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A book here, a book there
It’s a paltry nightstand indeed that’s home to only one volume. Readers worth their salt work to pile the bedside high with books, then smile ruefully at their own indulgence. It’s not my intention to emulate such bibliophiles - just between us, most days I’m pretty sure I can’t stand books - but I’m currently reading more than the new and aforementioned Ron Carlson novel, Five Skies. Two additions to the nightstand, both nonfiction:
Making Local News by Phyllis Kanis, University of Chicago Press, 1991. Though this study of the shaping of local print and television journalism is over fifteen years old, I’ll lay odds that the process of local news-making hasn’t changed all that much. (For some reason, the old Bismarck quote comes readily to mind. What’s true for the legislature seems true enough for Channel 12, eh?)
Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science by Charles Wheelan, W.W. Norton, 2002. All I remember from Econ 101 (a billion years ago) is a series of epic struggles to stay awake. Looking forward to redeeming myself with this text which offers to introduce economic principles without the buzzkill of graphs, charts, or equations.
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I like Carlson; I’ve read him mostly in short fiction. Exclusively, probably.
One of my history professors once said that macroeconomics should be a part of every BA. I didn’t take any econ classes (wasn’t required to), and I feel really stupid about economics.
However, I doubt I’m stupider about it than the people running our country. I mean, elebenty billion dollars a month on our Chinese Mastercard???