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Power, Inc
Power, Inc: the Epic Rivalry between Government and Big Business© 2013 David Rothkopf448 pages Historians of western civilization are used to viewing its late medieval and early modern period through the lens of a church versus state battle; the … Continue reading
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Tagged business, history, liberal-progressive, money, politics, Politics-CivicInterest, social criticism, Society and Culture
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Basic Economics
Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy © 2010 Thomas Sowell 789 pages (4th edition) Basic Economics is a sweeping introduction to the fundamental principles of market economics and their application to constituent elements of the local and global economy like … Continue reading
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Tagged classically liberal, commerce, economics, money, politics, Politics-CivicInterest, Thomas Sowell
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This week at the library..money, Gandhi, and the American revolution
This week at the library, I am in the middle of my Revolutionary War reading, having finally finished the massive biography of Alexander Hamilton. I found it lived up to the recommendation as an antidote to the anti-Hamilton bias of … Continue reading
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton© 2005 Rob Chernow832 pages Who is Alexander Hamilton? The greatest founder save George Washington, or the Antichrist? The latter is the view of Hamilton one may derive from the accounts of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, whereas Rob … Continue reading
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Tagged American Revolution, biography, Colonial America, Early American Republic, history, money
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Salt, Sugar, Fat
Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us© 2013 Michael Moss480 pages Between the fresh produce, meat, and dairy sections that ring the perimeter of the average supermarket, millions of unique foodstuffs are offered and advertised. But their apparent … Continue reading
1493
1493: Uncovering the New World that Columbus Created© 2011 Charles C. Mann690 pages Although Christopher Columbus’s reputation as an intrepid explorer doesn’t withstand historical scrutiny, Charles C. Mann believes Columbus has a legacy still worth honoring. No, he didn’t prove … Continue reading
The Great Stagnation
The Great Stagnation: How America Ate all the Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better © 2011 Tyler Cowen 110 pages In The Great Stagnation, Tyler Cowen takes a long view of human economic history, … Continue reading
Cheap
Cheap: the High Cost of Discount Culture © 2009 Ellen Ruppel Shell 296 pages A few weeks ago I read Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture, which is a critical history of the 20th-century trend in business toward cheaper … Continue reading
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Tagged critical history, economics, environmentalism, goods/services, money, social criticism, Society and Culture
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Books in the News
Every so often I see news articles which touch on subjects I’ve been reading about; I used to link to them in weekly review posts from time to time, but I may start doing it in this format. For Consuming … Continue reading
A Conspiracy of Paper
A Conspiracy of Paper© 2000 David Liss442 pages Benjamin Weaver is a man with a curious trade. Having left the family business years ago, in his early days he earned acclaim for his skills as a boxer, introducing a ‘scientific’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Britain, David Liss, historical fiction, money, mystery, thriller
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