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4.0 out of 5 stars
A masterly blueprint for progress, April 6, 2005
OK, so the world's in a mess. The rich are riding rough-shod over the poor, the poor are bickering among themselves, and a lot of people are going hungry tho the world produces more than enough to feed you, me and everyone else... So, is there an answer ? Mark Braund's masterly overview of the world's economic problems - which often involve social problems as well - shows that all is not lost. There ARE highways which, if we take them, could lead us - ALL of us - to global prosperity. The author has worked in third world countries and seen for himself the problems at ground level : he knows whereof he writes - and it shows. This isn't always an easy book - there's an awful lot of it, for one thing. But so there must be, for him to cover the ground and prove his points. And it is stuffed full of facts - a hell of a lot I myself didn't know, for one. This is a book which taught me a lot, and which made me think, and will make you think, and think again. I can't promise you an easy read, but I can assure you of an immensely satisfying one. Go on, order it now and see what it does to your life !
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A masterly blueprint for progress, April 4, 2005
OK, so the world's in a mess. The rich are riding rough-shod over the poor, the poor are bickering among themselves, and a lot of people are going hungry tho the world produces more than enough to feed you, me and everyone else... So, is there an answer ? Mark Braund's masterly overview of the world's economic problems - which often involve social problems as well - shows that all is not lost. There ARE highways which, if we take them, could lead us - ALL of us - to global prosperity. The author has worked in third world countries and seen for himself the problems at ground level : he knows whereof he writes - and it shows.
This isn't always an easy book - there's an awful lot of it, for one thing. But so there must be, for him to cover the ground and prove his points. And it is stuffed full of facts - a hell of a lot I myself didn't know, for one. This is a book which taught me a lot, and which made me think, and will make you think, and think again. I can't promise you an easy read, but I can assure you of an immensely satisfying one. Go on, order it now and see what it does to your life !
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