false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173850525m/336602.jpg 336602 2 Salvos of sane and humorous dissent from the worship of the almighty market. <P>For a magazine dedicated to debunking the nation's business culture, the final years of the twentieth century overflowed with bounty. "It was the most spectacular outbreak of mass delirium that we are likely to see in our lifetimes," wrote the editors of <I>The Baffler</I>. What was for others the dawn of a "New Economy" was for <I>The Baffler</I> a cornucopia of absurdity&#151;the costliest political and financial hustle in living memory. <P>Reporting from places far from the white-hot centers of the libertarian revolution, <I>Baffler</I> writers were the people of whom it was fashionable to say <I>they just don't get it.</I> While New Democrats turned somersaults for Wall Street and economic commentary became puffery, these bold, talented, and very funny writers observed the crescendo of folly with which the century turned. <P>Here their best writings are selected, updated, and reaffirmed, to sharpen our wits and inoculate us against follies yet to come. 327052 8 2003 Boob Jubilee: The Mad Cultural Politics of the New Economy: Salvos from the Baffler total:45|5:12|4:19|3:12|2:2| 45 176 59 8 4 0 false false Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 16:22:38 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 09:51:01 -0800 2009 The Baffler. The pieces range from succinct, thoughtful and variously left-of-center brilliance (the Thomas Frank bits, Matt Roth's inside look at the Amway multi-level marketing company, Jim Frederick's spot-on expose on the much-abused practice ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 23 12:26:36 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 12:33:40 -0700 2008 The Baffler, it seems, is the anti-culture-industry culture & criticism magazine-- DIY, populist, angry, well-read. The kids who found grad school pretentious but still read better than their classmates; the bitter woman in tweed at the good dive bar. They're anti-bourgeois of course, but also anti-...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Mon May 28 14:05:45 -0700 2007 Mon May 28 14:05:45 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 23 19:09:27 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 13:48:34 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Mar 03 07:10:28 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 07:22:37 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sun Apr 20 01:06:26 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 17:12:19 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Jan 15 01:02:37 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 01:03:08 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Sep 29 18:58:18 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 29 18:58:18 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Thu Jul 09 06:08:49 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 06:08:49 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jun 22 10:14:17 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 10:14:17 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jun 18 09:26:13 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 09:26:13 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed May 27 13:57:31 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 13:57:31 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 30 19:39:57 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 19:39:57 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 16 20:39:56 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 20:39:56 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Apr 06 17:02:42 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 17:02:42 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Mar 25 18:45:07 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 18:45:07 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Mar 18 14:34:41 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 14:34:41 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Mar 11 08:03:54 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 08:03:54 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Feb 23 17:34:55 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 17:34:55 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Feb 12 20:26:15 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 20:26:15 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=336602