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It's hard to say but at this point I think I'd nominate The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein. I used to be fairly libertarian leaning, but the more I've learned about the effects of laissez faire capitalism on countries that move in that direction, the more it has left a sour taste in my mouth. I never learned much about Latin America in school and this book's outlook on the coup by Pinochet in Chile was pretty startling. I don't think I knew much about Milton Friedman before this book either, but his style of economics is very much popular among the right and has been hugely influential over modern politics. If you want an easily digestible primer on neoliberal economics, this book is a good starting point.