Binding: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 330.973
EAN: 9780143143284
Format: Audiobook
ISBN: 014314328X
Label: Penguin Audio
Manufacturer: Penguin Audio
Number Of Items: 8
Number Of Pages: 9
Publication Date: April 15, 2008
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Sales Rank: 117966
Studio: Penguin Audio

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Unabridged CDs • 11 CDs, 14 hours

The New York Times–bestselling author cautions against the current financial practices of American capitalism and explains why they are bringing about our downfall.




Rating: - Bad Money is a good read!
This is a must read for any elected pol who thinks they know whats going on.

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Rating: - bad money
This book should be read before The Predator State is read. It is a less detailed, somewhat bias claim the understand the current situation in our economy but it lacks the meat that Galbraith covers in the Predator State.
I do believe that is is worth reading so that some understanding of what we are doing by borrowing so much at this time has caused. We seem to need a good recession to get back our ethics and begin real growth sometime soon. We are in very bad shape and now that the problem ... Read More

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Rating: - Too bad he is an ideologue
If you are a Bush hater you will like this one. Too many statistics though. The author does have some interesting ideas about the current economic crisis and I look forward to learning more and deciding which I think are true.

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Rating: - Interesting but lack of attention to the Kindle version
I'd give this 3 1/2 stars as I found the content fairly well presented but felt some of the issues were too rushed and could be more deeply examined analytically. It felt like the publisher's deadline was the more important criterion. Also, I appreciate that this was not a political partisan or ideological diatribe. Phillips is pretty fair in assigning failures to the people in control.

The loss of a star was due to the Kindle edition not linking footnotes or the index to their references ... Read More

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Rating: - Best Book Around on the Financial Crisis
There is simply nothing better for understanding the mess we are in and what we will have to address if we really hope to dig our way out of this very deep hole. Required reading for all Americans. It is surprisingly readable for the information and deeper understanding Phillips is giving us. Puts things together so well you end up feeling like every other source of information or commentary sees only part of the elephant. Pair this with "The World is Flat" by Tom Friedman and you've got the ideal gift ... Read More

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