1. Forgotten Continent: The Battle for Latin America’s Soul, by Michael Reid. A good treatment of the region’s recent history; it is best for its balanced assessment of what market-oriented reforms have managed or not.
2. Where Have All the Soldiers Gone?: The Transformation of Modern Europe, by James J. Sheehan. Blah, blah, blah, blah, Europe has fewer soldiers than it used to, blah. Blah. Sheehan is a first-rate historian, but there’s not much to this book.
3. Architecture of Authority, by Richard Ross. This book is nothing more than photos of jail cells, parole hearing rooms, Mary Boone Gallery, and the like. Thought-provoking.
4. Due Considerations: Essays and Criticism, by John Updike. Scattered essays on just about everything. Completely apart from his fiction, Updike is simply one of the smartest and most impressive people out there. It is amazing how many topics he knows so much about and how well he writes about them.
5. Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (And Stick You With the Bill), by David Cay Johnston. This is quite a good compendium of different ways that government screws us over, written from a mixed populist/libertarian point of view. Recommended. I expected not so much but the substance here held my attention. I’d now like to know the total welfare cost of all these bad policies.
Interesting to know about David Cay Johnston’s book. I left it near the checkout line because the cover quotes and blurb were just a little too incendiary. I’ll have to go back and pick it up.
I’d love to read a review by you of a second-rate historian’s book given your, hum , treatment of “first-rate” Sheehan’s…
David Cay Johnston writes horrible articles in the New York Times about the unmitigated gall of capitalists who avail themselves of “loopholes,” which he hates. He never met a loophole he didn’t want to close, or a tax evader (or avoider for that matter) he didn’t want to see jailed. He is one of the worst journalists in America. Maybe I’m mistaken, but I can’t imagine his book being any good.
If I could buy the NYT, he’s maybe the fourth person who would go, after Krugman, Herbert and Rich.
Matt, you have a good point (I hadn’t recognized his name, I should add), so I reworded my post.
I listened to an interview with him on NPR and he seemed to paint pro-business tax policy as the primary cause of inequality in this country and the main issue shaping our economy. Tyler, even if his particular examples are interesting, what of his overall theory?
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While reading Architecture of Authority, by Richard Ross. I feel that shooting architecture or a certain place is something that i do not master. Sometimes looking at my shots i get the feeling that some are better than others but I do not always know why. So it would be a great help to be able to read and talk about the different comments that you made on the pictures you choose.
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