Democracy: 1,000 Years in Pursuit of British Liberty - Peter Kellner

Reviewed by the Economist.

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The Rise and Fall of Communism - Archie Brown

Book on Communism - reviewed by the Economist.

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The New British Constitution - Vernon Bogdanor

Vernon Bogdanor's recently published book as reviewed by the Economist.

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The Success of Development - Charles Kenny

The main question mark I have over the approach of "The Bottom Billion" by Paul Collier is its reliance on GDP and GDP growth as a measure of development and success. It's a blunt instrument and Charles Kenny thinks we should be looking at other aspects.

Link to Charles Kenny's blog where a link to the book should be appearing http://charleskenny.blogs.com/.

Link to blog post about the book http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/06/15/the-success-of-development/
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Article on the 7 vices of creatives

Link. Interesting exposition of life's best vices. (more)