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lpm100's review
3.0
Weakly recommended
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2020
This is a simple little read, it occurs to me to ask: Why didn't somebody think of this before?
A lot of times when people want to inculcate someone with a political agenda, the first place that they go is to schools so that they can catch children when they are young.
Why can't sauce for the goose be sauce for the gander?
The environmentalists have been doing this for a long time. (Think of how often you watch a cartoon where bad people are shown to be polluters, who are not polluting as a side effect of some productive economic activity. But, just doing it because they are "bad.")
And don't even get me started on the Gender Identity Disorder Self-Diagnosis Movement. (Drag queen story hours all over the place. And I remember WAY fewer people with Gender Identity Disorder than when I was in Middle School and high school.)
If you have a worldview that you would like to impart to your kids, better that you catch them young and take the responsibility for their education.
The Libertarian world view has some number of parts, and this is a substantial one. (Rent seeking and corrupt government regulators.)
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My libertarian inclinations notwithstanding, I have a few problems with this book.
I just don't think that it is for children that are between 8 and 11 years old.
A sample list of the glossary terms (all of these books have glossary terms and discussion questions):
1. Delayed gratification
2. Incentive
3. Interest
4. Micro Enterprise
5. Opportunity cost
6. Praxeology
7. Risk
8. Subsidy
9. Trade off
Really?
Somebody who is not even in middle school is supposed to be spoken to intelligently/interested in praxeology?
The illustrations are great, and my sons liked them a lot.
Verdict: Weakly recommended. Maybe at the second hand price, or when it goes down to about a dollar.
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2020
This is a simple little read, it occurs to me to ask: Why didn't somebody think of this before?
A lot of times when people want to inculcate someone with a political agenda, the first place that they go is to schools so that they can catch children when they are young.
Why can't sauce for the goose be sauce for the gander?
The environmentalists have been doing this for a long time. (Think of how often you watch a cartoon where bad people are shown to be polluters, who are not polluting as a side effect of some productive economic activity. But, just doing it because they are "bad.")
And don't even get me started on the Gender Identity Disorder Self-Diagnosis Movement. (Drag queen story hours all over the place. And I remember WAY fewer people with Gender Identity Disorder than when I was in Middle School and high school.)
If you have a worldview that you would like to impart to your kids, better that you catch them young and take the responsibility for their education.
The Libertarian world view has some number of parts, and this is a substantial one. (Rent seeking and corrupt government regulators.)
*******
My libertarian inclinations notwithstanding, I have a few problems with this book.
I just don't think that it is for children that are between 8 and 11 years old.
A sample list of the glossary terms (all of these books have glossary terms and discussion questions):
1. Delayed gratification
2. Incentive
3. Interest
4. Micro Enterprise
5. Opportunity cost
6. Praxeology
7. Risk
8. Subsidy
9. Trade off
Really?
Somebody who is not even in middle school is supposed to be spoken to intelligently/interested in praxeology?
The illustrations are great, and my sons liked them a lot.
Verdict: Weakly recommended. Maybe at the second hand price, or when it goes down to about a dollar.
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