After decades covering war and disaster,bestselling author and acclaimed satirist P. J. O'Rourke takes on his scariest subjects yet: business,investment,finance and the political chicanery behind them.Want to get rich overnight for free in 3 easy steps with no risk Then don't buy this book. (Actually,if you believe there's a book that can do that,you shouldn't buy any books because you probably can't read.) P.J.'s approach to business,investment and finance is different. He takes the risks for you in his chapter'How I Learned Economics by Watching People Try to Kill Each Other.'He proposes'A Way to Raise Taxes That We'll All Love'- a 200% tax on celebrities. He offers a brief history of economic transitions before exploring the world of high-tech innovation with a chapter on'Unnovations,'which asks,'The Internet - whose idea was it to put all the idiots on earth in touch with each other'He pokes fun at bitcoin,and closes with a fanciful short story about the morning that he wakes up and finds that all the world's goods and services are free! This is P.J. at his finest,a book not to be missed.
Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressISBN: 9781611855005Number of pages: 256Weight: 251 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 18 mmEdition: Main
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He hasn't lost his gift for the brutally effective one-liner.O'Rourke is never less than pleasurable company.Whether you agree with him or not,P.J. writes a helluva piece.
P. J. O'Rourke
P J O'Rourke was an American satirist,journalist and author of over twenty books,including the bestselling How the Hell Did This Happen (2018),None of My Business (2019) and A Cry From the Far Middle (2021). Sporting a more conservative but brilliantly piercing critique on American politics and culture,O'Rourke's insightful reporting,scalpel-sharp wit and generous humour frequently cut across the US political divide.
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