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Title: Who Prospers?: How Cultural Values Shape Economic and Political Success by Lawrence E. Harrison ISBN: 0-465-09167-9 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Wow
Comment: This is a brilliant book that explains everyday confusions about the world. I highly recommend it. And I would like to counter the couple of comments below that suggest that this is a pro-white-Protestant polemic. It does not praise JUST western Protestant thought...there is PLENTY of praising of Eastern thought, such as Chinese Confucianism, and Japanese social attitudes, and of the the Jamaican blacks. These are obviously not white Protestant groups! So to suggest this book is some rash polemic is dead wrong. It's a real eye-opener and quite educational.
Rating: 5
Summary: Solid
Comment: This is a brilliant book, that shows that what happens around you affects you. Anyone who doesn't think President Clinton's chronic infidelity, and cronyism, and draft dodging, and all his other scandals, won't result in corruption in other parts of society, should read this book. Corruption spreads like a cancer. When Peter sees Paul get away with something, Peter will try to get away with it, too. This will be an uncomfortable book for some, but should be read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Good
Comment: This is a refreshing book. It's politically incorrect, so the knee-jerk liberals (like those here who gave it one star) won't like it. Reality is reality, whether you like it or not. And this book presents the reality of what works and what doesn't. I would recommend reading Eric Fromm's "ESCAPE FROM FREEDOM," too, because some points that are incorrect in this book, you can see corrected in that book. But most of the points made in this book are correct. Just as a child's parents can make or break his life emotionally, so can culture make or break a country's economic and political life. Harrison is dead wrong in some of the details, but his overall point is dead right, and it's refreshing to see someone make it. This book shows the importance of self-discipline, and, personally, inspired me to become more self-disciplined.
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Title: Underdevelopment Is a State of Mind by Lawrence E. Harrison ISBN: 1568331479 Publisher: Madison Books Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress by Lawrence E. Harrison, Samuel P. Huntington ISBN: 0465031765 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 03 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: The Pan-American Dream: Do Latin America's Cultural Values Discourage True Partnership With the United States and Canada by Lawrence E. Harrison ISBN: 0813334705 Publisher: Westview Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $37.00 |
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Title: Trust: The Social Virtues and The Creation of Prosperity by Francis Fukuyama ISBN: 0684825252 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor by David S. Landes ISBN: 0393318885 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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