Daan Wynen reviewed Hypercapitalisme by Larry Gonick
Intro material and some re-affirmation of not being alone
3 stars
I got this as a birthday present by someone who's clearly great at choosing birthday presents for me. :) And I read the first half very quickly but somehow stopped, probably because the first part is a bit hard to stomach, even though I already knew about many of the things discussed. It was still nice to see it all presented in the same place, but maaaaaan... the subject material still sucks. :P
Little did I know that I stopped just a little bit before part 2 of the book, which deals with solutions. A week ago or so I picked the book up again, having found it at the bottom of the stack next to my bed, and thought "okay I can do this." And it was a breeze! Even though I had heard of many of the proposed solutions, it's just good to reaffirm that others have the …
I got this as a birthday present by someone who's clearly great at choosing birthday presents for me. :) And I read the first half very quickly but somehow stopped, probably because the first part is a bit hard to stomach, even though I already knew about many of the things discussed. It was still nice to see it all presented in the same place, but maaaaaan... the subject material still sucks. :P
Little did I know that I stopped just a little bit before part 2 of the book, which deals with solutions. A week ago or so I picked the book up again, having found it at the bottom of the stack next to my bed, and thought "okay I can do this." And it was a breeze! Even though I had heard of many of the proposed solutions, it's just good to reaffirm that others have the same feelings and thoughts.
It remains a comic book, so it's relatively easy reading and the visual language is nice. So it's a good intro to many of the topics, and has references at the end for those who want to go deeper into specific topics.