Economics genre books (5)
1.
Banker To The Poor : Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty by Muhammad Yunus EN
Rating: 4 17 Votes
Country: Asia / 
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Description:
The founder of the Grameen Bank relates how he developed the system of micro-credit to help eradicate poverty in countries such as Bangladesh by providing financial education and small loans to rural families.
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Set in BANGLADESH
Male author
Recommended: 22 Oct 2022
2.
From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey by Pascal Khoo Thwe EN
Rating: 4.3 4 Votes
MyanmarDescription:
A former Burma student rebel leader describes his tribal upbringing, experiences with political turmoil and poverty, participation in the insurrection of 1988, and flight to England, where he attended Cambridge University.
3.
If You Can : How Millennials Can Get Rich Slowly by William J. Bernstein EN
0 Ratings
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
William J. Bernstein promises to lay out an investment strategy that any seven year old could understand and will take just 15 minutes of work per year. He also promises it will beat 90% of finance professionals in the long run, but still make you a millionaire over time. Bernstein is addressing young Americans just embarking on their working careers. Bernstein advocates saving 15% of one's salary starting no later than age 25 into tax-sheltered savings plans (IRA or 401(k) in the U.S., RRSPs or Registered Pension Plans in Canada), and divvying up the money into just three mutual funds: a U.S.... continue
4.
Open Veins of Latin America : Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent by Eduardo Galeano EN
Rating: 5 3 Votes
Country: South America / 
Uruguay
Uruguay
Description:
Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description of primitive capital accumulation since Marx. Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has organized the various facets of Latin American history according to the patterns of five centuries of exploitation. Thus he is concerned with gold and silver, cacao and cotton, rubber and coffee, fruit, hi... continue
5.
Sand Talk : How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta EN
AustraliaDescription:
"A paradigm-shifting book from Aboriginal scholar Tyson Yunkaporta, who brings a crucial Indigenous perspective to history, education, money, power, and sustainability-and offers a new template for living"--
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