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276
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avg rating 3.66
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avg rating 3.77
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avg rating 3.99
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avg rating 3.91
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avg rating 4.39
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date pub Nov 01, 1981
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256
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avg rating 4.13
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avg rating 4.15
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date pub Sep 04, 1994
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avg rating 4.33
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date pub 1963
date pub edition Sep 20, 2005
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isbn13 9780393072235
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avg rating 4.16
num ratings 11,184
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date pub edition Mar 15, 2010
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avg rating 4.24
num ratings 512
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date pub edition Jun 28, 2002
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avg rating 4.32
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avg rating 3.80
num ratings 205
date pub Apr 16, 2007
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avg rating 4.02
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date pub Jan 01, 2005
date pub edition Jan 04, 2011
Brent's rating my rating review I really enjoyed this cranky old man's rants and raves about Middle American greatness (rave) and George W. Bush (rant) among other things. I agreed w...more I really enjoyed this cranky old man's rants and raves about Middle American greatness (rave) and George W. Bush (rant) among other things. I agreed with a lot about what he had to say, especially when it came to neoconservatives. I think he and I both despise them equally.
Vonnegut's writing is clear, simple, and fun to read, but he totally loses me with his love of all things progressive. If there's no virtue in compelling American soldiers to fight in the Middle East, there's no virtue in compelling American citizens to pay for other people's mistakes. A moral person will voluntarily want to help his or her neighbor, and no matter how hard our leaders try (war on drugs, no child left behind, welfare) you cannot legislate morality.
Still, this was a good read from a man who had "given up on humanity". He did a great job of reminding me that I should always be kind, and I plan to take his advice.(less)
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avg rating 3.92
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avg rating 3.67
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date pub Mar 01, 2000
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avg rating 3.71
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date pub 2004
date pub edition Jan 01, 2006
Brent's rating my rating review TL;DR: This book was written by a hypocrite who made a lot of money before calling it quits. The book is aimed at bleeding hearts who think corporatio...more TL;DR: This book was written by a hypocrite who made a lot of money before calling it quits. The book is aimed at bleeding hearts who think corporations are the devil's spawn and that everything America does overseas is pure evil. John Perkins should have titled his book "Confessions of an Economic Hypocrite" since he had no qualms benefitting from the corporatocracy while claiming a conflicted conscience. He spent decades making money doing things he felt were wrong, and he finally came clean, I guess, once his retirement account was big enough. If he wanted to lend any credibility to his experiences, he would have divested himself of all the money he made as an economic hit man and private energy investor and gone back to working for the Peace Corps. Instead, he comes across as a total hypocrite. The funny thing is, I agreed with some of what Perkins claims. I think U.S. businesses receive way too much corporate welfare (including Perkins' energy company that got a congressional tax break -- hypocrite!), and I think the U.S. government relies way too much on the threat of economic and military force to achieve its aims. We can trade peacefully with other nations instead of pressuring them to assume debt and acquiesce to American demands. Are the United States working towards a global economic empire? Perhaps. Does America stick its nose where it doesn't belong? Absolutely. Unfortunately, Perkins is incapable of making me care because he's such a tool. In fact, if anything, because of him I feel like driving a car with an eight-cylinder engine and spending all of my money at places that employ third-world workers. I hated his holier-than-thou attitude (everybody downsize and don't shop at Walmart because I spent decades making insane amounts of money and now I can tell everyone what to do) and his ridiculous chip on the shoulder crybaby grudge (I was never accepted at the hoity toity prep school I attended and spent my life resenting my parents and all along I knew better than everyone else around me blah blah blah). Yes, this is an ad hominem attack. I should be focusing on the actual arguments in the book and not the author. But when the author so undermines the ethos behind his attempt to persuade you to believe in his cause, I can't help but go after him.(less)
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avg rating 4.12
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date pub edition Feb 09, 2010
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avg rating 4.32
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avg rating 4.56
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avg rating 4.28
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date pub edition Aug 11, 2010
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avg rating 4.62
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date pub edition Nov 01, 1996
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avg rating 4.08
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