The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else (Paperback)
by Hernando de Sato

Getting back to the roots of capitalism covering markets, property rights, and fighting poverty, this eye-opening book is one of the essential readings on the future of developing countries.

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Paperback)
by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

Freaky, fun and thought-provoking, this wonderfully popular non-fiction book is full of weird insights and surprising conclusions.

The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century (Hardcover)
by Thomas L. Friedman

A thought-provoking read on globalization and the future of our world.

Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself (Paperback)
by Daniel H. Pink

Advocating the megatrend of self-employment, this landmark book is a manifesto for worker independence in the 21st century.

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature (Paperback)
by Steven Pinker

Undeniably intelligent and thought-provoking, this book is an insightful exploration of modern biological and philosophical issues on what it means to be human.

The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (Perennial Classics) (Paperback)
by Steven Pinker

Putting language and its function into the context of human nature and human development, this is a wonderful book on linguistics.

How the Mind Works (Paperback)
by Steven Pinker

Great book about how the brain works although some sections ramble a bit.

The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology (Paperback)
by Robert Wright

Well written and interesting, this book gives new insights into why we do what we do and how we got here. A great introduction to human behavioral evolution.

Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us (Paperback)
by Robert D. Hare, Ph.D.

This is an exciting, highly informative and truly frightening account of the nature and behavior of psychopaths.

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
by Malcolm Gladwell

A light read in the line of Freakonomics instead of a serious research, this book helped define the importance of mavens and connectors in spreading ideas. Interesting and insightful.