Economics IR Book

For Monday:

1. Decide what book you will be reading for IR
2. Bring in a physical copy of the book (as I will give you time to read in class)

Below is a copy of the list of books I handed out in class (with some modifications). If you want audio copies of the book, I suggest you go to audible.com

Economics IR Book Suggestions

POVERTY AND CLASS
Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickeled and Dimed. (AUDIO)
LeBlanc, Adrian Nicole. Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
Lipper, Joanna. Growing Up Fast.
Emmins, Alan. 31 Days: A New York Street Diary
Venkatesh, Sudhir. Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
Daniels, Cora. Ghettonation: A Journey Into the Land of Bling and Home of the Shameless
Newman, Katherine S. and Chen, Victor Tan. The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America
Danaher, Kevin, and Biggs, Shannon, et al. Building the Green Economy: Success Stories from the Grassroots

U.S. ECONOMY
Draut, Tamara. Strapped: Why America's 20- and 30-Somethings Can't Get Ahead
Kamenetz, Anya. Generation Debt
Clark, Taylor. Starbucked: A Double Tall Tale of Caffeine, Commerce, and Culture
Moore, Michael. Downsize This!
Lewis, Michael. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
Raviv, Dan. Comic Wars: Marvel’s Battle for Survival
Elizabeth Moore, Anne. Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing, and the Erosion of Integrity
Capparell, Stephanie. The Real Pepsi Challenge: How One Pioneering Company Broke Color Barriers in 1940s
Hirshberg, Gary. Stirring It Up: How to Make Money and Save the World
Frankel, Alex. Punching In: The Unauthorized Adventures of a Front-Line Employee
Lewis, Michael. Next: The Future Just Happened (AUDIO)
Lewis, Michael. Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street
Szasz, Andrew. Shopping Our Way to Safety: How We Changed from Protecting the Environment to Protecting Ourselves


THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
Mason, Matt. The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism
Rivoli, Pietra. The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy
Thomas, Dana. Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster (on the fashion industry)
Burr, Chandler. The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York
Perkins, John. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Fishman, Charles. The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works--and How It's Transforming the American Economy (AUDIO)
Yunus, Muhammad. Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty (AUDIO)
Klein, Naomi. The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (AUDIO)
Collier, Paul. The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
Barlow, Maude. Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water
Chapman, Peter. Bananas!: How The United Fruit Company Shaped the World
Vaitheeswaran, Vijay and Carson, Iain. ZOOM: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future
Kynge, James. China Shakes the World: A Titan's Rise and Troubled Future -- and the Challenge for America
Clissold, Tim. Mr. China: A Memoir
Easterly, William. The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill
Durning, Alan. How Much Is Enough?: The Consumer Society and the Future of the Earth

HUMAN BEHAVIOR
Schwartz, Barry. The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
Ariely, Dan. Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions (AUDIO)
Levitt, Steven D. and Dubner, Stephen J. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (AUDIO)
Wheelan, Charles. Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
Harford, Tim. The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor--and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car! (AUDIO)
Harford, Tim. The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World (AUDIO)
Gladwell, Malcolm. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Surowiecki, James. The Wisdom of Crowds (AUDIO)
Lewis, Hunter. Are the Rich Necessary?: Great Economic Arguments and How They Reflect Our Personal Values

IMMIGRATION
Castaneda, Jorge G. Ex Mex: From Migrants to Immigrants
Rivera, Geraldo. His Panic: Why Americans Fear Hispanics in the U.S.
Chomsky, Aviva. "They Take Our Jobs!" and 20 Other Myths about Immigration
Koser, Khalid. International Migration: A Very Short Introduction

WAR ON DRUGS
Schlosser, Eric. Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market (AUDIO)

Gray, Mike. Drug Crazy : How We Got into This Mess and How We Can Get Out
Streatfeild, Dominic. Cocaine: An Unauthorized Biography
Baum, Dan. Smoke and Mirrors: The War on Drugs and the Politics of Failure

FOOD INDUSTRY
Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation. (AUDIO)
Shiva, Vandana. Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply
Smith, Alisa and Mackinnon, J.B. Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally
Kingsolver, Barbara. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Wynn, Jennifer. Inside Rikers: Stories from the World's Largest Penal Colony
Parenti, Christian. Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis.
Dyer, Michael. The Perpetual Prisoner Machine: How America Profits from Crime
Humes, Edward. No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court
Davis, Angela Y. Are Prisons Obsolete?