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Basic Economics, Fifth Edition Audiobook By Thomas Sowell cover art

Stirring and thoroughly sourced

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Reviewed: 05-25-23

Littered with examples from history and theory, this book is an essential introduction to the source of most political fallacy, namely the misunderstanding of markets, prices, profits, and the underlying messages they impart.

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Best AR novel since the last one!

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Reviewed: 09-05-22

I've been a fan of Alistair Reynolds for quite some time.
while anxiously awaiting the follow up to bone silence, I was happily surprised to enjoy this excellent original story in the mean time. A fabulous trun which evokes numerous sophisticated references to HP Lovecfafts *in the mouth of madness* while maintaining a separate and unique fabrication as it were. I highly recommend, and intend to revisit immediately :)

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Speechless

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Reviewed: 07-01-21

For all of the many reasons that communism must be defeated in all of its forms, the examples contained herein of the immutable inhumanity of mankind when empowered by the state are more than sufficient primary references to use against the rising authoritarian left at your next encounter. Chilling, Kafka esque, and yet hopeful. Truly one of the best books I've 'read' in the last decade.

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Simply astonishing

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Reviewed: 09-25-20

Not only is this book one of the most well structured and researched books in this field, I'm astonished that the name Thomas Sowell is a new one to me. Apparently I have a lot of catching up to do. In a time as troubled as the one we find ourselves in today, this book provides a revealing portrait of the past and a prescription for the cognition virus of identity politics and intersectionality.

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Informative

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Reviewed: 01-11-20

Good information, solid reasoning.
My only problem with the book is the lack of counterpoint and that the (almost certainly apocryphal) anecdotes come through a bit too rosy a lense

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Deeply disturbing and raucously funny!

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Reviewed: 10-27-19

Easily one of the most important works written in my lifetime.
Christopher Hitchens offers a serious, witty, and excoriating examination of the many crimes and intellectual fallacies of organized belief.
Fun to read, and profoundly informative!

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Moving, and illuminating

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Reviewed: 04-12-19

I'm not typically into self help, but after watching JBP lectures on YouTube, I thought I'd give this a listen... It has changed my life and the way I view the world, and I'm a better person for having changed.

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Terrific

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Reviewed: 12-26-18

I am a big fan of Alastair Reynolds work and Elysium Fire is no exception.
As with his other works, the author slowly teases out the threads from a densely woven narrative, allowing your anticipation and imagination to become engaged and consumed by the breadcrumbs he has so deftly placed in your mind.
As usual, the performance of John Lee can not be overstated as being tremendously rich and thoroughly complimentary to the work.
While this book (as with all AR books I've read to date) possesses the essential ingredients for a good sci-fi story, it is with the addition of self consistency, though provoking world building, and the underpinnings of strong storytelling that separate the good from the great in this genre, and Elysium Fire delivers on all counts.

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meh

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Reviewed: 10-12-18

well woven story overall.
irrational and irritating protagonists.
narration was 'OK' dispite some pathological mispronunciations.
was expecting better based on the hype.

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