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"Das Kapital" by Karl Marx is still the most accurate analysis of the causes of economic crises. His labour theory of value gets to the root of what's going on
by cutler 8y ago
"Das Kapital" by Karl Marx is still the most accurate analysis of the causes of economic crises. His labour theory of value gets to the root of what's going on behind the smokescreen of market forces presented as fact in western Economics courses.
"On The Road" by Jack Kerouac was a liberating, mind-expanding experience with no drugs involved. Kerouac's free-form style and open-ended approach to life made a great impression.
"Cosmic Loom" by Dennis Elwell debunked the narrow-minded, reductionist attitudes of scientists towards astrology and opened up my mind to the value of symbolism.
- Mikhail_Edoshin 8y agoI think it was "The Fifth Discipline" by Peter M. Senge that described a business-style game (retail, wholesale, and production of beer) that in 95% of cases resulted in massive overproduction crisis, very much like what Marx has described. Of course, the cause was very much unlike what Marx suggested; the book is about systems thinking and this particular system was an example of a system with delays in signal passing.