Book list
Here’s the list:
- Guns, germs and steel, by Jared Diamond (review)
- The Elusive Quest for Growth, by William Easterly (review)
- Development as Freedom, by Amartya Sen — on ice for now
- The Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri (author from Bangladesh) (review)
- Stumbling on Happiness, by Daniel Gilbert (review)
- Capitalism and Freedom, by Milton Friedman (review)
- In Defense of Globalization, by Jagdish Bhagwati (review)
- Globalization and Its Discontents, by Joseph E. Stiglitz
- The World is Flat, by Thomas L. Friedman — on my bedside table
- Collapse, by Jared Diamond
- The Great Influenza, by John M. Barry
- Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations, by David Warsh
- Macroeconomics, by Greg Mankiw
- The Worldly Philosophers, by Robert L. Heilbroner
- The Shia Revival: How Conflicts With Islam Will Shape the Future, by Vali Nasr
- The White Man’s Burden, by William Easterly
- No god but God, by Reza Aslan
- On Writing Well, by William K. Zinsser
- The Marx-Engels reader, edited by Robert C. Tucker
- An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations Vol. 1, by Adam Smith
- An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations Vol. 2, by Adam Smith
- Health and Economic Growth, edited by Guillem López-Casasnovas, Berta Rivera and Luis Currais
- The End of Faith, by Sam Harris
Any suggestions for additions? (then put them in comments..)
September 1, 2006 at 6:42 pm
If you are in to the Middle East here are a few books on the subject
- From Beirut to Jerusalem, byThomas Friedman http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385413726/
Very readable book about Lebanon/Israel/Palestine during the 80’s and early 90’s and Friedmans time there.
The Middle East, by Bernard Lewis
http://www.amazon.com/Middle-East-Bernard-Lewis/dp/0684832801/
Dense and scholarly tour of the Middle East from the beginning of time to the present.
All the Shah’s Men, by Stephen Kinzer
http://www.amazon.com/All-Shahs-Men-American-Middle/dp/0471678783/
Detailed account of the coup in Iran in ‘52 orchestrated by the newly formed CIA and its consequences 25 years later.
See No Evil, by Robert Baer
http://www.amazon.com/See-No-Evil-Soldier-Terrorism/dp/140004684X/
Although not about the Middle East it serves as a backdrop of this biography of a CIA case officer. The movie Syriana was based on this book.
Sleeping with the Devil, by Robert Baer
http://www.amazon.com/Sleeping-Devil-Washington-Saudi-Crude/dp/1400052688/
Similar stuff as the previous book. After leaving the CIA, Baer digs into the shadier side of the oil industry. Elements from this book are also seen in Syriana.
And for those economy/american politics buffs this one is a must
The Great Unraveling, by Paul Krugman
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Unraveling-Losing-Way-Century/dp/0393326055/
A collection of NYTimes editorials about exciting stuff such as American politics, the health of the economy, globalization and the Central Bank.
Keep up the good work in blogging n times a day, I know I don’t :)
June 25, 2007 at 12:46 am
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