Some bestsellers are expected. Number one on
Amazon.com's list of the top-selling books in Latin America
is Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Some are more
of a surprise. At number five you'll find an anthology of dry
economic prose entitled After the Washington Consensus:
Restarting Growth and Reform in Latin America.
The book is a collection of policy prescriptions: it attempts to
map out a route by which per capita GDP in Latin America could grow
at 5% or so a year, rather than the present rate of roughly zero.
It is edited by former...
