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Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics Paperback – July 23, 1999

by P. J. O'Rourke (Author)

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In the tradition of his contemporary classic Parliament of Whores, the man who The Wall Street Journal calls "the funniest writer in America" is back with Eat the Rich, in which he takes on the global economy. P. J. O'Rourke leads you on an hysterical whirlwind world tour from the "good capitalism" of Wall Street to the "bad socialism" of Cuba in search of the answer to an age-old question: "Why do some places prosper and thrive, while others just suck?" With stops in Albania, Sweden, Hong Kong, Moscow, and Tanzania, P.J. brings along his incomparable wit and finds hilarity wherever he goes.

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P. J. O'Rourke is currently foreign affairs desk chief for Rolling Stone.

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Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press; 1st Pbk. Ed edition (July 23, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0871137607
ISBN-13: 978-0871137609
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches
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Average Customer Review: 141 customer reviews
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An interesting take on economics/capitalism but not really a reference or guide

February 17, 2015

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In short, government control of capitalism in the United States walks a fine line of allowing the economy get bogged down in rules and taxation (and killing the golden goose) or allowing the money to be under-regulated (becoming the tail that wags the dog.) Interestingly, PJ basically says that the good ol' US of A almost got capitalism right but that politicians are constantly thinking that "improvements" can be done. He sort of gets carried away with examining how capitalism behaves elsewhere (but after a while you realize that nothing quite measures up to what is in the USA, not that PJ ever really says that it's really optimized in America either.) I originally thought of using it as an economics reference for my youngster but ultimately it's a poor guide to how to think about an economy.

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Good, but could have been better.

November 13, 2014

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P. J. O'Rourke's "Eat the Rich" provides a look at various economies, from centrally controlled Cuba to the totally uncontrolled firmer colony of Hong Kong, in order to answer the question, what makes a country wealthy or poor. He never really answers the question, but long the way he is always entertaining and occasionally insightful.

The book is marred, however, by O'Rourke's inability (or unwillingness) to refrain from periodic gratuitous swipes at anyone and everyone who is, or was, left of center on the political spectrum. These unnecessary reminders of his own set of biases limited my enjoyment in reading the book.

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PJ O'Rourke is as fun to read as he is informative!

April 13, 2018

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PJ O'Rourke is brilliant. His essays teach economics, with humor, and dumbed down so that even non-economists can get the gist of it. If you're a socialist, you're going to hate this book. He's conservative, and capitalist. So be warned.

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Just a fun jaunt around the world

January 18, 2018

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Not a reason in the world why you wouldn't want to read this. His right-wing politics are always hovering, but rarely intrude. Just a fun jaunt around the world, and I bet it was deductible, too. Could easily be paired with Michael Moore's "Who to Invade Next".

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Floyd E. Gilreath

Lesson on world economics with humor

May 25, 2018

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This is a trip around the world’s different economies, the good the bad and the ugly. It makes the point that we live in the best possible country.

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A Winsome and Accessible Defense of the Free Market

September 4, 2015

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I gave O'Rourke's book to my early-college aged daughter as part of her introduction to classical free market economics, along with Niall Ferguson's "The Ascent of Money" and Milton and Rose Friedman's "Free to Choose". I first read this book when it was new, and it continues to offer a winsome and accessible explanation of the principles underlining free market capitalism. As is typical someone who started his journalistic career as a writer for National Lampoon, O'Rourke's writing can be as profane as it is profound, and sometimes comes across as though it was written by a college sophomore--but one who has an extraordinary grasp of economic realities. I would not recommend it as the last word one would read for an apologia of classical economics, but it provides a good framework for later studies in more, shall we say, serious works. The last chapter alone is worth the price of admission.

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Kimberley Mitchell

Next best thing to a trip around the world

September 21, 2001

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P.J. O'Rourke uses this book to address the question of what makes some countries' economies work for the benefit and wealth of the citizens and what makes some fail so miserably, leaving the majority of the population in a hideous poverty. He visits a good handful of countries around the world (e.g. the US, Sweden, Hong Kong and Cuba) in an attempt to find some patterns and reach some sensible conclusions. I loved the detailed descriptions of what he found in each country, his assessment of the economic environment and examples of the hardships and benefits that he found. I was less enamored of his conclusions, which seemed to be predetermined before the book was even envisioned and were arrived at whether the evidence supported them or not (in the case of Sweden for example). But humans are fallible and the point of view of an intelligent human being traveling the world, trying to make some sense of it, while in no way pretending to be an expert was so entertaining and directly challenging that the experience of reading the book was a delight.
As a warning to my fellow liberals, there were some rather nasty and snide comments about the Clintons, but they were rather easy to ignore due to the freshness of the observations into the workings of the economies he visited.

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Darlene McKimmey

Gets tedious at times

August 23, 2018

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Typical O'Rourke. Gets tedious at times.

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