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According to "The New York Times," Noam Chomsky is "arguably the most important intellectual alive." But he isn't easy to read . . . or at least he wasn't until these books came along. Made up of intensively edited speeches and interviews, they offer something not found anywhere else: pure Chomsky, with every dazzling idea and penetrating insight intact, delivered in clear, accessible, reader-friendly prose.
Published as four short books in the famous "Real Story" series--"What Uncle Sam Really Wants"; "The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many"; "Secrets, Lies and Democracy"; and "The Common Good"--they've collectively sold almost 600,000 copies.
And they continue to sell year after year after year because Chomsky's ideas become, if anything, "more" relevant as time goes by. For example, twenty years ago he pointed out that "in 1970, about 90% of international capital was used for trade and long-term investment--more or less productive things--and 10% for speculation. By 1990, those figures had reversed." As we know, speculation continued to increase exponentially. We're paying the price now for not heeding him them.
Published as four short books in the famous "Real Story" series--"What Uncle Sam Really Wants"; "The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many"; "Secrets, Lies and Democracy"; and "The Common Good"--they've collectively sold almost 600,000 copies.
And they continue to sell year after year after year because Chomsky's ideas become, if anything, "more" relevant as time goes by. For example, twenty years ago he pointed out that "in 1970, about 90% of international capital was used for trade and long-term investment--more or less productive things--and 10% for speculation. By 1990, those figures had reversed." As we know, speculation continued to increase exponentially. We're paying the price now for not heeding him them.
About the Author
Noam Chomsky is the author of numerous bestselling political books, including Hegemony or Survival, Failed States and Hopes and Prospects, all of which are published by Hamish Hamilton/Penguin. David Barsamian is the award-winning founder and director of Alternative Radio. He has authored several books of interviews with leading political thinkers. Arthur Naiman has authored, co-authored, edited and/or published more than thirty books, including Every Goy's Guide to Common Jewish Expressions and The Macintosh Bible.
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Frighteningly up to date, Oct 17 2011
By David Wineberg "David Wineberg" - Published on Amazon.com
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Despite being a collection of four volumes published as much as 20 years ago, this invaluable collection is not the least out of date. Whether because nothing seems to change, or because we never seem to learn, or because the human condition so dictates, these books are as valid and valuable today as they were when first published. As usual, sterling editing makes them crisp, fast, effective and compact reads, and editors' notes expand acronyms possibly long forgotten. As always, highly recommended.
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best ever explanation of how the world REALLY works, Oct 15 2011
By Peter Gardiner - Published on Amazon.com
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As always, Noam is very readable, accurate, profound, detailed, wise, prophetic, concise and pithy. This particular book is primarily a lightly edited composite transcript of a number of live interviews in which Noam fielded a very wide variety of questions without hesitation. Part of his genius is that he manages to precisely describe the gist of very complex situations using quite ordinary language and sentence structure, usually simple declarative sentences with very few multi-syllable words. Having tried to do the same with only marginal success, I say this is much rarer and more demanding than it sounds.
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More Pearls of Wisdom from America's Greatest Modern Mind, Nov 18 2011
By Bad Apple - Published on Amazon.com
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As expected, How the World Works is another master work from Noam Chomsky. It contains mostly excerpts from interviews and lectures, so it doesn't really follow any sort of narrative format and the flow is sometimes choppy, but this book contains several nuggets and a few gems of unbelievably insightful wisdom from the man who is, arguably, the greatest thinker of our lifetime. Definitely worth reading!
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