Has Globalization Gone Too Far? by Dani Rodrik – A Harvard economist questions some fundamental institutionalised myths of economic reality and tells his readers to think about the fact that increasing the size of the pie may not always justify the costs of the social upheaval involved in redistributing the pieces.
“Wie ich Coca Cola schlug / The Futurist and other Stories” by Carl Djerassi
Wie ich Coca Cola schlug / The Futurist and other Stories by Carl Djerassi – Wonderful, funny short stories. Great Saturday afternoon reading.
“The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists’ Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics” by William Easterly
The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists’ Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics by William Easterly. Good Stuff. Exciting economic history of economist’s attempts to further economic growth in developing countries in the course of the last 50 years.
Stupid White Men …and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation! by Michael Moore. Ultimately bad, though partly funny book.
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Weaving the Web – The Past, Present and Future of the World Wide Web by its inventor
Weaving the Web – The Past, Present and Future of the World Wide Web by its inventor by Tim Berners-Lee. Technology in the making. Ever wondered how the first ‘http://’ server came about?
Judentum – Ein kurze Einfuehrung by Norman Solomon. At some point I realised that I had read a whole lot about Israel and the politics of the Middle East and was somewhat lacking the spiritual context. It’s a neat, brief introduction into Judaism – but it leaves the reader with more questions than he had before…
The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology’s New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts by Israel Finkelstein & Neil Asher Silberman. Now this is a really exciting book telling the reader about recent archeological discoveries that confirm – or not – the Jewish and Christian founding myths written down in the Hebrew bible.
Against the Dead Hand: The Uncertain Struggle for Global Capitalism – by Brink Lindsey. Interesting book. If you worry about the possible long run economic consequences of the current international crisis, check out his book about the end of the last ‘globalisation’.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies – by Jared Diamond. Ever wondered why Europeans have conquered America and not vice versa? Jared Diamond tells long run the history of humanity on ca. 400 pages.