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WT Sharpe · 12-30-2009, 12:07 PM

If I had to pick the one best book I've read in 2009, it would be The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein. It’s the story of how the I-got-mine-screw-the rest-of-the-world-crowd gets richer while the middle class shrinks and the poor get shafted. It's the most important book I've read this year.

Number two on the list is The Evolution of God by Robert Wright. In a world where the heirs of Abraham are apparently ready to cut each other's throats at a moment's notice, this book presents hope for the future, and explains why tolerance and cosmopolitanism is in God’s best long-term interest.

My entire 2009 reading list can be found here.

12-30-2009, 12:07 PM	#77
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	If I had to pick the one best book I've read in 2009, it would be *The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism* by Naomi Klein. It’s the story of how the I-got-mine-screw-the rest-of-the-world-crowd gets richer while the middle class shrinks and the poor get shafted. It's the most important book I've read this year. Number two on the list is *The Evolution of God* by Robert Wright. In a world where the heirs of Abraham are apparently ready to cut each other's throats at a moment's notice, this book presents hope for the future, and explains why tolerance and cosmopolitanism is in God’s best long-term interest. My entire 2009 reading list can be found here.