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Summary: A Beutifully Simple Work About Not Simple Things
Review: "The Choice" is truly a book that needs to be read by all non-students of economics. I read this in my introductory macroeconomics course in college, and it sums up beautifully the basic concepts of why we trade. Inevitablely in my life, I come across some individual espousing the horrors of trade. In the 90's, it was the labor movement that claimed their jobs were lost. Today, it is the environmental leftist or the isolationist right who preach the horrors of greed and trade. Well, I always look back to this book and its simple yet eloquent summation of very complex theories to bash my idiotic opponents with there close-minded thinking. Clearly, this is a book that will forever be on my shelf and given as a gift to those who I bash. So, please give Amazon and the writer your money.
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Summary: Capable of convincing even the most cynical skeptic...
Review: ...that free trade benefits EVERYBODY in the long run. If you have doubts about the matter, buy the book. Roberts analyzes every critique of open trade policies and systematically, in thoroughly entertaining fashion, dismantles them. If you're a frustrated free-trader in a sea of protectionists who talk in platitudes, BUY THIS BOOK FOR THEM! It worked for me!
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Summary: Excellent reading for anyone with an economics bent.
Review: A captivating analysis of the long-term effects of protectionism, presented in the entertaining format of a fable. This book presents information to ponder to students of either mindset. The lead character is presented with two possible results of a trade decision he is required to make as president of his company in a manner reminiscent of Ebenezer Scrooge in Dicken's "A Christmas Carol."
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Summary: Superb Book
Review: I'll make this as brief and simple as does Mr. Roberts. This is, without question, a superb book. It is the title to which I refer almost everyone interested in the free trade debate. Thank you, Russell Roberts.
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Summary: Superb Book
Review: I'll make this as brief and simple as does Mr. Roberts. This is, without question, a superb book. It is the title to which I refer almost everyone interested in the free trade debate. Thank you, Russell Roberts.
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Summary: Good defense of free trade.
Review: Is free trade good for you and your country, or bad ? Should you feel guilty about puchasing foreign products ? Russell Roberts answers these and other related questions through an unusual but interesting dialog between a businessman and a time traveling angel. I recommend this short easy to read book to everyone, but especially to those involved in setting government policy
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Summary: An economic fable
Review: Prof. Roberts, an economics professor, has created series on interesting little novels to teach his readers about libertarian economic thought.In The Choice, Roberts borrows from Capra's "It's A Wonderful Life" to introduce his protagonist Ed Johnson to alternate worlds where free trade does and does not exist. Instead of Clarence the Angel, Ed is led around by David Ricardo, the economist who developed the Law of Comparative Advantages, which forms the foundations for supporting global free trade. Throughout the novel, Ed raises questions based on his traditional thinking on protectionsim. Ricardo addresses each key concern in turn. The concepts debated include: loss of jobs, loss of our nation's economic status, national security needs, etc. More importantly, Ricardo convinvingly makes the point that total national economic self-sufficiency is a recipe for economic disaster/failure. I found this to be an entertaining way to learn more about the debate on free trade and protectionism. This novel is easily more enjoyable than the typical economics text or article, and hence its message was delivered more effectively.
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Summary: An economic fable
Review: Prof. Roberts, an economics professor, has created series on interesting little novels to teach his readers about libertarian economic thought. In The Choice, Roberts borrows from Capra's "It's A Wonderful Life" to introduce his protagonist Ed Johnson to alternate worlds where free trade does and does not exist. Instead of Clarence the Angel, Ed is led around by David Ricardo, the economist who developed the Law of Comparative Advantages, which forms the foundations for supporting global free trade. Throughout the novel, Ed raises questions based on his traditional thinking on protectionsim. Ricardo addresses each key concern in turn. The concepts debated include: loss of jobs, loss of our nation's economic status, national security needs, etc. More importantly, Ricardo convinvingly makes the point that total national economic self-sufficiency is a recipe for economic disaster/failure. I found this to be an entertaining way to learn more about the debate on free trade and protectionism. This novel is easily more enjoyable than the typical economics text or article, and hence its message was delivered more effectively.
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Summary: Buy this book!
Review: Roberts does an excellent job a getting across some very complex international trade concepts in a very enjoyable way. I recommend this book to people at all levels economists, like myself; students of economics; businesspeople; working people; journalists; policymakers; everyone!
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Summary: Buy this book!
Review: Roberts does an excellent job a getting across some very complex international trade concepts in a very enjoyable way. I recommend this book to people at all levels economists, like myself; students of economics; businesspeople; working people; journalists; policymakers; everyone!
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