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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting book though at the end he got really preachy about Reaganonics. It talk's about how there's cycles of economic activity then stability. Interesting stuff I wish I could email him and ask what he thinks 15 years later after he wrote it. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book shows how changes in prices impact society.  Very interesting read, well researched, 300 pages of Talmadge-like footnotes.  The author is not in favor of free markets or welfare economics.  While reading it I was impressed with the timeliness of the restoration (this is not an LDS book), a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35271285">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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