Hunter Lewis
Autore di A Question of Values: Six Ways We Make the Personal Choices That Shape Our Lives
Sull'Autore
Socrates (469-399 BCE) was a classical Greek philosopher viewed by many as the founding figure of Western philosophy. Hunter Lewis, co-founder of global investment firm Cambridge Associates, has written eleven books on economics and moral philosophy. He has served on boards and committees of mostra altro fifteen leading not-for-profit organizations, including environmental, teaching, research, and cultural organizations. mostra meno
Serie
Opere di Hunter Lewis
Where Keynes Went Wrong: And Why World Governments Keep Creating Inflation, Bubbles, and Busts (2009) 96 copie
Are the Rich Necessary?: Great Economic Arguments and How They Reflect Our Personal Values (2007) 40 copie
How Much Money Does an Economy Need?: Solving the Central Economic Puzzle of Money,Prices, and Jobs (2008) 15 copie
Alternative Values: For and Against Wealth, Power, Fame, Praise, Glory, and Physical Pleasure (2007) 5 copie
The real world war: The coming battle for the new global economy and why we are in danger of losing (1982) 4 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1947
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Dayton, Ohio, USA
Utenti
Recensioni
I'm a third of the way through and most of the arguments made by the author are facile and full of holes. If it's meant to be a depiction of the shallowness of modern economic thinking, it may have some merit, but I think it more suffers from intellectual anemia. I have a feeling that Naomi Klein's "Shock Doctrine" will be more intellectually satisfying and useful.
The noise you hear when reading this book is the sound of scales hitting the ground as they fall from your eyes. Jargon-free reading assists in the understanding of the material and ensures that you anger can freely fume about the way governments the world over play with the poor schmucks they are supposed to take serve and protect. I found confirmation for my long-held belief that the altruism professed by politicians is non-existent - how could it be when everything they do is focused on being re-elected? And that includes the ones of whom I approve!… (altro)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 29
- Utenti
- 411
- Popolarità
- #59,241
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 4
- ISBN
- 46
- Lingue
- 2
There is a risk in such selective editing that could result in a disjointed read, but here the selections are skillfully threaded to create a seamlessly coherent work augmented--where appropriate--with editor’s notes.… (altro)