2008 Political Reading Checklist discussion

Suggest reading Ravi Batra's The New Golden Age: The Coming Revolution against Political Corruption and Economic Chaos

My review:

Excellent book. Examines social & economic cycles and their impact on society (from an economic justice standpoint. He analyzes their historical applicability across cultures and societies.

In particular he explains how almost all of the economic injustices today are caused by the predictable and corrupt behavior of the "aquisitor class" who's extreme greed dominates society.

He explains how most leading economists are part of the problem and how oil and gas prices increases (even as of 2006) are caused by monopolistic behavior and speculators and how the supply/demand explanation is unfounded.

I would only quibble with two things--
(1) there are a couple pages of really sappy stuff at the end of the book;

(2) he is prone to grandiose statements and generalizations (e.g., "Almost every great civilization has been associated with a monotheist religion..."

This book is definitely worth reading.