The Enlightened Economist

1

Trucking Country: The Road to America's Wal-Mart Economy

by Shane Hamilton

42 members

3 reviews

3

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/carry-on-trucking/

2

Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty of Nations

by Raymond Fisman

118 members

4 reviews

3.8

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/get-into-a-pod-with-some-gangsters/

3

The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting

by Daniel Bell

278 members

½ 3.5

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/what-can-daniel-bell-teach-us-about-capitalism/

4

The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It

by Paul Collier

1,227 members

16 reviews

½ 3.7

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/the-bottom-billion/

5

Fixing Global Finance

by Martin Wolf

127 members

3.2

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/martin-wolf-scares-me-on-global-finance/

6

Books v. Cigarettes

by George Orwell

779 members

20 reviews

3.8

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/george-orwell-on-money-and-the-lack-of-it/

7

In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India

by Edward Luce

788 members

11 reviews

3.8

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/indias-creamy-layer/

8

The Romantic Economist: Imagination in Economics

by Richard Bronk

22 members

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/the-romantic-economist/

9

the-princeton-encyclopedia-of-the-world-economy

by Kenneth A. Reinert

17 members

5

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/denis-diderot-would-be-thrilled/

10

Mostly Harmless Econometrics: An Empiricist's Companion

by Joshua D. Angrist

293 members

4 reviews

3.9

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/02/mostly-harmless-econometrics/

11

A Theory of Justice

by John Rawls

3,550 members

28 reviews

3.9

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/02/transatlantic-justice-for-john-rawls/

12

Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism

by George A. Akerlof

792 members

10 reviews

½ 3.4

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/02/animal-spirits/

13

Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body

by Neil Shubin

2,979 members

80 reviews

3.9

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/02/from-tiktaalik-to-investment-bankers-evolution-and-economics/

14

The Settlers Cookbook: A Memoir of Love, Migration and Food

by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

52 members

1 review

½ 3.5

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/02/recipes-for-economists/

15

The Conscience of a Liberal

by Paul Krugman

1,142 members

23 reviews

4

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/02/the-danger-of-organized-money/

16

The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in

by John Kay

102 members

2 reviews

½ 4.3

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/02/john-kay-on-the-long-and-the-short-of-it/

17

The International [2009 film]

by Tom Tykwer

124 members

1 review

3.1

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/02/the-international/

18

Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa

by Dambisa Moyo

881 members

25 reviews

½ 3.6

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/dead-aid-by-dambisa-moyo/

19

The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World

by Tim Harford

1,096 members

23 reviews

½ 3.7

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/tim-harford-in-paperback/

20

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi

5,620 members

73 reviews

4

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/happiness-and-a-grumpy-economist/

21

Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth

by Ed Diener

107 members

½ 3.5

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/happiness-and-a-grumpy-economist/

22

The Services Shift: Seizing the Ultimate Offshore Opportunity

by Robert E. Kennedy

14 members

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/new-book-on-outsourcing-in-services/

23

Africa's Turn?

by Edward Miguel

25 members

1 review

1

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/africas-turn/

24

It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower

by Michela Wrong

265 members

7 reviews

3.8

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/african-politics/

25

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

by Alice Schroeder

2,079 members

26 reviews

4.1

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/warren-buffet-a-guest-review-of-the-snowball-by-nick-clack/

26

The Dismal Science: How Thinking Like an Economist Undermines Community

by Stephen A. Marglin

61 members

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/stephen-marglins-the-dismal-science/

27

The Minutes of the Lazarus Club

by Tony Pollard

205 members

7 reviews

½ 3.4

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/what-the-victorians-did-that-we-cant/

28

The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, the Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals

by Frank Partnoy

208 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/the-match-king/

29

Moral Markets: The Critical Role of Values in the Economy

by Paul J. Zak

40 members

2 reviews

4

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/morals-and-markets/

30

Morals and Markets: The Dangerous Balance

by D Friedman

11 members

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/morals-and-markets/

31

The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives

by Leonard Mlodinow

3,263 members

91 reviews

3.9

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/light-reading-on-statistics/

32

The Affluent Society

by John Kenneth Galbraith

1,946 members

15 reviews

3.8

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/galbraith-again/

33

Divine Magnetic Lands: A Journey in America

by Timothy O'Grady

19 members

3.8

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/05/the-state-of-america/

34

The Grid Book

by Hannah B Higgins

61 members

1 review

3.8

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Explanations: geocroc: https://www.librarything.com/list/18621/all/The-Enlightened-Economist#

35

The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective

by Robert C. Allen

138 members

4.2

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/the-british-industrial-revolution-in-global-perspective/

36

Fool's Gold

by Gillian Tett

518 members

9 reviews

½ 3.7

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/fools-gold/

37

The Journals of Captain Cook

by Captain James Cook

395 members

2 reviews

4.1

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/captain-cook-in-the-southern-ocean/

38

The Frozen Water Trade: A True Story

by Gavin Weightman

245 members

5 reviews

3.8

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/guest-review-by-dave-birch-of-the-frozen-trade/

39

Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day

by Daryl Collins

177 members

2 reviews

3.9

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/portfolios-of-the-poor/

40

Liberty and the News

by Walter Lippmann

50 members

1 review

4.8

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/walter-lippmann-on-liberty-and-the-news/

41

Measuring America: How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States and Fulfilled the Promise of Democracy

by Andro Linklater

716 members

14 reviews

3.8

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/measuring-america/

42

Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles

by Richard Dowden

396 members

10 reviews

4.1

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/africa-by-richard-dowden/

43

Picturing the Uncertain World: How to Understand, Communicate, and Control Uncertainty through Graphical Display

by Howard Wainer

77 members

1 review

3.8

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/picturing-the-uncertain-world/

44

Economic Justice in an Unfair World: Toward a Level Playing Field

by Ethan B. Kapstein

13 members

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/economic-justice-in-an-unfair-world/

45

Mobile Communication: Bringing Us Together and Tearing Us Apart

by Rich Ling

25 members

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/mobile-communication/

46

The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger

by Richard Wilkinson

1,558 members

47 reviews

4.1

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/the-spirit-level/

47

The Idea of Justice

by Amartya Sen

911 members

8 reviews

4.1

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/the-idea-of-justice/

48

The Enlightened Economy: An Economic History of Britain, 1700-1850

by Joel Mokyr

156 members

2 reviews

4

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/the-enlightened-economy-2/

49

The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

by James Boyle

233 members

4 reviews

4

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/review-of-the-public-domain-by-james-boyle/

50

John Stuart Mill: Victorian Firebrand

by Richard Reeves

137 members

4 reviews

3.9

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/john-stuart-mill-by-richard-reeves/

51

Wired for Innovation: How Information Technology is Reshaping the Economy

by Erik Brynjolfsson

56 members

1 review

2

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/wired-for-innovation/

52

The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty (Columbia Business School Publishing)

by R. Glenn Hubbard

30 members

4

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/review-of-the-aid-trap-by-glenn-hubbard-william-duggan/

53

Streetlights and Shadows: Searching for the Keys to Adaptive Decision Making (Bradford Books)

by Gary Klein

123 members

1 review

4.9

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/streetlights-and-shadows-by-gary-klein/

54

Create Your Own Economy: The Path to Prosperity in a Disordered World

by Tyler Cowen

246 members

2 reviews

3.1

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/review-of-create-your-own-economy-by-tyler-cowen/

55

Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays

by Joel Waldfogel

124 members

4 reviews

3.2

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/scroogenomics/

56

The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves

by W. Brian Arthur

335 members

6 reviews

½ 3.6

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/guest-review-of-the-nature-of-technology-by-the-romantic-economist/

57

Mobile Communication and Society: A Global Perspective

by Manuel Castells

65 members

2 reviews

3

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/mobile-communication-and-society/

58

Outliers: The Story of Success

by Malcolm Gladwell

18,336 members

449 reviews

3.9

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/outliers-by-malcolm-gladwell/

59

The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits

by C. K. Prahalad

652 members

6 reviews

½ 3.7

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/the-fortune-at-the-bottom-of-the-pyramid/

60

The Invention of Air: A Story Of Science, Faith, Revolution, And The Birth Of America

by Steven Johnson

1,026 members

38 reviews

½ 3.6

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/the-invention-of-air/

61

Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

by Michael J. Sandel

2,534 members

42 reviews

4.2

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/michael-sandels-justice/

62

SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

by Steven D. Levitt

5,769 members

136 reviews

½ 3.7

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/superfreakonomics-2/

63

The Soulful Science: What Economists Really Do and Why It Matters

by Diane Coyle

103 members

4 reviews

3.9

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/buy-my-book/

64

Educating Economists: The Teagle Discussion on Re-evaluating the Undergraduate Economics Major

by David Colander

9 members

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/educating-economists/

65

The Hesitant Hand: Taming Self-Interest in the History of Economic Ideas

by Steven G. Medema

22 members

1 review

½ 4.3

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/the-hesitant-hand-2/

66

The Great Depression: A Diary

by Benjamin Roth

224 members

6 reviews

½ 3.5

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/seasonal-cheer/

67

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

by Stieg Larsson

28,216 members

777 reviews

4.1

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/millennium-trilogy/

68

The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations

by Ori Brafman

1,115 members

18 reviews

3.8

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/the-starfish-and-the-spider/

69

Newton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career of the World's Greatest Scientist

by Thomas Levenson

685 members

38 reviews

½ 3.7

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70

Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations

by Clay Shirky

2,004 members

58 reviews

4

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/clay-shirkys-here-comes-everybody/

71

What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures

by Malcolm Gladwell

6,037 members

139 reviews

3.8

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/what-the-dog-saw/

72

The Politics of Happiness: What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being

by Derek Bok

84 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2010/02/the-politics-of-happiness/

73

I.O.U.: Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay

by John Lanchester

705 members

24 reviews

4

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2010/02/whoops-2/

74

The Holy Grail of Macroeconomics: Lessons from Japan's Great Recession

by Richard C. Koo

125 members

4 reviews

3.9

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2010/02/the-holy-grail-of-macroeconomics-a-guest-review/

75

Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World

by Liaquat Ahamed

1,778 members

42 reviews

4

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2010/02/lords-of-finance/

76

Beyond Business: An Inspirational Memoir From a Visionary Leader

by John Browne

12 members

3

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/beyond-business-by-john-browne/

77

The Relentless Revolution : A History of Capitalism

by Joyce Appleby

350 members

3 reviews

½ 3.5

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/guest-review-by-bill-allen-of-the-relentless-revolution/

78

This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly

by Carmen M. Reinhart

1,177 members

14 reviews

½ 3.5

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/this-time-is-different/

79

Castles, battles, & bombs : how economics explains military history

by Jurgen Brauer

79 members

1 review

½ 2.3

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Explanations: geocroc: http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/castles-battles-and-bombs-guest-review-by-dave-birch/

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