Short and sweet:Read this if: 1) you want to understand the mindset that creates a foreign policy that makes other countries think the US is arrogant; 2) you can abstract from the ethnocentrism and think about the importance of institutions in the context of capitalism. Don't read this if: 1) you are likely to be bothered by the lack of attention to history -- this text ignores studies that tie the very progress and institutions they are discussing to colonial legacies; 2) you won't appreciate the overview of value systems around the world (which is very helpful) because it relies on homogenizing cultures.