HundredFlowersBloom

Yet another pop science book where economists try to convince you that they came up with a basic concept. This time: statistical variation.

Remarkably defensive of the state of the economy considering the book's title and subject matter. The Profit Paradox summarises entry-level economics for the majority of the book, only introducing novel ideas in its scant and underdeveloped final chapter.

Everyone authors an autobiography with a spin in mind, and rewriting the history of a legal battle nobody but the author cares about is such a dull spin.

3.5/10.

Provides a lukewarm opposition to the popular view of Putin as a domestically unrestricted autocrat. I do not think the book successfully proves its thesis that Putin is far weaker than imagined, though it does temper the majority account.

Phenomenal chapter on Scientology's embodiment of neoliberal economics, but the collection as a whole is undermined by the apologetic chapter by a self-admitted NRM adherent, out of place in an academic textbook.