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If you want to know more, here are just a few books that can make you more informed:
Vanessa Baird and David Hamilton (Eds) People First Economics (New Internationalist)
An introduction to the causes of the economic crisis. It argues that the best solutions also deliver social and environmental justice. Contributors include Susan George, Walden Bello and Ann Pettifor.
Ha-Joon Chang Bad Samaritans: The Guilty Secrets of Rich Nations and the Threat to Global Prosperity (Random House)
Cambridge professor Ha-Joon Chang uses a conversational style to offer an incisive insight in to the economic policies imposed upon poor countries by rich countries and why they often don’t work.
