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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic
I think you might be in for a surprise, Batlord. Frownland mentions that there isn't much "dry economics" in it. Some years back I read this Life of Marx:
Repected Brit author, Francis Wheen said it was bizarre that any country would use Das Kapital as a basis for an economic model, on account of its lack of accurate analysis. If I remember right, he says it'd be like using Lord of The Rings as the basis of a country's foreign policy.
I hope that's not a spoiler, and that you'll find it more interesting, while being less definitive, than you expect. |
I could see that being an agreement with Marx but it's more likely that his reading of the book doesn't distinguish between Marx describing things as they appear versus how they are. That seems to be the source of most disagreement on its veracity.
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Haha! Good to know there is some overlap between us, Frownland, and t hanks for remembering my opinion of Umberto Eco. 
I'm sorry to say that Joseph Heller disappointed me as well; not altogether surprising given the quantity of hype that there used to be around Catch 22.
At least there is some more common ground that I bet we share: biographies of Zappa and Beefheart. In case you want proof, exhibit A is a photo of my bookshelf :post #8 in this thread.
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No Beefheart material here, but I do have Zappa's autobiography.
Looking at your older post, we also share Orwell essays, writings on Gandhi, and an appreciation for science based books. I have some Newton, Einstein, Hawking, Feynman, Sagan, Hofstadter, Darwin, Shannon, Gleick, and others. I see a lot of soldier stuff in your collection, so you'd probably get a kick out of my WWII books too.