| 1. |  | Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations One School at a Time
from Tantor Media
Price: $29.39
Customer Review:
This well written story is a very inspiring read for all of us who care about social justice. Here is a man unskilled for the challenges he takes on and who without any financial resources follows up on his word and starts to improve the world. The example of Mortenson takes excuses away from... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | The Post-American World
from W. W. Norton
Price: $17.13
Customer Review:
"Post-American World", the title in itself incites curiosity. From the cover it seems that the author is writing about American downfall, that it has reached its apogee and we are now witnessing its decline. I, on the other hand, found this book to be one of optimism and what America still has a lot... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
from Picador
Price: $10.88
Customer Review:
A great composite history of neoliberal political economy and the ways it has been instituted worldwide. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
from Picador
Price: $10.08
Customer Review:
A transparent attempt to justify the new colonialism. In the 16th century it was the great nations of Europe, in the 21st it is the multinational corporation. It is still exploitation of the haves by the have-nots, just a lot of new lipstick on the same old pig! | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
from Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Price: $17.13
Customer Review:
I found this book an amazing read. It combined reality with subterfuge on a massive scale, and showed how modern Imperialism impoverishes third world countries while making their political families wealthy and indebting these nations. This is all deemed necessary to turn them into the pawns in the... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
from Oxford University Press, USA
Price: $10.85
Customer Review:
Collier loves his research. He also loves the research of people who have studied under him. Finally, he loves the research of people he works with.
While I have no doubt that his research has produced some fruitful insights into poverty, I don't think his book is the amazing must-read... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters
from Metropolitan Books
Price: $17.16
Customer Review:
As for the organization of this book, I'd give it 3 stars. But the subject matter is so important that this should be a best-seller, on every thinking person's reading list.
The book begins with some historic background on sewers, and how sewers and the flush toilet drastically improved public... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Price: $11.05
Customer Review:
If you are like me, you may often worry about the poor and the underprivileged across the world. You may wonder what it would take to help them achieve sustainable livelihoods which is the first step to ending poverty for them. You may even be wondering what role you could play in ending poverty in... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
from PublicAffairs
Price: $10.20
Customer Review:
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R9DQ0HQRQAFU Mitch Hiatt's review was made as part of a critical review assignment for the Fall 2008 Economics of Entrepreneurship seminar at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, taught by Art... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Price: $10.40
Customer Review:
Well researched and very well written critique of foreign development aid. Very useful in challenging the conventional wisdom of much strategic aid policy | 4.5 / 5.0
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