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In 2006, the comedian Dominic Frisby began to question the advice his financial advisers were giving him and began to look after his own money. He was fascinated by the world of finance. Mad though his friends and family thought him at the time, he put everything he owned into gold, which subsequently appreciated by several hundred per cent. Soon MoneyWeek were asking him to write a weekly column and he began seven years of obsessive reading and study. Life After the State is the culmination of that process. Just as Frisby saw the financial crash of 2008 coming, he now sees another one, even more calamitous, headed our way - only this one has serious political ramifications as well. But not one high-profile politician, economist or journalist seems to 'get it' - because not one of them has correctly identified the cause of the problem. For Frisby, the problem is the State. In every instance where government gets involved in people's lives with a desire to do good, it can always be relied on to make the situation much, much worse. Yet despite this reality, we all seem to imagine that a world without the state would be a wild and terrifying place. With wit and devastating clarity of argument, Frisby shows that human nature proves the opposite to be true. Combining the paradigm-busting wisdom of Nassim Nicholas Taleb's The Black Swan with the readable charm of Freakonomics, Life After the State is a book that will change the way you think about money, education, healthcare and social justice for ever.Product Identifiers
PublisherUnbound
ISBN-139781908717894
eBay Product ID (ePID)168165603
Product Key Features
Book TitleLife after the State
AuthorDominic Frisby
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicEconomics, Government
Publication Year2013
TypeTextbook
Number of Pages288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height216mm
Item Width135mm
Item Weight310g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorDominic Frisby
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 06 Apr, 2020
World of Books
Slightly disappointed with my purchase Bought a second hand book from these people for the NEW PRICE!!? Paid full retail £9.99 the book is worn. There is a price ticket of £1.00 on the book! World of Books seem to be getting overpriced. Not impressed at all.
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- 01 Feb, 2022
a rewarding read, well worth the time I invested in reading it.
a rewarding read, well worth the time I invested in reading it.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
