Gary Wolfram

Dr. Wolfram is probably a good college economics professor, and he and I agree on pretty much all of his theses, political and economic. I probably would have enjoyed his economics classes much more than those I took in college. I enjoy economics a great deal, but economics professors, in my experience, are not a humorous bunch. Dr. Wolfram is certainly ahead of the pack in that respect, and he's a committed capitalist, which is as laudable as it is rare in his profession.

But this book is so sloppily written, carelessly edited, and even poorly typeset and printed, that it reduces the positive impact it might have otherwise had. It's too short in some sections, too long in others, and just doesn't flow. It's about half the first 2 classes of a freshman microeconomics course, and the rest some fairly well-meant but uninspired parroting of better writers.

It doesn't help that the last 1/3 or so of the book is an extract of the author's "latest political thriller," which is even worse-written than the main text.

There are much better writers doing this sort of thing better, notably Thomas Sowell (a national treasure) and Kevin D. Williamson, among others. This book was a disappointment.… (más)