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Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles. By Ruchir Sharma. W. W. Norton & Company.
April 20, 2012 – 7:04 pm | Comments Off

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Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles
by Ruchir Sharma
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2012
To identify the economic stars of the future we should abandon the habit of …

Power, Inc.: The Epic Rivalry Between Big Business and Government — and the Reckoning That Lies Ahead. By David Rothkopf. Viking.
March 1, 2012 – 9:08 am | Comments Off

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Power, Inc.: The Epic Rivalry Between Big Business and Government — and the Reckoning That Lies Ahead
by David Rothkopf
New York: Viking, 2012
The world’s largest company, Wal-Mart Stores, has revenues higher than …

The End of Money: Counterfeiters, Preachers, Techies, Dreamers — And the Coming Cashless Society. By David Wolman. Da Capo Press.
February 7, 2012 – 11:19 pm | Comments Off

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The End of Money: Counterfeiters, Preachers, Techies, Dreamers — And the Coming Cashless Society
by David Wolman
Boston, Massachusetts: Da Capo Press, 201

For ages, money has be represented by little metal disks and …

The Darwin Economy: Liberty, Competition, and the Common Good. By Robert H. Frank. Princeton University Press.
November 11, 2011 – 8:19 pm | Comments Off

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The Darwin Economy: Liberty, Competition, and the Common Good
by Robert H. Frank
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2011
Who was the greater economist–Adam Smith or Charles Darwin? The question seems absurd. Darwin, …

Stealth of Nations: The Global Rise of the Informal Economy. By Robert Neuwirth. Pantheon Books.
October 29, 2011 – 1:18 pm | Comments Off

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Stealth of Nations: The Global Rise of the Informal Economy
by Robert Neuwirth
New York: Pantheon Books, 2011
Thousands of Africans head to China each year to buy cell phones, auto parts, and other …

Maonomics: Why Chinese Communists Make Better Capitalists Than We Do. By Loretta Napoleoni. Seven Stories Press.
October 20, 2011 – 7:33 pm | Comments Off

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Maonomics: Why Chinese Communists Make Better Capitalists Than We Do
by Loretta Napoleoni
New York: Seven Stories Press, 2011
In Maonomics: Why Chinese Communists Make Better Capitalists Than We Do, bestselling author and economist …

The Price of Civilization: Economics and Ethics After the Fall. By Jeffrey D. Sachs. Random House.
October 6, 2011 – 7:32 pm | Comments Off

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The Price of Civilization: Economics and Ethics After the Fall
by Jeffrey D. Sachs
Toronto: Random House, 2011
For more than three decades, Jeffrey D. Sachs has been at the forefront of international economic …

The Wealth of Nature: Economics As If Survival Mattered. By John Michael Greer. New Society Publishers.
September 4, 2011 – 4:38 pm | Comments Off

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The Wealth of Nature: Economics As If Survival Mattered
by John Michael Greer
Gabriola Island, British Columbia: New Society Publishers, 2011
Building on the foundations of E. F. Schumacher’s revolutionary “economics as if people …

Next Generation Business Strategies for the Base of the Pyramid: New Approaches for Building Mutual Value. By Ted London and Stuart L. Hart. FT Press.
June 18, 2011 – 8:30 am | Comments Off

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Next Generation Business Strategies for the Base of the Pyramid: New Approaches for Building Mutual Value
by Ted London and Stuart L. Hart
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: FT Press, 2011
During …

How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly — And the Stark Choices Ahead. By Dambisa Moyo. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
June 5, 2011 – 2:25 pm | Comments Off

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How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly — And the Stark Choices Ahead
by Dambisa Moyo
London: Continuum, 2010
Amid the hype of China’s rise to global power, the most important …

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