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Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

by James C. Scott (1998)

★4.04(38 ratings)

Examines how (sometimes quasi-) authoritarian central planning fails to deliver the goods, be they increased resources for the state or a better life for the people.

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The Mystery of Capital

by Hernando De Soto (2000)

★3.20(5)

Similar to 'Seeing Like a State', it examines how legal structures (or lack thereof) impact economic outcomes.

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Illicit

by Moises Naim (2021)

★3.13(15)

Echoes 'Seeing Like a State' by analyzing how unregulated or illicit flows can undermine state structures.

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Natural Capitalism

by Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins & Paul Hawken (1999)

★4.00(5)

Like 'Seeing Like a State', this proposes systemic re-engineering for a better human condition, focusing on environmental sustainability.

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Imagined Communities

by Benedict Anderson (12)

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Following 'Seeing Like a State', this delves into the construction of large-scale social and political identities.

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