Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the N...
Ruchir SharmaInternational BestsellerOne of Foreign Policy's "21 Books to Read in 2012"A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Business Book"The best book on global economic trends I've read in a while."—Fareed Zakaria, CNN GPSTo identify...
An Economist Best Book of the YearIn the 1980s and 1990s many in the West came to believe in the myth of an East-Asian economic miracle, with countries seen as not just development prodigies but as a unified bloc, culturally and econo...
The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise...
Robyn Meredithpstrong"A comprehensive primer on the development of these Asian tigers."—Noam Lupu, emSan Francisco Chronicle/em/strong/pemThe Elephant and the Dragon/em is the essential guide to understanding how India and China are...
Globalization and Its Discontents
Joseph E. StiglitzAn International Bestseller "Accessible, provocative, and highly readable." ―Alan Cowell, New York TimesIn this crucial expansion and update of his landmark bestseller, renowned economist and Nobel Prize winner Joseph E. Stiglitz ad...
The Price of Civilization: Reawakenin...
Jeffrey D. SachsNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "Succinct, humane, and politically astute . . . Sachs lays out a detailed path to reform, regulation, and recovery."...
When Money Talks: The High Price of F...
Derek CressmanSpecial-interest money is destroying our democratic process. But now that the Citizens United decision has thrown out campaign spending limits as abridgments of free speech, Americans want to know what they can do about it. Derek Cres...
The End of Influence: What Happens Wh...
J. Bradford DeLongAt the end of World War II, America had all the moneyand all the power. Now, after the Great Crash of 2008, America is cash poor. In The End of Influence, economists Stephen S .Cohen and J. Bradford DeLong argue that this loss o...
Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fa...
Barry EichengreenRecent events in the US-high unemployment, record federal deficits, and unprecedented financial distress-have raised serious doubts about the future of the dollar. So profound has been the impact that some say the dollar may soon ceas...
This Changes Everything: Capitalism v...
Naomi KleinThe most important book yet from the author of the international bestseller The Shock Doctrine, a brilliant explanation of why the climate crisis challenges us to abandon the core "free market" ideology of our time, restruct...
The Disruptors' Feast: How to Avoid B...
Frits Van PaasschenVirtually everything about the way people live and do business is changing faster than ever before. Digital technology, global development, urbanization, and business disruption represent both a major opportunity and a threat in the g...