During this course, you will be asked to choose an outside reading book that is related to economic issues of the day. You will write a 2-3 page book report to be turned in on the Friday before the end of the term. Please start reading NOW! Week eight (when the paper is due) will come quickly.
Below is a list of possible books for your consideration. If you are interested in reading a book that is not on this list, please have your book approved by Mrs. Willbanks prior to reading.
Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Th... by Robert T. Kiyosaki
Hot, Flat, and Crowded, by Thomas Freidman
The Wealthy Barber (Paperback) by David Chilton
The
End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time by Jeffrey Sachs
Common Wealth, by Jeffrey Sachs
Development as Freedom (Paperback) by Amartya Sen
Memos to the President: A Guide Through Macroeconomics
for the Busy Policymaker (Paperback)
by Charles
L. Schultze (Author)
The United States and the World Economy (Paperback)
by C.
Fred Bergsten
The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and
Power (Paperback)
by Joel
Bakan
Capitalism at the Crossroads: Aligning Business, Earth,
and Humanity (2nd Edition) (Wharton School Publishing Paperbacks) (Paperback)
by Stuart
L. Hart
The Corporate Planet: Ecology and Politics in the Age of
Globalization (Paperback)
by Joshua
Karliner
The Weather Makers : How Man Is Changing the Climate and
What It Means for Life on Earth (Hardcover)
by Tim
Flannery
Fast Food Nation (Paperback)
by Eric
Schlosser
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
The Working Poor: Invisible in America (Paperback)
by David
K. Shipler
Reaganomics: Supply-side economics in action (Paperback)
by Bruce
R Bartlett (Author)
The Commanding Heights : The Battle for the World Economy
(Paperback)
by Daniel
Yergin (Author), Joseph
Stanislaw (Author
Why Globalization Works (Yale Nota Bene) (Paperback)
by Martin
Wolf (Author)
The Prize : The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power (Paperback)
by Daniel
Yergin
The Road to Serfdom (Routledge Classics S.) (Paperback)
by F.A.
Hayek
Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition
(Paperback)
by Milton
Friedman
The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (Great
Minds Series) (Paperback)
by John
Maynard Keynes
Money Mischief: Episodes in Monetary History (Paperback)
by Milton
Friedman
The Wealth of Nations (Bantam Classics) (Mass Market Paperback)
by Adam
Smith
The Oligarchs: Wealth and Power in the New Russia (Paperback)
by David
E. Hoffman
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