Probably one of the most important books of the post-colonial era, explaining how the dominant powers in the West have used the financial system to keep their former colonies in the state of servitude

https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Repression-Exploitation-Development-Gladstein/dp/B0C1JK6MG7/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=alex+gladstein&qid=1682348196&sr=8-1