Sarvadamana's "Books to understand the modern world"

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This is a list of the books I found most useful in understanding contemporary subjects in politics and economy. A brief abstract for most can be found under http://winter.sg.

  1. 1.
    In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India
    by Edward Luce

  2. 2.
    Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
    by Jared Diamond

  3. 3.
    Making Globalization Work
    by Joseph E. Stiglitz

  4. 4.
    Why Globalization Works (Yale Nota Bene)
    by Mr. Martin Wolf

  5. 5.
    The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
    by Paul Kennedy

  6. 6.
    State-Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century
    by Francis Fukuyama

  7. 11.
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    Sicherung von Property Rights
    by Sven C. Hallscheidt

  8. 12.
    From Beirut to Jerusalem
    by Thomas Friedman

  9. 13.
    Globalization and Its Discontents
    by Joseph E. Stiglitz

  10. 14.
    In Defense of Globalization: With a New Afterword
    by Jagdish Bhagwati

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Created by Sarvadamana on Jul 05, 2007.
 

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