Reading list for a study group in Development Economics

Bradley B. Andrew, Juniata College

1. Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
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2. Kenneth L. Sokoloff & Stanley L. Engerman, 2000. "Institutions, Factor Endowments, and Paths of Development in the New World," Journal of Economic Perspectives
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3. North, Wallis and Weingast, Violence and social orders : a conceptual framework for interpreting recorded human history
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4. David Landes, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: why some are so rich and some so poor
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5. Greg Clark, A Farewell to Alms: A brief economic history of the world
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6. William Baumol, et al., Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity
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7. William Easterly, The Elusive Quest for Growth: economists' adventures and misadventures in the tropics
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8. Dani Rodrik, In Search of Prosperity: analytic narratives on economic growth (excerpts; definitely Botswana and China chapters)
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9. William Easterly, "Planners vs. Searchers in Foreign Aid"
    
10. Robert I. Rotberg, (Ed.), When States Fail: Causes and Consequences
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11. William Easterly, "The Cartel of Good Intentions", Foreign Policy, July 2002.
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12. Paul Collier, The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What can be done about it
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13. Stephen C. Smith, Ending Global Poverty: A Guide to What Works
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14. Dambisa Moyo, Dead Aid: why aid is not working and how there is another way for Africa
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15. William Easterly and Sarah Cohen, (Eds.), What Works in Development: Thinking Big and Thinking Small, (excerpts)
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16. William Easterly (Ed.), Reinventing Foreign Aid
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