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Economic Development
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	Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang Buy new: $17.79 / Used from: $11.00 Outstanding material by a Cambridge Economics professor - shows how protectionism can be vital to development.
	The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein Buy new: $18.48 / Used from: $12.58 Klein offers compelling and detailed evidence that U.S. and World Bank interventions have been largely self-serving and done more harm than good to the intended recipients..
	World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability by Amy Chua Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $3.49 Free markets often concentrate wealth in a resented minority; democracy empowers the impoverished majority to revenge and anti-Americanism.
	A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World (Princeton Economic History of the Western World) by Gregory Clark Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $17.95 Provides a challenging and important alternative perspective on Europe's post-1800 economic growth, as well as failures within Africa.
	Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $6.79 Jared Diamond contends that overuse of natural resources and abuse of the environment account for important downfalls in prior leading societies. Does this forebode problems for the U.S.?
	Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $14.00 Diamond's "Guns, Germs, and Steel" provides strong evidence of the importance of germs (or resistance to germs) in societal outcomes. Accidents of geography and animal availability are also important. On the down-side, Jared fails to take into account important cultural considerations - eg. religion.
	Confessions of an Economic Hitman (Unabridged) by John Perkins Buy new: $20.98 Goes well together with Naomi Klein's book - "The Ghock Doctrine"
	The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global Corruption by John Perkins Buy new: $17.13 / Used from: $9.50 An updated version of Perkin's "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man."
	The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It by Paul Collier Buy new: $18.48 / Used from: $12.60 Why are economic aid efforts haven't workd.
	The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman Buy new: $15.94 / Used from: $2.98 Good background on globalization forces, though overstates the benefits to the U.S.