Eat the Rich A Treatise on Economics

by O'Rourke, P. J.

• ISBN13: 9780871137609
• ISBN10: 0871137607
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-23
• Publisher: PUBLISHERS GROUP WEST

Summary

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 a world tour from the "good capitalism" of Wall Street to the "bad socialism" of Cuba in a search for 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 targets for it wherever he goes. Book jacket.

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

Love, Death, and Money	p. 1
Good Capitalism: Wall Street	p. 11
Bad Capitalism: Albania	p. 36
Good Socialism: Sweden	p. 56
Bad Socialism: Cuba	p. 77
From Beatnik to Business Major: Taking Econ 101 for Kicks	p. 104
How (or How Not) to Reform (Maybe) an Economy (if There is One): Russia	p. 124
How to Make Nothing From Everything: Tanzania	p. 160
How to Make Everything From Nothing: Hong Kong	p. 199
How to Have the Worst of Both Worlds: Shanghai	p. 216
Eat the Rich	p. 231
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