Eat the Rich (A Format) - Softcover

J, O'rourke P

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330389831 ISBN 13: 9780330389839

Publisher: Picador, 1999

Synopsis

Eat the Rich America's favorite political humorist leads readers on a hysterical whirlwind tour, from the "good capitalism" of Wall Street to the "bad socialism" of Cuba, in search of an answer to the age-old question: "Why do some places prosper and thrive, while others just suck?" Full description

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Review

A conservative, prosperous American journalist gadding around the world laughing at all the ways less successful nations screw up their economy--this might not sound like the recipe for a great read, unless you're Rush Limbaugh, but if that journalist is P.J. O'Rourke you can be sure that you'll enjoy the ride even if you don't agree with the politics. Although Eat the Rich is subtitled A Treatise on Economics, O'Rourke spends relatively few pages tackling the complexities of monetary theory. He's much happier when flying from Sweden to Hong Kong, then on to Tanzania and Moscow, gleefully recording every economic goof he can find. When he visits post-Soviet Russia and finds a country that is as messed up by capitalism as it was by communism, O'Rourke mixes jokes about black-market shoes with disturbing insights into a nation on the verge of collapse. P.J. O'Rourke is more than a humourist, he's an experienced international journalist with a lot of frequent-flyer miles and this gives even his funniest riffs on the world's problems a startling ring of truth.

Book Description

In his most ambitious book yet, P.J. O’Rourke takes on a subject that is dear to us all – wealth. What is it? How do you get it? Or, as P.J. would say, ‘Why do some places prosper and thrive, while others just suck?’

Edition details

• Publisher: Picador
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0330389831
• ISBN 13: 9780330389839
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272