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  <read_at>Thu Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Oct 27 18:50:24 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Took me awhile to finish but enjoyed it.  Not beach-reading material but definitely interesting.  The first half was mostly biographical.  Easy read.  The second half was more of a challenge.  The book discussed different countries or regions and their economic relevance to the U.S. economy then, now and the future.  Not having any background in economics, I had to re-read some of the paragraphs and figure out what the words meant in economic terms.  Home bias, anyone?  The book was great in that it summarized the current conditions and provided a background as to how and why we got here.  And, with the book being over 500 pages (ok, 503), I can't say it wasn't thorough.]]></body>
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