Good Economic Books to Purchase

[Adrian II]

Hi Ice,

a real eye-opener is Daniel Cohen's Globalisation and Its Enemies, a brilliant analysis of what we call 'globalisation'. Cohen debunks a lot of received wisdom and highlights many underlying trends and facts. If you don't believe me, read some of the reviews as quoted by Amazon.com:

"Globalization and Its Enemies is one of the most original and incisive inquiries into the subject that I have seen. No one who reads and understands it can come away believing that the current phase of this complex and uneven process is leading to the peaceful universal market of business utopians, or accept the simple narrative of anti-capitalist movements in which underdevelopment is a consequence of the wealth of advanced countries. There is more wisdom in Cohen's short book than in dozens of weightier tomes..."
-- John Gray, The New York Review of Books

"Daniel Cohen's breathtaking tour of globalization across the centuries is supremely entertaining and provocative. He punctures cherished myths and offers cool common sense and wisdom in the midst of hysterical debates. A must read!"
--William Easterly, Professor of Economics, New York University, and author of The Elusive Quest for Growth and The White Man's Burden

If you have read John Gray, you will know that here is an original (Conservative) thinker who recognizes another one. And if you haven't, I would recommend you add his False Dawn to your list.