somethingabouteconomics

Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 | Stephanie Harvey

As we get closer to the end of the year, time to update my #Nonfiction2020 card again!

I added “Co-dependency No More” for #SomethingAboutAddiction

“Lives In Ruins” to #somethingAboutEconomics, it‘s amazing how much of archeology is based on economics and how many Archeologists are living in poverty, lots of volunteering with no healthcare, donated vehicles, etc. Interesting for a totally different reason than I originally picked up the book!

Chab256 I love this bingo card idea! 4y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Chab256 I made a new one for 2021 if you are interested in some nonfiction bingo. 4y

Chab256 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Absolutely! 4y

Dirk_Wethington @Riveted_Reader_Melissa oh me too please! 4y

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23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism | Ha-Joon Chang

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It took me a while to get through this book - maybe because the subject matter is also not one that is the most riveting. But the author did his best trying to lighten up what could have been a really dense book.
The book helped me have a more nuanced view about the economies of various countries and what has / is going wrong with the thinking around capitalism.
#nonfiction2020
#somethingabouteconomics

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BarbaraTheBibliophage

Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right | Arlie Russell Hochschild

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I remember when I heard Hillbilly Elegy was a great explanation of the rise of the Tea Party and the conservative right in blue collar America. Then I read the book and found it wanting. I should have immediately picked up this book, because it‘s everything the other book wasn‘t. Social commentary done by a professional, but readable.

Full review http://www.TheBibliophage.com
#thebibliophage2020
#nonfictionchallenge2020 #somethingabouteconomics

Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Scochrane26 A short book you might like is

What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia

Sace I have avoided Hillbilly Elegy because it just strikes me as a book I don't want to read (don't know why), but I have this one sitting on a shelf. I should read it. I bought it right after the 2016 election and then didn't read it 🙄 5y

Crazeedi I may read this one, I have Appalachia in my background, and it's much more complex and misunderstood than people know. Parts of elegy were on the mark, but parts were not. 5y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage @Scochrane26 Thanks - even reading the posts about that book is interesting. 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Sace Give it a try. It‘s way more worth your time than Hillbilly Elegy. 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Crazeedi it‘s a good book. But know, it‘s not about Appalachia. It‘s mostly about Southern Louisiana. 5y

Crazeedi @BarbaraTheBibliophage yes I did see that, still many things may be similar in traditions, that's what I'm interested in learning!! 5y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage

Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right | Arlie Russell Hochschild

Audiobook accompaniment to my holiday de-decorating today. I‘m trying hard to read not just #MountTBR books, but those from the #waybacklist. And this is long overdue. Hoping it also counts as #somethingabouteconomics for the #nonfictionchallenge2020.

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa Sounds like a great book, and I think it will definitely work for that. 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Yeah, it‘s really interesting and so far set in Louisiana bayou country. We are headed to NOLA next month, so it‘s a good perspective. And I‘m about 2 hours in—seems like a fit! 5y

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