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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
Two stars and a waffle.
Good information, and he offers suggestions about how to fix things, but not specific details on what actually needs to be done. I would say as an academic resource this is closer to 4 stars, but for casual reading it didn't offer anything new or interesting enough to satisfy.
Good information, and he offers suggestions about how to fix things, but not specific details on what actually needs to be done. I would say as an academic resource this is closer to 4 stars, but for casual reading it didn't offer anything new or interesting enough to satisfy.
Categorize this under “books that everyone should read but especially libertarians” – it’s sad how this was written 10 years ago and none of the political or economic problems that Sachs clearly lays out have been addressed even though in several policy proposals he states that “by 2020 such-and-such should be addressed”. It’s no surprise to us today that none of these issues have been tackled. Hindsight also provides another salt-in-the-wound prediction that the millennial generation will provide increased activism and demands on change in the political system while the reality is that most are simply too overburdened with student loans and keeping their heads above financial waters, and of course not voting in critical numbers. Thus, a timely read but above all one that shows that systemic change is still very far away.
This was not quite what I was expecting, but it's an excellent book. I was looking for a book to help me understand economics and the current economic situation of the U.S., and maybe the world. A tall order, but Sachs has a great reputation.
This book does explain how we have gotten where we are economically, but not in a great deal of detail. He also covers political and sociological causes, then goes into solutions. However, his solutions are not very new, and I didn't get a good feeling for how they could actually be accomplished. No concrete practical steps to take, rather some overarching pie-in-the-sky prescriptions.
The fact that I agree with most of what he said didn't keep me from feeling just slightly disappointed.
This book does explain how we have gotten where we are economically, but not in a great deal of detail. He also covers political and sociological causes, then goes into solutions. However, his solutions are not very new, and I didn't get a good feeling for how they could actually be accomplished. No concrete practical steps to take, rather some overarching pie-in-the-sky prescriptions.
The fact that I agree with most of what he said didn't keep me from feeling just slightly disappointed.
Categorize this under “books that everyone should read but especially libertarians” – it’s sad how this was written 10 years ago and none of the political or economic problems that Sachs clearly lays out have been addressed even though in several policy proposals he states that “by 2020 such-and-such should be addressed”. It’s no surprise to us today that none of these issues have been tackled. Hindsight also provides another salt-in-the-wound prediction that the millennial generation will provide increased activism and demands on change in the political system while the reality is that most are simply too overburdened with student loans and keeping their heads above financial waters, and of course not voting in critical numbers. Thus, a timely read but above all one that shows that systemic change is still very far away.