The Power and the Money

Buy our book!

Go buy our book!  It is the best book.  Ever.  About anything.

 

Or not.  But is a very good book about Mexico since 1980.  Here are the chapters:

1. The second Mexican revolution: economic, political, and social change since 1980;
2. Mexico before 1982: the political economy of authoritarian rule;
3. The causes and consequences of free trade;
4. The Mexican banking system: the politics and economics of financial underdevelopment;
5. The transformation of Mexican politics;
6. Health, education, and welfare in Mexico since 1980;
7. Democracy and development in Mexico: future challenges and the legacy of authoritarian rule.

The book is a stand-alone, but it's really the second one in a planned trilogy.  You can buy the first part here.  Anyway, if you're interested in Mexico, economic development, or the importance of democracy, I'd recommend that you pick up a copy of Mexico Since 1980. 

Freakonomics on Obama

Normally I try to be witty in these plugs, but this time I'm going to skip it.  I am simply going to say that anyone who wants to know about Barack Obama's intellect and philosophy can simply pick up his second book, The Audacity of Hope.  It is very well-written, and rather substantive.

Steven Levitt, the economist behind Freakonomics, liked it quite a lot.  If you say that you have interest in the candidate, then it behooves you to read it.