »
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Ending Slavery: How We Free Today's Slaves
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This is a great follow up to Disposable People and is even better. The author doesn't only describe slavery and how it is found in the 21st century but provides great solutions to the problem. More harrowing, was how he described the ending of slavery in Nepal which ended up being a humanitarian disaster for the people who were freed. Kevin Bales le... »
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