Books like Multinationals and Development
Loved Multinationals and Development by Alan M. Rugman? Here are 9 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.
About Multinationals and Development →9 books
- 1Globalization and Its Discontents
Globalization and Its Discontents
Joseph E. StiglitzA critical account of how international institutions and market policies shape development in poorer countries, which is the view the Rugman book argues against.
- 2The Globalization Paradox
The Globalization Paradox
Dani RodrikAn economist's argument about the tension between global markets and national democratic politics, covering many of the same development questions.
- 3The Bottom Billion
The Bottom Billion
Paul CollierExamines why the poorest countries stay poor and what policies might change that, drawing on field research and economic data.
Books like it → - 4The End of Poverty
The End of Poverty
Jeffrey SachsA broad case for how aid, investment and policy can end extreme poverty, written from a development economist's perspective.
- 5The White Man's Burden
The White Man's Burden
William Russell EasterlyA critique of top-down Western development plans that asks what has and has not worked, with attention to markets and incentives.
Books like it → - 6Bad Samaritans
Bad Samaritans
Ha-Joon ChangChallenges free-market orthodoxy about how rich countries developed and what they now recommend to poorer ones.
- 7Development as Freedom
Development as Freedom
Amartya SenFrames development as the expansion of people's real freedoms, a broader measure than income alone.
- 8The Mystery of Capital
The Mystery of Capital
Hernando De SotoArgues that poor countries lack the property systems that would let their people turn assets into productive capital.
- 9The World Is Flat
The World Is Flat
Thomas L. FriedmanA popular account of how global trade and technology have connected firms and workers across countries, including in Asia.
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