1. Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story Kurt Eichenwald |  Rating: 4.0/5 Rank: 43 | This enormous, intimate blow-by-blow of Enron's implosion gets as close to
what actually happened, in terms of people making (bad) decisions in real
time, as anyone who wasn't there with a concealed video-phone... more
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2. The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time Jeffrey Sachs |  Rating: 4.0/5 Rank: 73 | He has been cited by The New York Times Magazine as "probably the
most important economist in the world" and by Time as "the world's
best-known economist." He has advised an extraordinary range of world
leaders... more
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3. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man John Perkins |  Rating: 4.0/5 Rank: 92 | Confessions of an Economic Hit Man reveals a game that, according to John
Perkins, is "as old as Empire" but has taken on new and terrifying
dimensions in an era of globalization. And Perkins should know. For many
years... more
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4. Irrational Exuberance: Second Edition Robert J. Shiller |  Rating: 4.0/5 Rank: 185 | In this timely and prescient update of his celebrated 2000 bestseller
Irrational Exuberance, Robert J. Shiller returns to the topic that
gained him international fame: market volatility. Shiller breaks new
ground in this... more
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5. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America Barbara Ehrenreich |  Rating: 3.5/5 Rank: 259 | The New York Times bestseller, and one of the most talked
about books of the year, Nickel and Dimed has already become a
classic of undercover reportage.Millions of Americans work for
poverty-level wages, and one day Barbara... more
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6. The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization Thomas L. Friedman |  Rating: 3.5/5 Rank: 310 | From one of our most perceptive commentators and winner of the National
Book Award, a comprehensive look at the new world of globalization, the
international system that, more than anything else, is shaping world
affairs... more
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10. Mr. China: A Memoir Tim Clissold |  Rating: 5.0/5 Rank: 690 | The idea of China has always exerted a pull on the adventurous type.
There is a kind of entrepreneurial Westerner who just can't resist it: red
flags, a billion bicycles, and the largest untapped market on earth. What
more... more
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