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George Soros On Globalization
by George Soros
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 
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Globalization 
I bought this book in 2003 and reading it again. The book is still relevant and contains insights about how the world works and gives suggestions on how to ride with the turbulent tide. I may have read it fast before and forgot all about it. I found it again after going through my collection of books looking for materials for my essay practice. I also found the reviews very helpful. The book and the reviews gave me more ideas on how to answer the TOEFL essay prompt on improving the community. I initially... more info
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a bit portentous 
Mr. Soros certainly deserves our consideration at least as a currency trader, but his prescription for world economics is tainted with a naive, Utopian world view. Like Marxists, his ideas sound wonderful and longingly cooperative, but the real-world will not cooperate nor will governments and corporations play along unless their self-interests are met first.
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Interesting discourse...
This is a very interesting book by George Soros. It is a very easy read, and I think it accurately represents the some international financial institutions such as the IMF and World Bank, and presents decent proposals for the future management of international finance.
I totally agree that some of the IMF's policies were more like dogmatic free-market fundamentalism rather than sound economics in the past. But i guess it is worth noting that this is part of the reason why no country has ever defaulted... more info
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Soros on Globalization
Useful insight to and some productive critique of globalization and how it shapes today's world.
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