Bad Samaritans: The Guilty Secrets of Rich Nations and the Threat to Global Prosperity
What if the champions of global prosperity are its most cunning adversaries? In Bad Samaritans, Ha-Joon Chang unmasks how wealthy nations wield free trade and aid as weapons, entrapping developing economies in a gilded cage of dependency. But when the illusion of benevolence shatters, will humanity confront the harrowing truth—or remain complicit in a system where salvation and destruction wear the same face?
- Originally Published: 2007
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2008
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 288
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9781905211371
- Access: Members
Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
What if the hidden rules of the marketplace secretly dictate everything from your daily coffee price to the fate of entire nations? In Basic Economics, Thomas Sowell transforms complex market dynamics into an accessible narrative that empowers everyday people to see how every decision, policy, and price tag shapes our lives—and our future. When the stakes are nothing less than our collective survival and prosperity, will you dare to uncover the truths that could change everything?
- Originally Published: 2000
- Publisher : Basic Books, 2014
- Genre: Economics
- Pages: 704
- Book Type: Hardcover
- ISBN-13: 978-0465060733
- Access: Prime Membership
Dead Aid: Why aid is not working and how there is another way for Africa
What if the trillion-dollar ‘cure’ for poverty is its greatest poison? Dead Aid exposes how well-intentioned billions shackled a continent to dependency, breeding corruption and despair—but when economist Dambisa Moyo demands Africa sever the lifeline, survival hinges on a perilous wager: Can nations weaned from aid rediscover sovereignty, or will withdrawal unleash chaos darker than dependency itself? The answer will haunt every philanthropist, policymaker, and dreamer who dares believe in mercy.
- Originally Published: 2009
- Publisher: Penguin, 2010
- Genre: Politics, Economics
- Pages: 188
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0141031187
- Access: Members
Fooled By Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
What if your greatest triumph was just a coin flip—and your worst failure pure bad luck? Nassim Nicholas Taleb drags you into the shadowy casino of life, where high-stakes traders and self-made millionaires worship skill but owe their fortunes to chaos. As he dissects the invisible threads of chance weaving through success and ruin, a brutal truth surfaces: Your brain is wired to see patterns in noise—and call it genius. But when the market crashes or luck runs dry, how many of your certainties are just stories… and who’s the real fool?
- Originally Published: 2001
- Publisher: Penguin Books, 2007
- Pages: 368
- Genre: Self-help
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0141031484
- Access: Members
Globalization and its Discontents
What if the economic forces meant to unite humanity are instead fueling its unraveling? In Globalization and Its Discontents, Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz pulls back the curtain on a world where free-market dogma and unchecked corporate power devour nations, leaving inequality and disillusionment in their wake. As democracy trembles and billions hover on the edge of survival, one question remains: can we reclaim our future before the architects of progress become the undertakers of chaos?
- Originally Published: 2002
- Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company, 2003
- Pages: 304
- Genre: Non-Fiction
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0393324396
- Access: Members
How the World Works
What if the systems controlling your life were designed to keep you powerless—and you didn’t even know it? In How the World Works, Noam Chomsky dismantles the invisible machinery of corporate fascism and geopolitical manipulation, exposing how profit-driven empires shape wars, economies, and even your thoughts. But when you realize your compliance fuels the chaos, one question remains: Will you keep feeding the beast—or dare to dismantle it?
- Originally Published: 2010
- Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, 2022
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 336
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780241145388
- Access: Members
Irrational Exuberance 3rd Edition
What if the greatest threat to your wealth isn’t the market—but your own mind? In Irrational Exuberance, Nobel laureate Robert Shiller exposes how euphoric investor herds and media-fueled delusions fuel boom-and-bust cycles that vaporize lifetimes of savings. When algorithms amplify our deepest fears and desires, can anyone escape the financial reckoning hurtling toward us—or are we all just speculators in a global Ponzi scheme of our own making?
- Originally published: 2000
- Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2016
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 392
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780691173122
- Access: Members!
Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich
What if the world’s wealthiest individuals no longer see themselves as citizens of any nation? Plutocrats pulls back the curtain on a global elite rewriting the rules of power—self-made billionaires and financiers who bend economies to their will while the middle class crumbles. When the line between merit and manipulation vanishes, whose future gets sold to the highest bidder… and who’s left holding the bill?
- Originally Published: 2012
- Publisher: The Penguin Press, 2013
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 352
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780141043425
- Access: Members
The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy
What if the greatest threat to global stability wasn’t chaos, but control? In The Commanding Heights, Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw expose the century-long war between governments gripping economies and markets fighting to break free—a clash that toppled empires, birthed revolutions, and now silently dictates your paycheck. When the next crisis erupts, will it be freedom or authority that saves us… or seals our fate?
- Originally Published: 1998
- Publisher: Free Press, 2002
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 496
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780684835693
- Access: Members
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
What if the key to ending poverty isn’t a mystery, but a choice we’ve refused to make? In The End of Poverty, visionary economist Jeffrey Sachs confronts the systemic injustices and untapped resources that trap billions in despair, arguing humanity’s survival hinges on bridging the chasm between abundance and deprivation. But when Sachs reveals how our wealth is inextricably tied to others’ suffering, will we cling to complacency—or dare to dismantle a world built on inequality?
- Originally Published: December 2005
- Publisher: Penguin Books, 2006
- Genre: Economics, Politics
- Pages: 464
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0143036586
- Access: Members
The Looting Machine: Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa’s Wealth
What if the wealth beneath a continent could doom its people to perpetual poverty? In The Looting Machine, investigative journalist Tom Burgis exposes a shadowy alliance of warlords, tycoons, and multinational corporations systematically plundering Africa’s natural riches—oil, diamonds, uranium—while millions remain shackled to deprivation212. But when the very systems powering our modern world depend on this exploitation, who’s truly profiting… and what price will humanity pay to keep the machine running?
- Originally Published: May 2015
- Publisher: PublicAffairs, 2016
- Genre: Economics, History
- Pages: 368
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1610397117
- Access: Members
The Truth About Markets: Why Some Nations are Rich But Most Remain Poor
What if the invisible hand of the market isn’t just a force of nature—but a fragile human invention on the brink of chaos? John Kay dismantles the myth of self-correcting capitalism to reveal how prosperity hinges not on ruthless competition, but on the fragile web of trust, culture, and power we blindly take for granted. Will you bet your future on yesterday’s economic fairy tales—or confront the shocking truths that determine who thrives and who’s left begging in the global marketplace?
- Originally Published: 2003
- Publisher : Penguin, 2004
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 496
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 9780140296723
- Access: Members
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
What if a nation’s fate hinges not on resources or culture, but on a silent war between those who hoard power and those fighting to dismantle it? In Why Nations Fail, Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson expose how centuries of extractive institutions—crafted by elites to siphon wealth from the masses—trap societies in cycles of poverty, while inclusive systems ignite revolutions of innovation and freedom. But when the very foundations of power crumble, will humanity break free from history’s cruelest paradox… or become its next casualty?
- Originally Published: 2012
- Publisher : Crown Currency, 2013
- Pages: 544
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0307719225
- Access: Members
