Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics

by Jane Jacobs
Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics  
published 1994 by Vintage
binding Paperback
isbn 0679748164   (isbn13: 9780679748168)
pages 256
description The author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities looks at business fraud and criminal enterprise, overextended government farm subsidies and ...more
date added
02-09-07



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laura
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Has a copy to sell/swap — 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
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recommended to Seth by: B. F. Galbraith
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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