Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism

[soemand]

In the process of reading the book listed in the title. It's challenging, as it bucks the flow of many of the assumptions that make up the economic world we live in. Topics like interest rates, global south development, IMF are being hit, and without giving away spoilers — and provided I'm not done the book yet… — casts a bit of shade at the developed countries behaviours that hold back much of the world; and their own populations.

This book came out during the 2008 crisis, but isn't shaped by it. The author, a Cambridge economics professor; apparently has a series of these, including the nugget that “The washing machine has changed the world more than the internet has.” in a prior book that's on my list to read.

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