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    Re: What are you reading?

    I am reading “Our Souls at Night,” the last novel by Kent Haruf.

    Holt, Colorado: Addie Moore pays an unexpected visit to a neighbor, Louis Waters. Her husband died years ago, as did his wife, it is the beginning of this novel, a light reading.
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    Killing Patton, learning a lot of history I didn't know about him.
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    Re: What are you reading?

    Quote Originally Posted by shiva View Post
    Killing Patton, learning a lot of history I didn't know about him.
    Killing Patton by Bill O'Reilly is very good, a conspiracy to kill Gen. Patton and the hypothetical reasons for it.

    And Shiva of course if they killed Patton they wouldnt post about it on the next day ewspapers.

    I had listen someone that was saying that Patton was murdered because he wanted to attack the Russian Army on Germany, that makes some sense to me also but all conspiracy theories have to make some sense.
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    I don't know how I missed reading this in school but I am reading David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. Now I know where Uriah Heep got the name for their band.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shadowlurker View Post
    I don't know how I missed reading this in school but I am reading David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. Now I know where Uriah Heep got the name for their band.
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    I am reading "The Creators" a non-fiction work of cultural history by Daniel Boorstin.

    The Creators, subtitled A History of Heroes of the Imagination, is the story of mankind's creativity. It highlights great works of art, music and literature but it is more than a recitation or list. It is a book of ideas and the people behind those ideas. It encompasses architecture, music, literature, painting, sculpture, the performing arts, theater, religious expression and philosophy.
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    I am reading "The Global Minotaur"

    America, Europe and the Future of the Global Economy, is the subtitle of the new edition (cover on the left above). The original, 2011, edition’s subtitle was America, the True Causes of the Financial Crisis and the Future of the World Economy.


    RECOMMENDATIONS

    ‘The book is one of those exceedingly rare publications of which one can say they are urgent, timely and absolutely necessary.’ - Terry Eagleton

    ‘Yanis is one of the best, brightest and most innovative economists on the planet’ – Steve Keen, author of ‘Debunking Economics’

    ‘In the most comprehensive guide to the contemporary economic crisis yet written, Yanis Varoufakis traces out the path from post-war US economic supremacy to the current predicament. This book’s provocative thesis, written in lively and impassioned prose, is that which neither the US nor the EU nor any other nation can now restore robust global growth. Whether you agree or disagree, this book’s lively and impassioned prose will engage you both heart and mind, and hold you in thrall to the last word. The Global Minotaur is a masterwork that registers for all time the challenge of our time.’ – Prof. Gary Dymski, University of California, Riverside

    ‘If you want to know how serious the current crisis is, you should read his book. With much eloquence, Yanis Varoufakis argues that the current financial problems are connected to the emerging fault lines of the international monetary system. The US (the Minotaur) used to govern the international monetary system, but no more; and this crucially means that there is no surplus recycling mechanism that can reliably stabilise the world economy. The elephant in the room, so to speak, is a stumbling Minotaur.’ – Prof. Shaun Hargreaves-Heap, University of East Anglia

    ‘Yanis Varoufakis is a rare economist: skilled at explaining ideas, happy to join in public debates and able to put his discipline in a broader context. You may not agree with what he says, but you’ll enjoy the way he says it.’ -
    Aditya Chakrabortty, The Guardian lead economics writer


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    In this remarkable and provocative book, Yanis Varoufakis explodes the myth that financialisation, ineffectual regulation of banks, greed and globalisation were the root causes of the global economic crisis. Rather, they are symptoms of a much deeper malaise which can be traced all the way back to the Great Crash of 1929, then on through to the 1970s: the time when a ‘Global Minotaur’ was born. Just as the Athenians maintained a steady flow of tributes to the Cretan beast, so the ‘rest of the world’ began sending incredible amounts of capital to America and Wall Street. Thus, the Global Minotaur became the ‘engine’ that pulled the world economy from the early 1980s to 2008.

    Today’s crisis in Europe, the heated debates about austerity versus further fiscal stimuli in the US, the clash between China’s authorities and the Obama administration on exchange rates are the inevitable symptoms of the weakening Minotaur; of a global ‘system’ which is now as unsustainable as it is imbalanced. Going beyond this, Varoufakis lays out the options available to us for reintroducing a modicum of reason into a highly irrational global economic order.

    An essential account of the socio-economic events and hidden histories that have shaped the world as we now know it.



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    Re: What are you reading?

    Politics (Aristotle) - Book I

    Aristotle discusses the city (polis) or "political community" (koinōnia politikē) as opposed to other types of communities and partnerships such as the household and village. The highest form of community is the polis. Aristotle comes to this conclusion because he believes the public life is far more virtuous than the private. He comes to this conclusion because men are "political animals." He begins with the relationship between the city and man , and then specifically discusses the household. He takes issue with the view that political rule, kingly rule, rule over slaves and rule over a household or village are only different in terms of size. He then examines in what way the city may be said to be natural.
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    I am reading "The Once and Future King" an Arthurian fantasy novel written by T. H. White.
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    Re: What are you reading?

    A mother and son died when they fell from a fifth floor last week. The mother, 63 and ill with Alzheimer's, and son, 27, had no income after stopping receiving a small deficiency pension, three and a half years ago and could not pay the rent. The landlord knew of the family problems and helped also they had a small support of an aid fund of the municipality of Chakida on the island of Eboia, where they lived.
    The death was treated as another suicide of people who have given up because they can not have enough to live.
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