Consensus heads to Lima via Amazon

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.

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.

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