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World Affairs

This section includes titles in world affairs.

 
A Future Perfect: The Challenge and Promise of Globalization
John Mickelthwait, Adrian Wooldridge
Random House, 2003
Analysis and explanation of how globalization works by two journalists at The Economist. Positive approach to globalization, packed with interesting anecdotes.
Marx’s Revenge: The Resurgence of Capitalism and the Death of Statist Socialism
Meghnad Desai
Verso, 2002
Political economics from Marx to late 20th century. Goes through the arguments that have held sway, and argues that globalization will bring about the end of capitalism as we have known it.
Globalization and Its Discontents
Joseph Stiglitz
Penguin Books, 2000
A look at how international organizations control our lives.