Books you could read to expand your knowledge and wisdom

 
The End of Poverty
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Jeffrey Sachs  Economic Possibilities for Our Time - readable & informative [Commentary]
       
Water
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Marq de Villiers
thought provoking & scarey. The problem IS here .
       
Freakonomics - Steven D. Levitt
and Stephen J. Dubner

interesting and fun - correlations you never thought about before
       
Secret Ingredients - Stuart Laidlaw fascinating and worrisome
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The Weather Makers - Tim Flannery Where Al Gore got some of his information
     
The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy - Pietra Rivoli An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade
     
Den of Thieves - James B. Stewart How a few affected the many - 1980's crisis
     
Last Chance to Eat - Gina Mallet the end of "good taste"? The Fate of Taste in a Fast Food World
     
Banker to the Poor - Muhammad Yunus Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
     
Facing the Future - Nuel Belnap Agents and Choices in Our Indeterminist World
     
Small is Beautiful   E. F. Schumacher Economics as If People Mattered, 25 Years Later
       
Eat The Rich   P.J. O'Rourke "From Beatnick to Business Major, or, Taking Econ 101 for Kicks"excerpted from : A Treatise on Economics