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Germans: terror and tedium
In the past week I’ve read or mostly-read, in the case of The Vampire Economy, two books with a German connection. The first, The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, was by far the most interesting of the two. I read this … Continue reading
Posted in Classics and Literary, General, Reviews
Tagged economics, Germany, horror, Nazi
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Of blowholes, blowhards, and blowing money
I’ve been studying for the CompTia A+ certification and entertaining a new lady friend in recent weeks, so my reading and reviewing has gotten a bit…torpid, shall we say. I haven’t been totally absorbed in specs and dates, though: Make … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews
Tagged business, economics, humor, politics, poverty, science, whales-seals-etc
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Is Reality Optional?
“The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.” – F.A. Hayek From economist and cultural critic Thomas Sowell come this amusingly-titled collection of essays, loosely gathered … Continue reading
Laughter is Better than Communism
Laughter is Better than Communism: Politics, Wit, and Cartoons180 pages© 2014 Andrew Heaton A couple of years ago I stumbled upon Andrew Heaton’s “EconPop”, a series of videos in which he used popular films to illustrate economic concepts in a … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews
Tagged economics, humor, libertarianism, politics, Politics-CivicInterest
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An Economist Gets Lunch
An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies© 2012 Tyler Cowen293 pages Imagine going out to eat with someone who really likes to talk about food, and imagine that this person is also an economist. That’s An Economist Gets Lunch, … Continue reading
Fighting Traffic
Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City© 2008 Peter Norton396 pages Stroll into the middle of any American city today, and provided you are not in Detroit, odds are better than not you will be … Continue reading
Posted in history, Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews
Tagged automobiles, cities, economics, history, law, politics, Politics-CivicInterest, social change, social history, transportation
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The Small Mart Revolution
The Small-Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses Are Beating the Global Competition© 2007 Michael Shuman285 pages Independence has long ceased to be the American credo, supplanted by another: efficiency. Throughout the 20th century, small businesses supporting towns and families were devoured … Continue reading
Human Scale
Human Scale© 1980 Kirkpatrick Sale500 pages Human Scale is an ambitious assault on big business, big government — the very concept of Bigness. Opening with biology, Kirkpatrick Sale first establishes his basic operating principle: for … Continue reading
I’ll Take My Stand
I’ll Take My Stand: The South and the Agrarian Tradition © 1930 various authors. 410 pages “There was a land of Cavaliers and Cotton Fields called The Old South…Here in this pretty world Gallantry took its last bow…Here was the … Continue reading
Look Away!
Look Away! A History of the Confederate States of America© 2003 William C. Davis496 pages While most Civil War histories concentrate on military campaigns, Look Away! chronicles the history of the Confederacy from a political and social perspective. Its attempt … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged American South, economics, history, law, military, slavery and rebellion, social history
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