Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics
by Jane Jacobs
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Read in November, 2006
recommends it for:
cultural speculators.
if you're a hard-nosed literary critic it's going to be really hard for you to get past the central conceit of this sociology book-- it's written as a dialogue, with characters and a bare minimum of plot-- and while it's also written by one of the greatest urbanists and essayists to ever walk the planet, it was not written by one of the greatest novelists. i wish that jane jacobs had couched these ideas in a book of essays in her own voice.
BUT: the ideas are pretty neat. if you're interes...more
BUT: the ideas are pretty neat. if you're interes...more
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B. F. Galbraith
recommends it for: everyone
recommends it for: everyone
This book is fantastic but everyone forgets to read the sequel, The Nature of Economies. Don't be like them. Read The Nature of Economies too.
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