Here are some recent non-fiction books, suitable for summer reading,
Peter L. Bernstein, Capital Ideas Evolving.
Gregory Clark, A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World.
Paul Collier, The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It. Niall Ferguson reviews the book here.
Tyler Cowen, Discover Your Inner Economist: Use Incentives to Fall in Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, and Motivate Your Dentist.
Chris Dillow, The End of Politics: New Labour and the Folly of Managerialism.
Mark Elvin, The Retreat of the Elephants: An Environmental History of China.
November 27, 2008 at 23:24 |
Unfortunately, I don’t think just the poor countries are having financial problems. We certainly have our share which will dominoe to the rest of the world.