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End the Fed
- De: Ron Paul
- Narrado por: Bob Craig
- Duración: 6 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 926
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 663
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 665
Over 4,000 students gathered at the University of Michigan to hear Republican Party candidate Ron Paul speak. As he began to address the topics of monetary policy and the coming depression, a chant rose from the crowd, "End the Fed! End the Fed!" As dollar bills were lit on fire and thrown into the night skies, it became clear that the real problem, one that nobody in the media was talking about, was the central bank-an unconstitutional entity and a political, economic, and moral disaster.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very clear and understandable
- De Jonnie en 09-19-09
- End the Fed
- De: Ron Paul
- Narrado por: Bob Craig
Very bias, but with some worthwhile content
Revisado: 01-18-12
End the Fed is an excellent book to read if you've already made up your mind on the issue of the Fed, and you're looking for someone to agree with you and reinforce your opinion.
Having said that, as someone that didn't know an awful lot about the Fed, it was somewhat informative. It's just that I feel the content is partially political propaganda, and it doesn't deliver on what I wanted, which was a really comprehensive descriptions of the mechanism and effects of controlling the supply of money. He does go into this, but I just didn't find it all that comprehensive.
Despite the arguments being coherently structured, the content of this book is *extremely* emotive. The whole movement to end the Fed is called something like 'the Movement for Freedom'. The word 'tyrannical' is used a lot, with lots of calling to fight the fight for freedom etc.
Look Ron, I get your point, hell I might even agree with you if I found it more academically satisfying, but you lost me with all this "fight for your country" stuff.
In all fairness, I'm pretty confident George Bush could not string together as coherent an argument. And the topic isn't exactly exhilarating, so all-in-all, it's not a bad job.
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Committed
- A Sceptic Makes Peace With Marriage
- De: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Duración: 8 h y 30 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 140
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 85
At the end of her bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe - a Brazilian-born man of Australian citizenship who'd been living in Indonesia when they met. Resettling in America, the couple swore eternal fidelity to each other, but also swore to never, ever, under any circumstances get legally married. (Both survivors of difficult divorces. Enough said.) But providence intervened one day in the form of the U.S. government.
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2 out of 5 stars
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The Author Let us all down with this one -A WASTE!
- De Natasha en 08-24-10
- Committed
- A Sceptic Makes Peace With Marriage
- De: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Gilbert
Profoundly Simple
Revisado: 12-29-11
Being on the precipice of marriage myself, I bought Committed hoping it would discuss marriage from a few different sociological perspectives, which it did, albeit lightly. What surprised me is that this book is primarily a story, a story about Elizabeth Gilbert's attempt at coming to terms with the whole idea of marriage after having been through an intensely painful one already.
And being a guy I was hesitant to read an emotional account of her experience, but having just finished the book, I'm pleased to say that I have grown by reading this book. Without really expecting it to, it has addressed some of my own concerns, doubts and questions about marriage. And now, going into marriage, I think that I will approach it with a better appreciation for what women have given up for marriage in the past, and hopefully I'll use this knowledge to help redefine marriage within the privacy of my own union, and in doing so, within my community.
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