Andrew Grathwohl Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Just found this on another forum. It's a PDF of Irwin Schiff's long-lost illustrated story-book about capitalism. A very clever and fun read - may be useful for some of those Objectivist parents out there! http://freedom-school.com/money/how-an-economy-grows.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecherry Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Dang! That thing is 112 pages long! O_O I'd be amazed if you could get a little kid to pay attention to all of that, even over multiple nights. Also, if a kid is too young, they probably won't even know what an economy is and have never heard of all kinds of things mentioned in the book, like the federal reserve. If the kid is old enough though that they have heard of this stuff, they'e probably too old to be interested in that kind of book with lots of cartoony illustrations. Sadly, I'm afraid this intended "children's book" may actually find more of an audience among adults looking for an easy explanation of capitalism and the flaws of trying to use force to alter people's economic actions. Not that having something like that is bad, just it looks like that means it didn't end up achieving the original goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 "Franklin Dee, the island bully." I lol'd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastian Hayek Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 If the kid is old enough though that they have heard of this stuff, they'e probably too old to be interested in that kind of book with lots of cartoony illustrations. I love it, and I am 24. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecherry Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 And obviously at 24, you are not a kid. I did say I expected more adults would like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amaroq Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 I'm 23, and I love it too. xD It's holding my attention. I think there should be a threshold where they're old enough to know the concepts but young enough to enjoy the simple explanations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amaroq Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 (edited) Double Post: I showed this to my roommate. xD It must've struck a nerve or something. It elicited almost two-dozen offline messages to attack it on MSN today while I was at work. Mostly ad-hominems against the author and talking about how Abel is an ass. I am amused. Edited January 29, 2010 by Amaroq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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