Penguin Books Australia

'It is impossible to do justice to the subtlety and detail of The Enlightened Economy ; it is the product of a lifetime of research and thought, and stands as a landmark work of history'  Trevor Butterworth, Wall Street Journal

What made Western countries become so much wealthier than the rest of the world? What explains the huge rise in incomes during the Industrial Revolution - and why did Britain...

In Private Empire, Steve Coll investigates the notoriously secretive ExxonMobil Corporation, revealing the true extent of the power wielded by a company whose annual revenues are larger than the total economic activity in most countries. In many of the countries where it operates, ExxonMobil has a greater sway than that of the US embassy and in Washington it spends more on lobbying than any other corporation...