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Summary: A distorted view of the economy
Review: This book is a childish attempt to get people upset about corporations and all the economic "unfairness" there is in the world. This is a book pushing a Liberal/Socialist agenda and it selectively picks out statistics that help it advance that agenda. For instance, statistics are compared across countries without any effort being made to control for important differences such as education, age of population, etcetera. And count yourself blessed if you can find a reference to where these quoted statistics are taken from.As an economist I am amazed by this. There are rational, economic based arguments for Liberal causes, yet this book opts to present facts out of context instead of trying to encourage readers to think and formulate ideas. Of course this shouldn't surprise anyone given it's a comic book published by Popular Economics (as oposed to unpopular) and reviewed favorably by the self-annointed economist Noam Chomsky.
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Summary: Great handbook for leftists
Review: This is a fun and often surprising look at the U.S. and world economies done in a fun USA TODAY graph style. The range it covers is so wide that I'm often left with further questions about the stats, but that's to be expected. This is a great handbook and jumping off point. Who would think a book on economics would be a page turner? Most damning statistic: our country's per person spending on health care is higher than all those with socialized health care, yet our life expectancy is one of the lowest of industrialized countries.
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