Political books are the ones everyone SHOULD read. :)
This one is fascinating, we would be better off if more people read it:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/291700/perfectly-legal-by-david-cay-johnston/
Actually, all of Johnston’s stuff is fascinating.
Awesome, thank you for the book!
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Yeah, “What Killed Capitalism” is an attention-getting subtitle, but I’m pretty sure Wall Street still exists… and will continue to exist for quite a while.
Whether it’s changed so much that we shouldn’t call it capitalism any more is debatable, but it ain’t what it used to be.
yeah. and what killed capitalism is also capitalism itself. capitalism is flawed.
That will certainly go on my list of books that I should probably get around to reading some day.
Yes, in the wait-list of books to read pile!
I usually move them up in the list. This book would be one of them.
Sometimes I do read political books but they are hit and miss. I can’t stand it to read a book where the ideological component overrides reason.
Besides, this kind of partisan books by definition will not change your mind or teach you anything new. It will only reinforce your set opinions.
Well, this person is an economist, so you would learn his view points. You would agree or disagrew with his thinking, which os good to learn new ways of thinking, IMO.
He has videos where he debatea people on the subjects he writea books on.
At the end of the day we all have our preferences, so all is well!
Well, you mentioned “books like this” not “this book”. I consider myself a lefty and I might agree with some of Yaroufakis’ ideas. However, I expect I would disagree on others and I’m afraid that would make me put down the book. That’s why unless I have nothing else to read I prefer science books.
All is good, thank you for the input!
I do. Sometimes it’s frustrating if I don’t have enough background and drop them.
Oh, got it.
Background is required for learning about any topic. Yanis does a great job, usually, when talking about any topic.
He has many videos on the subject, a couple of debates also.
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Clickbait doesn’t bother me as much as it used to. If I watch or read it and it does not have substance then yes, I will be more cautious on reading/watching whatever they put in the future.
False premise, not sure I could agree with you on that, but to each their own.
Have a great day!
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Awesome, thanks for the explaination!
Usually, I don’t hear that much on a counter to Yanis.
Appreciate the time you took to explain, do you have any videos or debates/talks where people call out Yanis?
I am bias toward Yanis, but I will always try to see the counter to whoever I am for. I do not like being in a bubble.
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nope. i read for entertainment and these kinds of books just aren’t entertaining to me.
Got it, thanks for the reply!
For me, I’ll generally find the theses and arguments of books like this interesting so I’ll try to read them. In the end, I could have gotten as much out of the books if they had been 90% shorter and I’ll quit less than halfway through
Yeah, some books are just long to meet a quota… it feels like.
Not really. Like I have read books about economical systems and the like but the writing is usually quite dry and uninteresting, I can usually get through it if the subject is interesting enough to me but not commonly. Not even close to as bad as the time someone recommended I read something by Immanuel Kant, i haven’t even attempted to read philosophy since, that guy should have gotten someone else to write down his ideas.
Wow, oh, okay.
Yanis speaks and talks about the subjects he writes about, so I presume it may not be as dry and uninteresting as other works, IMO.
I do try to learn and follow politics and debates, so if you are not into that, I understand!
I can’t stand them. Whether I’m politically excited or not about the title, I just find books like that boring AF.
If smart were money though, I’m maybe… low six figure salary? Def not rich.
I don’t know if that classifies my intelligence for you, but I know what it means. Maybe those books are above my pay grade.
All is good, we all have our preferences.
