*Thomas Piketty (2014) Capital in the 21st century. Harvard University Press ISBN 1491534656 (free for 30 days with Kindle Unlimited see Figures & ASSA 2015 session (with Mankiw, Weil, Auerbach esp Piketty’s reply)
*Deaton, Angus (2013) The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and Inequality, Princeton U Press, 0691165629
*Radelet, Steven (2015) The Great Surge: The Ascent of the Developing World Simon and Schuster, NY 1476764808
Subaramanian, Arvind, 2011, Eclipse: living in the shadow of China, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington D.C. PPP race chapter, very illuminating, see excerpts online.
World Bank; IMF (2016) Global Monitoring Report 2015/2016 (download free pdf) Development Goals inan Era of Demographic Change. Washington, DC: World Bank. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO
Acemoglu, Daron and J.A. Robinson (2012) Why nations fail: the origins of power, prosperity and poverty, Crown Business ($13 ebook, $10 paper 0307719227) see also J Sachs’ review in Foreign Affairs:
Government, Geography, and Growth: True Drivers of Economic Development
Dinh, Hinh T.; Rawski, Thomas G.; Zafar, Ali; Wang, Lihong; Mavroeidi, Eleonor (2013) Tales from the
Development Frontier : How China and Other Countries Harness Light Manufacturing to Create Jobs and Prosperity. World Bank, Wash DC. License: CC BY 3.0 IG pdf available online