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	The Miracle: The Epic Story of Asia's Quest for Wealth by Michael Schuman Buy new: $19.79 / Used from: $10.34 The best work in this area - mandatory reading!
	China's Great Economic Transformation Buy new: $67.50 / Used from: $40.00 Outstanding source on how China went from a backwater economy to a world-shaker.
	The Chinese Economy: Transitions and Growth by Barry Naughton Buy new: $14.66 / Used from: $9.90 Good information on how the Chinese transformed their economy from socialism to primarily capitalism, and en route avoided the problems that plagued Russia's efforts to accomplish the same.
	Creating A World Without Poverty - Social Business And The Future Of Capitalism by Muhammad; Weber, Karl Yunus Buy used from: $28.76 Inspiration story of accomplishments in reducing poverty - with little or no charity. Author was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his accomplishments.
	Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang Buy new: $17.79 / Used from: $4.48 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: $3.95 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..
	Prisoner of the State: The Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang by Zhao Ziyang Buy new: $17.16 / Used from: $10.10 Excellent accounting of the decision-making underlying China's economic development.
	World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability by Amy Chua Buy new: $9.50 / Used from: $1.34 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: $23.36 / Used from: $5.10 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: $11.70 / Used from: $4.30 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: $10.98 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.
	Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa by Dambisa Moyo Buy new: $16.32 / Used from: $23.92 Written by a local, and former economist at Goldman Sachs. "Dead Aid" calls for ending the lack of accountability associated with foreign aid programs, and the continent instead focusing on becoming more attractive to private investment.
	FOREIGN AFFAIRS MAY/JUNE 2009 (VOLUME 88 #3) by FOREIGN AFFAIRS Buy used from: $3.30 An excellent article about how developing nations' approach to economics differs from the U.S., and yet is very similar.
	The Poor Always Pay Back: The Grameen II Story by Asif Dowla Buy new: $21.55 / Used from: $5.98 More detail about the approach and phenomenal contributions of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh. (See also "Creating a World without Poverty.")
	The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global Corruption by John Perkins Buy used from: $1.78 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: $19.13 / Used from: $10.05 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: $21.60 / Used from: $0.01 Good background on globalization forces, though overstates the benefits to the U.S.