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John Perkins
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
by Plume (Paperback)

David M. Smick
The World Is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy
by Portfolio Hardcover (Hardcover)

David Smick keeps a low profile, but experts consider him one of the most insightful financial market strategists in the world. For more than two decades, he has conferred with central bankers (such as Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke) and advised top Wall Street executives and investors, from George Soros to Michael Steinhardt to Stan Druckenmiller. Political leaders (from Bill Bradley to Jack Kemp) have regularly sought his policy advice. The World Is Curved picks up where Thomas Friedman’s The World Is Flat left off, taking readers on an insider’s tour through the private offices of central bankers, finance ministers, even prime ministers. Smick reveals how today’s risky environment came to be—and why the mortgage mess is a symptom of potentially far more devastating trouble. He wrestles with the two questions on everyone’s mind: How bad could things really get in today’s volatile economy? And what can we do about it? Drawing on riveting anecdotes in language anyone ...

William Easterly
The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
by Penguin (Non-Classics) (Paperback)

From one of the world’s best-known development economists—an excoriating attack on the tragic hubris of the West’s efforts to improve the lot of the so-called developing world In his previous book, The Elusive Quest for Growth, William Easterly criticized the utter ineffectiveness of Western organizations to mitigate global poverty, and he was promptly fired by his then-employer, the World Bank. The White Man’s Burden is his widely anticipated counterpunch—a brilliant and blistering indictment of the West’s economic policies for the world’s poor. Sometimes angry, sometimes irreverent, but always clear-eyed and rigorous, Easterly argues that we in the West need to face our own history of ineptitude and draw the proper conclusions, especially at a time when the question of our ability to transplant Western institutions has become one of the most pressing issues we face.

Charles W. L. Hill
International Business: Competing in the Global Marketplace
by Irwin/McGraw-Hill (Hardcover)

Market-defining since it was first introduced, "International Business 5e" by Charles W. L. Hill, continues to set the standard for international business textbooks. In writing the book, Charles Hill draws on his expertise in teaching, writing, and consulting to create the most thorough, up-to-date, and thought-provoking text on the market. Because many issues in international business are complex, the text explores the pros and cons of economic theories, government policies, business strategies, organizational structures, etc. Hill's "International Business" goes beyond the often shallow explanations that other books offer, while maintaining a tight integrated flow between the chapters. Hill's book is practical in nature, focusing on the managerial implications of each topic on the actual practice of international business. The author's passion and enthusiasm for the international business arena is apparent on every page as he strives to make important theories interesting, ...

Charles W. L. Hill
Global Business Today Postscript 1999
by Mcgraw-Hill College (Paperback)

GLOBAL BUSINESS TODAY surveys the realm of topics covered in traditional international business text, but is at a more accessible level. GBT's concise 14 chapters gives a general introduction to international business- emphasizing the environmental factors, with less coverage of operations. Charles Hill is renowned for his attention to research trends and that is evident in GBT through a variety of real world examples and cases from small, medium, and large companies throughout the world.

John Perkins
The Secret History of the American Empire: The Truth About Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and How to Change the World
by Plume (Paperback)

In his stunning memoir, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins detailed his former role as an "economic hit man" in the international corporate skulduggery of a de facto American Empire. Now Perkins zeroes in on hot spots around the world, drawing on interviews to examine the current geopolitical crisis, and providing a compassionate plan to reimagine our world.

Thomas L. Friedman
The Lexus and the Olive Tree [Revised Edition]: Understanding Globalization
by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Hardcover)

Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet. Jeffrey D. Sachs
(Hardcover)

Naomi Klein
No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies
by Picador (Hardcover)

Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins
Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution
by Back Bay Books (Paperback) (Release Date: 2008-12-01)

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