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.

Santa Barbara Public Library

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

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

Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream

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