Home

book review

From the Archives

WORLDCHANGING: A User's Guide for the 21st Century

Posted on March 28, 2008
Previously filed under: Book and Film Reviews
A book that serves as a comprehensive starting point to changing the world.
Bookmark/Search this post with:
Keywords: book review, Worldchanging

From the Archives

It's a Semiglobalized World

Posted on January 4, 2008
Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Book and Film Reviews
A book demonstrating a worldview where apocalypse is not imminent and differences still matter.
Bookmark/Search this post with:
Keywords: book review, Pankaj Ghemawat, semiglobalization, globalization, global economy

From the Archives

How Soccer Explains the World

Posted on September 25, 2007
Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Book and Film Reviews
In his latest book, Franklin Foer examines the relationship between globalization and soccer.
Bookmark/Search this post with:
Keywords: Soccer, globalization, Franklin Foer, alternative history, book review, sports

From the Archives

Poor People

Posted on July 12, 2007
Previously filed under: Book and Film Reviews
Through interviews, author William T. Vollmann;s book explores why people think they are poor.
Bookmark/Search this post with:
Keywords: Vollmann, Poor People, book review, poverty

From the Archives

Making Globalization Work

Posted on April 17, 2007
Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Book and Film Reviews
Where Globalization and Its Discontents was the primer on globalization, this book is the comprehensive user's manual.
Bookmark/Search this post with:
Keywords: globalization, book review, Making Globalization Work, Joseph Stiglitz, World Bank, Americanization, economic growth, IMF

From the Archives

Globalization and Its Enemies

Posted on April 17, 2007
Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Book and Film Reviews
In new book, French economist Daniel Cohen turns common knowledge about globalization upside down.
Bookmark/Search this post with:
Keywords: globalization, Daniel Cohen, book review, Globalization and Its Enemies, economy

From the Archives

George Monbiot's Heat

Posted on November 21, 2006
Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Book and Film Reviews
George Monbiot's new book is personal quest to find a positive path forward for the environment.
Bookmark/Search this post with:
Keywords: George Monbiot, global warming, book review, offsets, climate change debate

From the Archives

2006 Global Envision Reader

Posted on November 20, 2006
Previously filed under: Book and Film Reviews
The 2006 Global Envision Reader features some of the best new titles for learning more about the global economy.
Bookmark/Search this post with:
Keywords: Reader, book review, 2006, best books, book reviews, Amazon,

From the Archives

True Confessions or a Cloak-and-Dagger Conspiracy Theory?

Posted on May 3, 2006
Previously filed under: South America, Book and Film Reviews
In his autobiography Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins gives his gripping account of the unseen machinery behind globalization.
Bookmark/Search this post with:
Keywords: book review

From the Archives

India Untouched - The Forgotten Face of Rural Poverty

Posted on April 24, 2006
Topics: Economic Development
Countries: India
Previously filed under: Asia, Book and Film Reviews
India Untouched juxtaposes the work of one Indian man to alleviate growing poverty with the effects globalization has had on India as a whole.
Bookmark/Search this post with:
Keywords: poverty, book review, Abraham George

From the Archives

Millions Saved: Proven Successes in Global Health

Posted on April 5, 2006
Previously filed under: North America, Success Stories
These cases describe some large-scale efforts to improve health in developing countries that have succeeded - saving millions of lives and preserving communities.
Bookmark/Search this post with:
Keywords: book review, health case studies

From the Archives

2005 Global Envision Reader

Posted on September 6, 2005
Previously filed under: Book and Film Reviews
The 2005 Global Envision Reader features some of the best new titles for learning more about the global economy.
Bookmark/Search this post with:
Keywords: book review, List, 2005, Books 2005

From the Archives

<i>World on Fire</i> is a Must Read in the Globalization Era

Posted on February 27, 2004
Previously filed under: Book and Film Reviews
Author Amy Chua writes pushing free markets breeds hatred and instability in new book.
Bookmark/Search this post with:
Keywords: free markets, Amy Chua, World on Fire, globalization, book review

Stories We're Watching
Subscribe

For India’s Newly Rich Farmers, Limos Won’t Do

International Herald Tribune - Fri, 03/19/2010 - 00:48
Land acquisition for expanding cities and industry has created pockets of instant wealth, creating a new economic caste in India: nouveau riche farmers.

Africa Could Join High-Speed Science Network

All Africa - Thu, 03/18/2010 - 12:45
African science ministers are hoping to extend a high-speed fiber optic network — currently linking Egypt to the northern hemisphere — to other countries in Africa.

Vision for Africa

Daily Nation - Thu, 03/18/2010 - 12:30
Africa’s economic future and the challenge of uniting people and nations drew eminent politicians and scholars into a historic public debate in Nairobi on Thursday.

'Quiet Corruption' Hurting Africa's Poor

San Francisco Chronicle - Mon, 03/15/2010 - 09:22
A World Bank report says teachers and other public servants who don't show up for work are fueling "quiet corruption" throughout Africa that is disproportionately hurting the continent's poor.

Industrial Output Up; Hopes For Factories Grow

NPR - Mon, 03/15/2010 - 08:45
Industrial production edged up 0.1 percent in February, beating expectations and marking the eighth straight monthly increase.
See all Breaking News >

Recent comments

  • "Esther, Wow! Thank you for commenting. One of the best things (among many) about applying these controlled random..."
    by Jill Scantlan
    on A 'Rising Star' in Economics
  • "Thanks for this article. One small correction though. What the post refers to as "my best known work" (the work on..."
    by Esther Duflo
    on A 'Rising Star' in Economics
  • "This is so sad, and at the same time so true. We talk so much about terrrorism on news that we forget about poverty and..."
  • "Microfinance is amazing. Allowing millions to send their children to university in order to "break the chain" and give..."
  • "UPDATE: Following an investigative report on BBC NewsNight, British Parliament has now passed a bill that will..."

Countries

An initiative of Mercy Corps
“You must be the change
you wish to see in the world”
— Mahatma Gandhi
Learn more about Mercy Corps >

Efficiency

Over the last five years, more than 89% of Mercy Corps' resources have been allocated directly to programs

Excellence

America's premier charity evaluator gives Mercy Corps four stars in organizational efficiency. Click here to learn more.

High Value

Every dollar you donate to Mercy Corps helps us secure $11.16 in donated food and other critical supplies.

Mercy Corps — Dept. W — 45 SW Ankeny — Portland, OR 97204
 All original content Copyright © 2009 Mercy Corps. Quoted and linked content is property of the creator(s). Mercy Corps will not sell, rent or trade your personal information.