not necessarily a great book, but an interesting read is the undercover economist. one point it explains, is how companies often sell the same product at different prices for consumers with less or more disposable income.
confessions of an undercover hit man is awesome. a whistle blowing ex nsa and world bank man develops a concious and decides to explain how the usa has been practising economic colonialism in third world countries.
freakanomics explains, among other things, that :your child is safer in a house with a gun rather than a pool, crack dealers make less money on the corner than they would working at a mcdonalds, teachers are trained to cheat, and the corolation between rho versus way(?) and the decline in crime.
robert young pelton has written a series of books for the lonely traveller. the worlds most dangerous places is a travel guide through war torn countries. these same war torn countries are often a prime destination for drug tourist, hippies, and bohemians. his other books chronicle stories of survival in these countries.
the amok journal and the fifth dispatch are reference books for bizarre sexual practices, weapons of war, the sub culture, film.....just fucked up interesting things.
i wouldn't start from here is an interesting perspective of foreign politics, foreign conflicts, and foreign culture.
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