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I heard that Glenn Beck did a show about it.

chasingsparks 16y ago
Thanks. You are correct. http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/41653/ http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/41653/ (Although, part of me would prefer it if you were wrong...)
mhd 16y ago
That was actually my first thought when I read the headline. Might I cynically hazard a guess that most buyers won't read it?
- jonallanharper 16y ago
  You might demonstrate how arrogant you are by voicing that assertion as if everyone here is as elitist as you.
- patrickgzill 16y ago
  I own plenty of books I haven't read (yet). Don't you?
  - waterlesscloud 16y ago
    Harlan Ellison, who has a large book collection his own, on several occasions has said "What's the point of owning a library full of books you've read?"
    - lionhearted 16y ago
      Having books across 8 to 20 different topics is good because it's not always possible to predict your day to day goals and energy level two or three months in the future. Having some books on marketing, business, some biographies, some history, some light fluffy fiction, some more intense fiction, some technical books... it means when the inspiration to read about biomechanics and health hits, you've got a book on it, or if you want a light read in the park, you've got a book of good short stories, and so on.
  - mhd 16y ago
    I think the "yet" part is important, though... And if you want enough irony to fill half of Williamsburg: I do own "The Road to Serfdom", haven't read it this far. (It is one of the few books I brought along to the US with me, so as soon as I manage to crawl through frickin' Blood Meridian, it's going to be next).
    - mistermann 16y ago
      haha...I finally broke down and included my "Man, Economy, and State" by Murray N. Rothbard that I've been intending to read for years in my latest delivery to the goodwill centre (like a 2nd hand shop). I'd love to possess the knowledge contained within without working for it, but honestly, it is hard work reading and really understanding books like this, and it is long. Plus, as an regular informed investor, I don't think it is too relevant (or actually, useful) anymore in most ways. The gong show in the financial markets in the last 10 years is obviously predictable from the Austrian standpoint, but how one trades it is beyond me (and they don't proclaim to offer this advice, they are only explaining how the world must work over long periods). There's no way of knowing who to short, for example...a company or now even an entire country can be obviously walking dead, but they can be suddenly bailed out at any time (with money that literally didn't even actually exist the day before), or, rules that have existed for decades can be changed overnight, and can have your ASS handed to you in one hour, for no good economic reason. I can see how books like this will be read by historians who will shake their heads at how stupid we were, as the perils were already laid out in detail with historic references, but how it can help an individual living through it at the time, is beyond me.
      - lionhearted 16y ago
        > I finally broke down and included my "Man, Economy, and State" by Murray N. Rothbard Too dense for me, reading pace was too slow. It's good, but reading it is hard work. I'd recommend "Mystery of Banking" first, which is smaller in scope, easy to read, very informative. Free here: http://mises.org/books/mysteryofbanking.pdf http://mises.org/books/mysteryofbanking.pdf
  - replicatorblog 16y ago
    I have all of my book shelves arranged by color. Some were read, others bought/kept to keep the interior decoration up to snuff. Art School training at its best! http://josephflaherty.tumblr.com/post/30953971/one-of-my-color-coded-bookshelves http://josephflaherty.tumblr.com/post/30953971/one-of-my-col...
mattmcknight 16y ago
Stossel also did a show on it on 6/3, but I guess not as many people watch him. http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2010/06/03/tonights-show-road-to-serfdom/ http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2010/06/03/tonights-sho...

Thanks. You are correct. http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/41653/ http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/41653/ (Although, part of me would prefer it if you were wrong...)

mhd 16y ago

That was actually my first thought when I read the headline. Might I cynically hazard a guess that most buyers won't read it?

jonallanharper 16y ago
You might demonstrate how arrogant you are by voicing that assertion as if everyone here is as elitist as you.
patrickgzill 16y ago
I own plenty of books I haven't read (yet). Don't you?
- waterlesscloud 16y ago
  Harlan Ellison, who has a large book collection his own, on several occasions has said "What's the point of owning a library full of books you've read?"
  - lionhearted 16y ago
    Having books across 8 to 20 different topics is good because it's not always possible to predict your day to day goals and energy level two or three months in the future. Having some books on marketing, business, some biographies, some history, some light fluffy fiction, some more intense fiction, some technical books... it means when the inspiration to read about biomechanics and health hits, you've got a book on it, or if you want a light read in the park, you've got a book of good short stories, and so on.
- mhd 16y ago
  I think the "yet" part is important, though... And if you want enough irony to fill half of Williamsburg: I do own "The Road to Serfdom", haven't read it this far. (It is one of the few books I brought along to the US with me, so as soon as I manage to crawl through frickin' Blood Meridian, it's going to be next).
  - mistermann 16y ago
    haha...I finally broke down and included my "Man, Economy, and State" by Murray N. Rothbard that I've been intending to read for years in my latest delivery to the goodwill centre (like a 2nd hand shop). I'd love to possess the knowledge contained within without working for it, but honestly, it is hard work reading and really understanding books like this, and it is long. Plus, as an regular informed investor, I don't think it is too relevant (or actually, useful) anymore in most ways. The gong show in the financial markets in the last 10 years is obviously predictable from the Austrian standpoint, but how one trades it is beyond me (and they don't proclaim to offer this advice, they are only explaining how the world must work over long periods). There's no way of knowing who to short, for example...a company or now even an entire country can be obviously walking dead, but they can be suddenly bailed out at any time (with money that literally didn't even actually exist the day before), or, rules that have existed for decades can be changed overnight, and can have your ASS handed to you in one hour, for no good economic reason. I can see how books like this will be read by historians who will shake their heads at how stupid we were, as the perils were already laid out in detail with historic references, but how it can help an individual living through it at the time, is beyond me.
    - lionhearted 16y ago
      > I finally broke down and included my "Man, Economy, and State" by Murray N. Rothbard Too dense for me, reading pace was too slow. It's good, but reading it is hard work. I'd recommend "Mystery of Banking" first, which is smaller in scope, easy to read, very informative. Free here: http://mises.org/books/mysteryofbanking.pdf http://mises.org/books/mysteryofbanking.pdf
- replicatorblog 16y ago
  I have all of my book shelves arranged by color. Some were read, others bought/kept to keep the interior decoration up to snuff. Art School training at its best! http://josephflaherty.tumblr.com/post/30953971/one-of-my-color-coded-bookshelves http://josephflaherty.tumblr.com/post/30953971/one-of-my-col...

mattmcknight 16y ago

Stossel also did a show on it on 6/3, but I guess not as many people watch him. http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2010/06/03/tonights-show-road-to-serfdom/ http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2010/06/03/tonights-sho...