Monthly Archives: August 2020

Book Review: The Value Of Debt

Posted on August 4, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Value Of Debt:  How To Manage Both Sides Of A Balance Sheet To Maximize Wealth, by Thomas J. Anderson This particular book has a couple of obvious agendas, and while I did not have a problem with either of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Debt: The First 5,000 Years

Posted on August 4, 2020 by nathanalbright

Debt:  The First 5,000 Years, by David Graeber Now, in reading this book I had an advantage or disadvantage in that I already knew something about the author’s viewpoints from having read another book of his and already knowing that … Continue reading →

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Book Review: …And Forgive Them Their Debts

Posted on August 4, 2020 by nathanalbright

…And Forgive Them Their Debits:  Lending, Foreclosure, And Redemption From Bronze Age Finance To The Jubilee Year, by Michael Hudson I wanted to like this book more than I did.  In this book’s favor, it can be said that the … Continue reading →

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Storytellers

Posted on August 3, 2020 by nathanalbright

One of the most consistent aspects of life is that people enjoy telling their own story.  One of the characteristic issues of our lives is that we want to tell our stories but have few people to tell those stories … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Triumph Of Faith

Posted on August 3, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Triumph Of Faith:  Why The World Is More Religious Than Ever, by Rodney Stark There are a great many books that are written that lament the seeming hold of ethical monotheism in general and Christianity in particular on the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Closing Of The Muslim Mind

Posted on August 3, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Closing Of The Muslim Mind:  How Intellectual Suicide Created The Modern Islamist Crisis, by Robert R. Reilly This book is a fascinating one, and it deals with the subject matter of why it is that the Muslim world fell … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Papal Economics

Posted on August 3, 2020 by nathanalbright

Papal Economics:  The Catholic Church On Democratic Capitalism, by Maciej Zieba Determining the papal views of anything political or economical is frequently a task that brings out the views of the writer more than the views of the pope.  When … Continue reading →

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Wake-Up Call

Posted on August 2, 2020 by nathanalbright

For a variety of reasons, one of my favorite songs by the widely derided group Maroon 5 has been their early song “Wake Up Call.”  This particular song was a top twenty hit from their second album, “It Won’t Be … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Atlantic In Global History, 1500-2000

Posted on August 2, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Atlantic In Global History, 1500-200, edited by Jorge Cañizares-ESguerra and Erik R. Seeman As someone who has long, if informally, found myself deeply interested in matters of Atlantic history, this book was certainly one I looked forward to reading … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Dutch In The Americas 1600-1800

Posted on August 2, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Dutch In The Americas:  1600-1800, by Wim Klooster As a fond student of Atlantic history, there is a great deal that I enjoy about a work like this one.  This is the sort of book that not only contains … Continue reading →

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