O'Rourke, P. J.

• Eat the Rich

  • This book falls in a genre I haven't really seen before. On the one hand, there is a very interesting economic take (in layman's terms) on different economic systems (Sweden, Albania, Cuba, Hong Kong, USA, etc) and how they work/don't work or change/ don't change over time. On the other hand, there is a lot of Dave Barry like humor in here to lighten the reading load.

    It is tough to react to this. I enjoyed reading it. It is informative, interesting, a nice change of pace. However, I felt like I was missing something. Here I got O'Rourke's take on lots of different economic systems but no real basis upon which to judge whether he is making much sense (since I don't know enough about economics to know what parts of the argument are being left out). I guess that's true of most political books, though, so I shouldn't complain. I should just be better informed. I certainly intend to seek out more books by this author on topics I know a little better, if only to calibrate his take on issues.

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