A maverick economist explains how protectionism makes nations rich, free trade keeps them poor---and how rich countries make sure to keep it that way. Throughou

A maverick economist explains how protectionism makes nations rich, free trade keeps them poor-and how rich countries make sure to keep it that way. Throughout

Over the past two decades, the percentage of the world’s population living on less than a dollar a day has been cut in half. How much of that improvement is b

How Rich Countries Got Rich is a narrative history of modern economic development from the Italian Renaissance to the present day. In it Erik S. Reinert shows h

In the past decade, the developed world has spent almost US$ 2 trillion on foreign aid for poorer countries. Yet 1.2 billion people still live in extreme povert