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What is the book that changed your views? (lemmy.world)
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Please share books that affected your worldview or changed your thoughts.

For me, it’s A People’s History of the World by Chris Harman. I studied business and work in finance, and before reading it, I never questioned the idea that capitalism was just the natural way of things. This book made me realize that capitalism is man made. It had a beginning and it can have an end. Wealth and poverty are not just inevitable, they are created by human decisions. That perspective really shook me.

Do you have a book that had a similar impact on you?

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[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Confessions of an Economic Hitman.

While it was overly dramatic and questionably factual, it opened my eyes to how foreign governments are manipulated by the US to benefit corporations. I don't know how much it "changed" my views, but it definitely changed how I saw the world and how I interpreted specific news stories.