A New World Order: Economics for a Peaceful Planet - Bill Latona

Advantages: engaging, thoughtful memoirs
Disadvantages: quite long with unneeded detail

...people to the traditional arms of the Republican Party. His vision of building a bridge to the 21st century, not back to the past, began then and developed with every lesson as Governor and President, in travels around the world meeting world leaders, in showdowns with Republicans like Senator Bob Dole and Speaker Newt Gingrich, in long-suffering battle with Kenn Starr and what that man was allowed to get away with, and in his “selfishly stupid” relationship with Monica Lewinsky and how it affected him, his family, friends and the nation. His vision at first was not easy to understand and appreciate. It took a few years before people started to see the rewards of his policies in economics, education and health care, Bill admits that he tried to take on too much in his first couple of years, which, combined with the negative press... Read review

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Advantages: Accessible, intriguing, thought-provoking
Disadvantages: Over-hyped, sometimes simplistic

...achievement being, as the book puts it, the sheer length of his criminal record. Meanwhile, his brother Loser pursued a modestly successful career in the New York Police Department, making the rank of Detective Sergeant. But you could (I'm sure Levitt would) say that a sample of two is far too small to justify drawing any conclusions. As for Shithead, we know only that her mother was upset that people seemed unwilling to pronounce her name "Shuh-Teed", as intended. Her fate is otherwise unrecorded, but it does make one grateful for the relative restraint of one's own parents. © torr 2005 Ref Ciao's categorisation: Please note that this book is nothing to do with Bill Latona, and it is of course "by" rather than "but" Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner.... Read review

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Advantages: Thought-provoking; topical; prolific
Disadvantages: None

...’, it is after all what people are used to, what conditioning they receive in their formative years and what morals they are taught. I have been brought up in one way, what makes me so sure that it was the right way and every other way is wrong. At the end of Brave New World, the Utopia remains. Those who aren’t satisfied with the ideology leave either by force or by will. They have to go so that the utopian society can be protected and so that social stability remains. Social stabilty = peace = harmony. Does this ring any bells? Maybe we already have our utopian society and those that threaten it have to be removed? Did I mention that Huxley in the 1920’s described America as being “Materially, the nearest approach to Utopia yet seen on out planet” and that “the future of America is the future... Read review

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