Best globalization & politics books according to redditors
We found 35 Reddit comments discussing the best globalization & politics books. We ranked the 13 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 35 Reddit comments discussing the best globalization & politics books. We ranked the 13 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
Some people are genuinely bad, Castro is a politically charged figure but one should actually know some history before casting judgements. Knowledge regarding working conditions in the 1800's and things that lead to WW1 are required to understand the context of people like Castro. America was always a beligerant arrogant invading nation, western peoples basically invaded and killed / stole from the native inhabitants of america. Western peoples had a bad habit of just invading countries with cultures different from their own and imposing their own with impunity. If in doubt pickup "War is a racket" by smedly butler. Also go read some books by william blum.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-hour_day
https://williamblum.org/
Some history on US imperialism by us corporations.
https://kurukshetra1.wordpress.com/2015/09/27/a-brief-history-of-imperialism-and-state-violence-in-colombia/
A list of governments US gov and her corporations have attempted to overthrow
https://williamblum.org/essays/read/overthrowing-other-peoples-governments-the-master-list
War is a racket
https://www.amazon.com/War-Racket-Antiwar-Americas-Decorated/dp/1503081575/
It's quite unfortunate the 'hit and run' 'coward' who 'insulted' the incoming mainlanders couldn't govern a
lot longer. I remembered Chris Patten's books were quite popular and very sold out in the local bookstores:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Governor-Patten-Handover/dp/0385257279/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_4
http://www.amazon.com/East-West-China-Power-Future/dp/0333747879/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_5
http://www.amazon.com/What-Next-Surviving-Twenty-first-Century/dp/067004539X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341159881&sr=8-1&keywords=chris+patten
Reversing the Apocalypse: Hijacking the Democratic Party to Save the World https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XTY6KZM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_x5aADbBHZAPRJ
The ultimate R1 challenge.
PDF version
Well said! American business culture is not conducive to the modernization necessary to compete. It’s happened again and again post-WWII where business had the opportunity to capture market share or modernize but for an often transitory upper-management profits>everything. Managers expect to only be around a short while so instead of spending money to be competitive they cut so the earnings report looks good, they get their bonus and get out. Schaeffer talks about this managerial inertia in his book [Understanding Globalization] (https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Globalization-Consequences-Political-Environmental/dp/0742561801). Again and again American business chooses short term profits over long term competitiveness.
How Football Explains the World is pretty awesome.
Hindu society today is considerably weakened. There is rampant conversion with money pouring in from the West.
There are global breaking India forces
( https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-India-Interventions-Dravidian-Faultlines-ebook/dp/B004WF4K5K ) at work. There is rampant cultural appropriation. Hinduism is being coopted by the West and Christianity.
What has survived this far is no guaranteed that to survive forever.
Unless each Hindu puts his/her shoulder to protect it, preserve it and promote it.
Thats right Yanggangers, I was writing about automation and UBI before you even knew Andrew Yang existed Between this and the MSNBC Don't run "Trilogy" I have great respect for her.
^^^^^^^^Buy ^^^^^^^^her ^^^^^^^^book
It's Russian trying desperately to keep Europe fixed on their natural gas, and the west trying to break up that monopoly IMO. The same thing happened just before ww1 between Britain and Germany and oil from Persia, though that time it would be moved by railway.
Here's a good read: https://www.amazon.com/War-Racket-Antiwar-Americas-Decorated/dp/1503081575/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480314507&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=smeadly+butler
If you want capital, invest in public education and infrastructure. If you want to scare capital away, threaten tariffs.
I'm actually more sympathetic to protectionist trade and immigration policies than most progressives, but these policies will go no where under a Trump administration. They benefit labor rather than the donor class, so the GOP will oppose them. Maybe in four years Democrat will read Ian Fletcher and espouse a thoughtful, limited protectionism that works, it certainly won't come from the Paul Ryans, Mitch McConnells and Mike Pences of the world.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XTY6KZM/
"Reversing the Apocalypse: Hijacking the Democratic Party to Save the World" by Krystal Ball.
> Reversing the Apocalypse is not simple Trump bashing, but a powerful and self-reflective critique of where the Party went wrong and what Progressives can do to turn the tide. Krystal Ball narrates the modern descent of the Democratic Party from the party of workers and New Deal Progressives to the party of Silicon Valley elites and the managerial class. Tragically, this working class abandonment happened right when ordinary Americans needed the most help. But Krystal’s critique is radically action focused-what can we do to reclaim the Democratic Party for workers and start winning elections again.
Seems pretty alright. Ran for Congress in 2010 but lost due to a goofy party photo pseudo-scandal + running in Virginia.
I enjoyed the book How Soccer Explains the World book for the anecdotes on different teams
Smedley Butler called it
https://www.amazon.ca/War-Racket-Antiwar-Americas-Decorated/dp/1503081575/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482957709&sr=8-1&keywords=war+is+a+racket
Public mental health seems to be the even-more-forgotten step-child of public health. For (much) more on the decline of public health in general, read Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health
Your assumption is that tariffs are always bad for a nation's economy. I highly recommend the book Free Trade Doesn't Work: What Should Replace It and Why by Ian Fletcher.
> Capitalism has been consistently proven to raise the standards of living wherever it has been tried.
Google the word neoliberalism sometime, and spend a day researching it.
> Meanwhile, every single attempt at socialism - the USSR, the PRC, the DPRK, Venezuela, Cuba - has resulted in disaster, and has lowered the standards of living wherever it has been tried.
In what sense are these socialist, apart from what they call themselves in name? An anarcho-capitalist can have some actual, justified criticisms against socialism in practice (I've seen many), but when people like you plow forward with such an elementary misunderstanding, believe me when I say you look bad, even to your own camp.
The Zapatistas? The Paris Commune? The Ukrainian Free Territories? Revolutionary Catalonia? The Israeli Kibbutzim? That is your actual target.
> There is a reason why every single country that was once considered communist has transitioned towards capitalism...
Because they were bombed to hell in the interest of the capitalist class?
> ... and it should be no surprise to anyone that the standard of living has raised in these areas.
Like the four asian tigers did through State intervention? (And like the US did, also). Nothing even close to a free market prescription, albeit a quasi-capitalist one nevertheless.
I think you mean this
It is Not a Rumor.
See Also:
maybe you should read some books on economics:
http://www.amazon.com/Free-Trade-Doesnt-Work-Replace/dp/0578079674/
http://www.amazon.com/Bad-Samaritans-Secret-History-Capitalism/dp/1596915986
The traditionnal sugar shack meal is an ode to pork and maple.
Au Pied de Cochon modernised it a little at their shack. They also published a cookbook from their shack's menu.
Au Pied Cochon Sugar Shack
Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football and Those Feet: A Sensual History of English Football by David Winner were both very well-written and enjoyable reads.
I personally didn't care very much for Franklin Foer's How Football Explains The World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization, just found it to be a bit glib in its characterization of the game in different parts of the world, and somewhat reductive in its treatment of specific clubs and their supporters.
Also, I haven't read Soccernomics myself, but have heard/read many rave reviews so that's probably a good bet as many ITT have already mentioned it.
Link!
here you go
> I don't think you can make this assumption. Productivity depends entirely on the industry and the product being made.
It's our average productivity. Of course it will vary.
> I have a question, if your opinion is so obviously correct, why is practically every economist against it? What are you seeing that they aren't seeing.
Two reasons. First, economists are big fans of the topline GDP number and free trade does increase that. It increases inequality, but the topline number generally (not always) increases.
Secondly, most of them haven't been taught anything but "free trade is right". Just like how Keynesian theory has major problems but the majority of economists believe it. 99% of people accept what their professors, teachers, textbooks teach without digging deeper.
There are in fact many people who are against free trade, but since it's been an unacceptable view tightly coupled to nationalism (which is also on the outs), it's unacceptable to really get into it.
Seek out some economists who disagree with free trade and read their arguments. Even if you come out disagreeing, you will have grown for understanding their points, which are far deeper than we can get into on Reddit.
https://www.amazon.com/Free-Trade-Doesnt-Work-Replace/dp/0578079674/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469229463&sr=8-1&keywords=ian+fletcher
He wants to renogiate trade policies and increase protectionism. All good ideas:
https://www.amazon.com/Free-Trade-Doesnt-Work-Replace/dp/0578079674/
https://www.amazon.com/Debunking-Economics-Revised-Expanded-Dethroned/dp/1848139926/
https://www.amazon.com/Endangered-American-Dream-Edward-Luttwak/dp/0671869639/
Strong immigration reform, which is not trickle down economics.
https://www.amazon.com/Heavens-Door-Immigration-American-Economy/dp/0691088969
He favours America first. Which is in effect disengaging from a unipolar American led world and accepting a multi-polar world. What function does NATO serve aside from trying to force Russia into accepting US hegemony?
He never mentioned small government at his convention speech.
There is plenty of data. If you want a relatively unbiased introduction and overview of how different policies work (or don't work), this book is a good place to start. Although written with some bias, this book compiles many relevant case studies. There is tons and tons of literature from all perspectives. I encourage you to do some research before you make claims.
To revisit one of your arguments, my claims are based off the effect policies, like those of Clinton, have had in other instances. Never did I assume what I want is what the majority of Americans want. (Although, Clinton did win the popular vote, so technically, they do.) Also, your second paragraph is illogical. The election results have no effect on one's knowledge of issues. They're not related. People might disagree, but that does not have any effect what one knows or thinks.
Additionally, just because Americans want something, does not mean it will be the most beneficial to their (and their offspring's) survival and quality of life. And let's remove the subjectivity from survival and quality of life. Survival is, well, pretty obvious. Quality of life defined as median family income being large enough to support survival of the family and higher education of the offspring (trade school, college, or university). Currently, median family income (~$52,000/year) is not large enough to support said family without debt. These figures are estimated with a family of four and a $220,000 house (median cost 1/2012, current median cost is $320,000). With this in mind, there is about a $6,300 deficit per year. Of course, a rise in income could cause rises in costs, but only to a point. This has been demonstrated in many countries around the world as well as the united states (See FDR, new deal, etc). Trump and Johnson both advocate for across-the-board tax reduction to overcome this deficit. This has been demonstrated to fail in many countries around the world. Those policies create avenues for exploitation and increases in non-tax related costs, such as healthcare, food, etc. See South, central america and the lost decade of development/Washington consensus for a very widespread example.
But oh no, you're right, not having enough money to live without debt is beneficial for all Americans. 100%. I'm a dubious idiot who is spewing complete bullshit out of a cocksicle because deregulation, environmental degradation, and poor health definitely has not occurred anywhere ever, and there is absolutely no historical evidence to support any progressive economic claim. Of course there has been no data at all around the world ever to suggest that any economic policy hurts human survival. woah is me. I definitely did just sleep through a high school class and did not spend any time in higher education reading, discussing, and analyzing different policies from different perspectives, comparing their strengths and weaknesses.
Agreed. Looks like reverse-psychology guerilla marketing. See the Amazon listing: https://www.amazon.com/fuall-tactical-execution-second-amendments/dp/1537098470/
K, then you've got a lot to learn about how bad military spending is for the economy. Here's a book to get you started