Tag Archives for good reading
No Help For Homeowners
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Bankrupt Air Force
From Sterling’s Distraction. “The Air Force flew in around noon,” Fontenot informed them, leaning on the padded bumper of his hummer and lowering his binoculars. “Got their glue bombs down, and some crowd-foamers. Plus the sawhorses and the tanglewire.” “So … Continue reading
Review: 2030 by Albert Brooks
2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America Basically, this is a great book about what happens to America if we don’t take control of our future. If you love near future dystopia, or just a darkly humorous tale … Continue reading
China’s Financial Markets
The problem with Red Capitalism, it seems, is its insular nature that lends itself to corruption: State debt appears to be quite low by international standards (just under 20% of GDP) but when all government obligations are lumped together, the authors … Continue reading
A Spattering of What I’ve Read
Along with a lot about Mondragon, I’ve read: The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris, Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis, and The Year’s Best SF 15, edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer. (I’ve been reading a lot more since … Continue reading