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	Give And Take: What's the Matter with Foreign Aid? 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Casus Belli: Cómo los Estados Unidos venden la guerra by Martin Jelsma, Zia Mian, David Sogge (Goodreads Author) 3.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mirages de l'aide internationale 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Compassion and Calculation: The Business of Private Foreign Aid (Transnational Institute Series) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sustainable Peace: Angola's Recovery really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1992	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	KAŞIK VE KEPÇE 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Report of a review mission, 6-20 May 1989: Programme of Assistance to Displaced Persons, Huila Province, Angola, of the State Secretariat for Social ... Mondlane Foundation, Programme AO/87/010 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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David Sogge made a comment on his review of Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance (Near Futures, 8) " For an incisive review of this book, identifying weaknesses in Cooper's reading of Keynesian policies, see: Nic Johnson, ‘What The Thunder Said’, New ...more "
Jan 21, 2026 12:37PM · see review
David Sogge wants to read Our Lives in Their Portfolios: Why Asset Managers Own the World by Brett Christophers	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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David Sogge rated a book did not like it The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
An overwrought melodrama with a trite formula -- dysfunctional family, passive aggression, flight to safety, cuddly happy ending -- presented in a too-clever-by-half narrative spiked with graphics. It took effort for me to reach the end.
Jan 19, 2026 10:25AM · like · see review
David Sogge rated a book liked it Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption by Rafia Zakaria	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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David Sogge rated a book did not like it The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
An overwrought melodrama with a trite formula -- dysfunctional family, passive aggression, flight to safety, cuddly happy ending -- presented in a too-clever-by-half narrative spiked with graphics. It took effort for me to reach the end.
Jan 17, 2026 02:58AM · like · see review
David Sogge made a comment on his review of Bullshit Jobs: A Theory " Check out 'The Left Needs Bureaucrats' by Ned Resnikoff ▪ Winter 2026 edition of =Dissent=. It exposes Graeber's affinities with the reactionary ideas ...more "
Jan 12, 2026 11:12PM · see review
David Sogge rated a book really liked it Human Capital: A History of Putting Refugees to Work by Laura Robson	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is a thorough, well-organised and critical account of refugee policies, practices and promises made and unmade since the 1900s by governments and private interests. The book’s title refers to the contested interplay of Western (including Russian ...more
Jan 12, 2026 03:54AM · like · see review
David Sogge rated a book really liked it Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI by Nick Srnicek	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is a gangbusters book, and an urgently needed one at that. For the gangs -- megabucks tech corporations in alliance with political classes –- are on a roll. Their Next Big Thing is artificial intelligence (AI), a technology that for some observe ...more
Jan 07, 2026 11:33PM · like · see review
David Sogge finished reading How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History by Josephine Quinn	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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David Sogge rated a book liked it When Rebels Win: Ideology, Statebuilding, and Power After Civil Wars by Kai M. Thaler	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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