Economics Rules - Why Economics Works, When It Fails, and How To Tell The Difference (Rodrik Dani (Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University))(Paperback / softback)

Economics Rules - Why Economics Works, When It Fails, and How To Tell The Difference (Rodrik Dani (Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University))(Paperback / softback)

Globalization Paradox - Why Global Markets, States, and Democracy Can't Coexist (Rodrik Dani (Rafiq Hariri Professor of International Political Economy John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University USA))(Paperback / softback)

Globalization, Rodrik argues, rests on shaky foundations. Despite the benefits it has brought to much of the world, there are profound conflicts of interest between democracy, national determination, and full economic globalization. He traces the idea's history, pinpoints its weaknesses, and points

Enlightenment - And Why it Still Matters (Pagden Anthony (Professor of Political Science and History Professor of Political Science and History University of California Los Angeles))(Paperback / softback)

The story of how, and why, the ideal of a universal, global, and cosmopolitan society became such a central part of the Western imagination in the ferment of the Enlightenment - and how these ideas have done battle with an inward-looking, tradition-oriented view of the world ever

White Man's Burden - Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill And So Little Good (Easterly William (Professor of Economics New York University))(Paperback / softback)

William Easterly, acclaimed author and former economist at the World Bank, addresses the problems of extreme poverty and the West's failed attempts to help the poor. While recognising the energy and compassion behind the campaign to make poverty history he argues that grand plans and good