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September 07
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Jeff
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Bluebeard (Delta Fiction)
by Kurt Vonnegut
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Jeff said:
"a master story teller does it again...I simply love the way Vonnegut writes.
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Jeff
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Free to Choose: A Personal Statement (Paperback)
by Milton Friedman
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Jeff said:
"Freedom and capitalism shall save us all...Mr. Friedman's ideas are very rational, very libertarian. Fundamentally, I like what he has to say and tend to agree with his propositions. Concentration of political and economic power in the hands of a few...more
Freedom and capitalism shall save us all...Mr. Friedman's ideas are very rational, very libertarian. Fundamentally, I like what he has to say and tend to agree with his propositions. Concentration of political and economic power in the hands of a few - a reflection of the current state of affairs in Washington - is a recipe for totalitarianism. ...less
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Jeff
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Do Morals Matter?: A Guide to Contemporary Religious Ethics (Hardcover)
by Ian S. Markham
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Jeff said:
"...living and working in the U.S. for the past 8 years had me asking this question constantly...and then one day I found myself in Borders, in the Philosophy section looking for something to help me cope. Found this book, bought it, and read through ...more
...living and working in the U.S. for the past 8 years had me asking this question constantly...and then one day I found myself in Borders, in the Philosophy section looking for something to help me cope. Found this book, bought it, and read through a few chapters that very same day. I like the way the author presents each chapter. He starts with a thought experiment and then proceeds to address the moral question from different perspectives. The chapeter on business ethics is especially good. ...less
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Jeff
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Globalization: What's New? (Paperback)
by Michael M. Weinstein
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Jeff said:
"collection of essays written by big brains out of Harvard and Columbia...the questions disucssed are similar to the following: Is illegal immigration good or bad for the economy?, or, Is globalization responsible for the growing seperation between ri...more
collection of essays written by big brains out of Harvard and Columbia...the questions disucssed are similar to the following: Is illegal immigration good or bad for the economy?, or, Is globalization responsible for the growing seperation between rich and poor? The book is sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations and each essay is really well developed. ...less
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Jeff
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Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble (Paperback)
by Lester R. Brown
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Jeff said:
"this is a great book if you are looking for a compendium of ecological degradation and destruction...the first half simply exhausts with all the evidence for why tomorrow will bring nothing but environmental catastrophy...but, if you want to know the...more
this is a great book if you are looking for a compendium of ecological degradation and destruction...the first half simply exhausts with all the evidence for why tomorrow will bring nothing but environmental catastrophy...but, if you want to know the details, the ins and outs of impending crisis (e.g. drought, famine, warming, etc.) this is the book...I didn't read the seond half yet, which is supposed to provide a plan to prevent the apocalypse....less
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Jeff
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Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak (Paperback)
by Kenneth S. Deffeyes
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Jeff said:
"...lots of talk these days about how we are running out of oil...well, this book breaks it down so that after reading it you will know what is what and why....it can be dry, academic, but it answers many questions and is very enlightening.
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Jeff
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The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers (Paperback)
by Robert L. Heilbroner
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Jeff said:
"this is a great book if you want to survey the minds of the great economic thinkers...it was assigned reading in college in one of my econ classes. I was so impressed back then, that I picked it up again recently. Covers Malthus, Smith, Marx, Keynes ...more
this is a great book if you want to survey the minds of the great economic thinkers...it was assigned reading in college in one of my econ classes. I was so impressed back then, that I picked it up again recently. Covers Malthus, Smith, Marx, Keynes and others......less
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Jeff
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Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered (Paperback)
by E.F. Schumacher
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