false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635369m/815995.jpg 815995 7 A conservative, prosperous, American journalist gadding around the world laughing at all the ways less successful nations screw up their economy--this might not sound like the recipe for a great read, unless you're Rush Limbaugh, but if that journalist is P.J. O'Rourke you can be sure that you'll enjoy the ride even if you don't agree with the politics. Although <I>Eat the Rich</i> is subtitled <I>A Treatise on Economics</I>, O'Rourke spends relatively few pages tackling the complexities of monetary theory. He's much happier when flying from Sweden to Hong Kong to Tanzania to Moscow, gleefully recording every economic goof he can find. When he visits post-Communist Russia and finds a country that is as messed up by capitalism as it was by Communism, O'Rourke mixes jokes about black-market shoes with disturbing insights into a nation on the verge of collapse. P.J. O'Rourke is more than a humorist, he's an experienced international journalist with a lot of frequent-flyer miles, and this gives even his funniest riffs on the world's problems the ring of truth. 801917 book 23 7 1998 Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics total:508|5:114|4:207|3:148|2:31|1:8| 508 1912 675 57 815995 0871137607 9780871137609 429 46 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635369m/815995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/815995.Eat_the_Rich_A_Treatise_on_Economics 5 2 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Sun Dec 23 09:06:13 -0800 2007 Tue Mar 03 15:12:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 55282 0330353284 9780330353281 65 6 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449220m/55282.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55282.Eat_the_Rich 4 1 false Fri Sep 07 07:09:50 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 07:20:04 -0700 2007 more...]]> 815995 0871137607 9780871137609 429 46 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635369m/815995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/815995.Eat_the_Rich_A_Treatise_on_Economics 3 0 false Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 08:20:28 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 22:44:00 -0800 2009
I really enjoyed reading this work. I found it informative to a degree, and laughed out loud multiple times at O'Rourke's wit. It's obvious to me now that P.J. O'Rourke is the di...more...]]> 815995 0871137607 9780871137609 429 46 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635369m/815995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/815995.Eat_the_Rich_A_Treatise_on_Economics 0 1 false Sat Nov 01 21:33:22 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 21:33:46 -0700 2008 815995 0871137607 9780871137609 429 46 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635369m/815995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/815995.Eat_the_Rich_A_Treatise_on_Economics 5 0 false Thu Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 24 19:57:26 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 19:58:44 -0700 2009 Parliament of Whores as required reading. “Hilarious” doesn't quite cover it. There's a wealth of learning amongst the belly laughs. This is a good companion to Sowell's Basic Economics. Where Sowell explains economics in theory, O'Rourke explains economics in action. ...more...]]> 815995 0871137607 9780871137609 429 46 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635369m/815995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/815995.Eat_the_Rich_A_Treatise_on_Economics 5 0 false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 27 14:06:02 -0700 2008 Sun May 03 10:29:09 -0700 2009 and it made me laugh. But knowing that the author is a right-wing libertarian with an agenda to push, I took him with a grain of salt. Even still, by the end, he had t...more...]]> 815995 0871137607 9780871137609 429 46 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635369m/815995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/815995.Eat_the_Rich_A_Treatise_on_Economics 4 0 false Tue Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Wed Aug 15 19:33:35 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 18 16:43:38 -0700 2009 I got hooked on P.J. O'Rourke through his work in "Rolling
Stone." Each of his books have usually just been expanded
versions of his gonzo-style of journalism. He is definitely the sick
love child of Hunter S. Thompson (another "Rolling Stone"
family mem...more...]]> 815995 0871137607 9780871137609 429 46 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635369m/815995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/815995.Eat_the_Rich_A_Treatise_on_Economics 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Tue Aug 14 14:51:08 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 15:08:22 -0700 2007 more...]]> 815995 0871137607 9780871137609 429 46 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635369m/815995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/815995.Eat_the_Rich_A_Treatise_on_Economics 3 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Dec 05 12:52:46 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 05 12:55:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 815995 0871137607 9780871137609 429 46 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635369m/815995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/815995.Eat_the_Rich_A_Treatise_on_Economics 5 0 false Thu Sep 11 05:37:15 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 05:44:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1135190 0871137194 9780871137197 10 3 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223631077m/1135190.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1135190.Eat_the_Rich_A_Treatise_on_Economics 5 0 false Sun Mar 23 13:40:27 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 22 13:41:57 -0700 2009
He contrasts the fabulous wealth of Hong Kong, a tiny island with virtually zero resources and a less than fri...more...]]> 815995 0871137607 9780871137609 429 46 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635369m/815995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/815995.Eat_the_Rich_A_Treatise_on_Economics 4 0 false Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Thu Apr 03 10:10:04 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 19:12:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 815995 0871137607 9780871137609 429 46 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635369m/815995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/815995.Eat_the_Rich_A_Treatise_on_Economics 4 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1998 Wed Aug 19 16:56:04 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 12:33:02 -0700 2009 815995 0871137607 9780871137609 429 46 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635369m/815995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/815995.Eat_the_Rich_A_Treatise_on_Economics 5 0 false Fri Feb 20 08:07:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 08:08:13 -0800 2009
Led to many other great books and put previously read books in a new light. ]]> 815995 0871137607 9780871137609 429 46 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635369m/815995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/815995.Eat_the_Rich_A_Treatise_on_Economics 4 0 false Wed Nov 18 20:20:01 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 20:21:17 -0800 2009 815995 0871137607 9780871137609 429 46 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635369m/815995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/815995.Eat_the_Rich_A_Treatise_on_Economics 5 0 false Wed Feb 04 21:53:11 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 21:54:24 -0800 2009 815995 0871137607 9780871137609 429 46 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635369m/815995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/815995.Eat_the_Rich_A_Treatise_on_Economics 5 0 false Thu Mar 27 10:43:01 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 10:47:56 -0700 2008
O'Rourke attempts to answer the simple question of why some countries are rich and other...more...]]> 815995 0871137607 9780871137609 429 46 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635369m/815995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/815995.Eat_the_Rich_A_Treatise_on_Economics 4 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Tue Nov 17 18:57:43 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 18:57:43 -0800 2009 815995 0871137607 9780871137609 429 46 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635369m/815995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/815995.Eat_the_Rich_A_Treatise_on_Economics 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Mon Apr 28 12:24:26 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 12:32:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 815995 0871137607 9780871137609 429 46 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635369m/815995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/815995.Eat_the_Rich_A_Treatise_on_Economics 4 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 09:15:46 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 09:16:55 -0800 2009

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