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comment by uhsguy

I’m about 300/800 pages though and every chapter I read through makes me say, oh wow that’s why this is the way it is today. The chapter on the compromises and political/legal climate that resulted in social security and unemployment insurance were incredibly insightful in explaining why the system looks the way it does. Still even at 800 pages you can tell he’s just barely skimming the surface and almost every chapter can be a book on its own, but that also makes it an easy read because you know there is so much there and you only get the important details.





kleinbl00  ·  1321 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm into chapter 1? And there's a lot of American chest-thumping. And extremely purple prose.

I'll give it more but the Ken Galbraith book was a lot more enjoyable.