Alexander C. Nowrasteh

Poor world building, boring universe, & characters lack personality

Revisado: 10-15-24

Hamilton lost his mojo. The economics of this world make no sense (manual labor valuable in big planetary estates with androids doing other jobs? Give me a break). The politics make no sense (feudal crap with advanced technology where anybody can leave? Give me a break). Boring characters energized by class struggles (snoooooze). I set down about 15% of the way through, I should have set it down sooner.

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I wish I had stopped reading

Revisado: 03-02-24

The author never talked to an economist before writing a book about an economist. I know a few left-wing female economists personally and they pepper econ terms throughout their lives just like all economists do. The protagonist here does not even though there were many opportunities to do so. She doesn’t even consider trade offs. Nobody reads Keynes, they use New Keynesian DSGE models. Also, the protagonist is clearly insane and very boring. I would have set the book down without finishing but I kept thinking there’d be a surprise ending where we’d find out what a terrible person the protagonist is . . . but no.

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First chapters excellent

Revisado: 02-10-17

The chapters on the early humans and anthropology were excellent. The chapters on ecology, social science, and technology (75% of the book) were awful. Serious thinkers don't base their economics of Karl Polanyi anymore because he was wrong about everything. Harari should have gotten that memo 25 years ago.

Overall, disappointing.

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