Eat the Rich by O'Rourke, P. J. (9780330353281) | Browns Books
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Eat the Rich : A Treatise on Economics

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P.J. sets off on a world tour to investigate funny economics.

Having seen 'good' capitalism on Wall Street, he looks at 'bad' capitalism in Albania, views 'good' socialism in Sweden and endures 'bad' socialism in Cuba.

The result is the world's only astute, comprehensive and concise presentation of the basic principles of economics that can make you laugh on purpose. 'P.J. O'Rourke is the acceptable face of US Republican arrogance.

He sneers so irresistibly, you cough up your liberal guts laughing' Observer 'The first thing you learn about O'Rourke is this: he cannot turn off his mirth valve.

Such is the severity of P.J.'s condition, the only person to have more entries in The Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations is Oscar Wilde.

This makes O'Rourke either the funniest man alive, or the wittiest heterosexual of all time ...In Eat the Rich, O'Rourke's ninth book, he squares up to the daunting topic of the world's wealth: who has it, who hasn't and why' Mail on Sunday 'P.J. at his scathing best ...This is economics for the uninitiated' Irish News

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Picador
0330353284 / 9780330353281
Paperback
11/06/1999
United Kingdom
English
xviii, 246p.
20 cm
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Reprint. Originally published: New York: Atlantic Monthly; London: Picador, 1998.

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