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[jeffcon0]

Every once in a while I feel like picking up a non-fiction book that I know will probably be over my head and eventually bore me. I like Greenspan, I think he's a fascinating guy and in my armchair economist view he seems to be pretty much dead on and he has a pretty solid track record with what he has to say. I also work for a large financial company but I'm not actually in the finance arena so I thought this might give me some insight.

It certainly gives some insight. Too much insight for my passing interest in economics. 542 pages is a lot to read with so much of it going over my head. When Greenspan starts going to deep into central bank policy I can feel my eyelids getting heavier. When he talks about his opinions on past and present politicians and about his views on the future of the American economy he has my attention.

Greenspan's writing is fine but not spectacular and I could do with a lot fewer interludes about how much he loves his wife. Good enough and readable enough just don't go into this one expecting Freakonomics.

Overall my brain felt numb after finishing this. I probably could've taken some time and let it all soak in but I'm racing towards the 27 in '07 (not looking good right now) and need to get moving.

[galactic_dev]

This cartoon http://www.workingassetsblog.com/2007/09/booksigning_today_by_alan_gree.html) summarizes my problems with Greenspan.

[jeffp]

I took the liberty of turning galactic_dev's URL into a link, so you can just click on it to chase it.