Comparative Economic Systems

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Summary: The author should learn elementary arithmetic before writing
Review: I am appalled at the author and the editorial board of the publisher.

Look at tables 1-1 and 1-2 for example. According to the author, the population of the U.S.A. in 1990 was 76.391 billion (=76,391 billion!!!!). And the GDP was 312.8666 Trilluion dollars (=$312,866 billion dollars!!!). Same blunders about other countries in the table 1-1. Table 1-2 has similar BLUNDERS!!!! I have not had the time to go beyond chapter 1. The author did the greatest disservice to students and other teachers by writing this book, because some teachers will "accidentally adopt it, before they and their students discover that this book is simply a puiece of garbage!

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Summary: Ugh.
Review: This book features the worst writing I have ever seen published on any subject, in any form, fiction or non-. It's so bad that one is distracted, in nearly every sentence, from the author's point, which, once you take the time to sort it all out, you usually will find doesn't exist anyway. The organization of the material is almost as disappointing as its presentation--facts are strewn together in a chaotic, non-sequitur fashion with virtually no attempt at synthesis or cohesion. I am genuinely astonished that this book has made it through eight editions. If you are a professor, you will be doing your students a huge disservice by adopting it.