What is Reddit's opinion of Economix: How and Why Our Economy Works (and Doesn't Work), in Words and Pictures?

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> Except you would struggle to explain to me how Bill Gates being a billionaire would in any way impact your ability to get a pay rise at work. Hint: it doesn't.

You're missing the forest for the trees, dude. Pick up a copy of Economix and give it a read - it's a really great little crash course on basic economics up to the mid 2010's. If I could find my copy, I'd ship it to you.

>Congrats on the textbook definition of a strawman argument. I never used that term and yet you dedicate a whole paragraph arguing against it as if I said it.

You are using, nearly word for word, one of the most common templates for the bootstraps metaphor as used by conservatives. It's not a straw man.

>Why would there have to be an infinite supply in order for you to take a chance on it?

Because training costs money and time. If you're already in a precarious financial situation, taking on more debt is rarely a good idea, especially if the chance of that debt being worth it is mediocre.

'Never Let Me Go' is a fantastic book. I read it when I was in my teens for school and I never really felt any sort of deep connection or understanding with it, but I read it again recently (early 20s) and I loved it, it had a much deeper impact on me. I hope to read 'The Remains of the Day' in the near future, also by Ishiguro.

Right now I'm reading a book called 'Economix' - it's a book that explains the history of economics (from an American perspective), but in comic book form. It's nowhere near as dry as a standard textbook, but is still very informative. The only issue is sometimes parsing apart the author's own personal biases from what is legitimately factual.

The book I just finished was 'East of Eden' by John Steinbeck. That was a really good book, really got me thinking, but it's a lengthy read, probably 600 pages or so. Next on the list is 'The Devil in the White City' - by Erik Larson. I've heard good things about it, I hope it turns out to be good; I've been itching to read some good fiction. Nonfiction is informative, but it can be very slow and I like a bit of escapism when I read.

In short:

Powerful corporations fronting politicians who will do their bidding, which involves short-sighted private gains at great public cost. Voters putting people who openly say they "hate government" in charge of government.

Think it's complicated? It isn't, but you do need a bit of history to understand what's not working vs. what should work. Read Economix: How and Why Our Economy Works (And Doesn't) by Dan Burr and Michael Goodwin. It explains everything, in the form of a comic book, and it's absolutely eye-opening.