...so you'll have to elaborate, because I hated the fuck out of Persig, because he knows fuckall about zen and fuckall about motorcycle maintenance. That part where he runs out of gas on the side of the road? And then discovers his backup tank? I mean, FFS. The thing of it is, there are plenty of easy-to-digest non-fiction books about finance and economics. It's actually a lot less complicated than it's made out to be - I mean, this is the industry that Business majors go into. And I could probably give you notes and recommendations on a couple dozen of them. Cryptonomicon would not be one of my recommendations.
Haha I can see where you are coming from. Like I said, I'm not well versed when it comes to novels, and ZatAoMM is not really a great example. What I meant was that although it wasn't a manual on motorcycle maintenance, I learned what a 'Tappet' was, and a bit about combustion engine behavior in different altitudes. I'm looking to learn about interest rates, optimum currency area, etc. Perhaps I should just spend a while on wikipedia :)
Naaah. Wikipedia is boring. We can do better than that. Can you give me 45 minutes? Because you need your head cracked open on fractional-reserve banking and from there, the rest will flow.
is it possible in today's society, where the power structures are so rigid, to ever take power away from the bankers? will we just have to wait until there are ethically responsible ones?