Good general overview spanning wide
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This books provides a good introduction to many aspects of political economy. Having read the book at university, I found that it was a medium difficulty-level book.
However, the authors of the different chapters are very different in their style of writing and their focus in their chapters, and this is both good and bad: good in the way that many different aspects are included; many of the authors are respected meaning that their writing can be found elsewhere in a course programme literature list.
But it also makes the book a little weak, as some of the chapters are over the mark of the general difficulty level of the book, and some below; many things are repeated (the creation of the Bretton Woods system is re-read countless times); and some of the authors do not live up to the standard of the others.
In conclusion, the book provides a good general insight into the workings and creation of today's political economy, but other readings should be studied for a broader view.
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