Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism

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Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism
by Kevin Phillips
from Viking Adult

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Sound Message, Poor Writing
  The book brought forth a significant message about what ails America and how/why the dollar is facing collapse. The problem is that Phillips writes in a high-brow academic style and with an assumption of knowledge probably not possessed by the average reader. He has been poorly served by his editor/publisher in this regard. This important and timely work could've delivered the same message to a much wider audience had he written in plain English. Phillips gets an 'A' for concepts/ideas/analysis, but a 'C'... more info

• Bad Money Tedious, no solutions
  Phillips' book Bad Money is one of the most poorly written, tedious books I have ever tried to read. It has a lot of disturbing facts through-out; things the american public should be informed about, and elected officials should be held accountable for. But GEEZ! Why doesn't the author abide by basic writing principles, for example having one main subject per paragraph, clear and concise language, etc. The book reads like a rough draft.
  What are we supposed to DO about the problem??? No help here.

• Bad Money
  I found parts of this book to be very difficult to comprehend and enjoy, i.e. the details of the financial industry and their various methods/schemes. However, the chapters on Peak Oil and the Politics of Delusion were outstanding! In fact, I would recommend the purchase of the book for the Peak Oil chapter alone. Every American should read that chapter; especially those who think we're fighting a military war with the rest of the world. In fact, we're fighting an economic war with the rest of the world and... more info

• Makes you want to put your money in the mattress
  Mr. Phillips hardly needs another glowing review, but his analysis will make you want to pull your money out of whatever U.S.-based investment it is in now, and stick it in the mattress (Don't! Inflation will eat it up). What blows me away is that Mr. Phillips wrote the book I wanted to publish. In fact, the prospectus I wrote at the end of last year to interest my publisher in such a work eerily echoes almost all of the major themes hammered on in "Bad Money."
  What Phillips does best is profusely... more info

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