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The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx

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The Communist Manifesto Book Name and Author Name The Communist Manifesto—by—Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels  Date Read January 18th - January 19th (2017) Introduction The Communist Manifesto is the magnum opus of Karl Marx. The first part of the book explains the theory of communism. And the second part of the book covers the comparative study of communism to different schools of socialism. Book Review  The first part of the book has explained the theory of communism in a very crystal clear way. The second part of the book was a bit tough for me understand. In the genre of philosophy related books, would definitely rate this book 5 out 5 Favourite Quotes “The bourgeoisie cannot exist without constantly revolutionizing the instruments of production, and thereby the relations of production, and with them the whole relations of society. Conservation of the old modes of production in unaltered forms, was, on the contrary, the first condition of

SuperFreakonomics—by—Steven Levitt

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SuperFreakonomics Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance BOOK NAME & AUTHOR    SuperFreakonomics—by—Steven Levitt Date Read January 15th - January 18th (2017) INTRODUCTION SuperFreaknomics is the sequel to the book Freakonomics. This book helps the reader to understand different day-to-day situations and cases with the concept of ‘human incentive’. Book Review  Though Levitt’s ‘SuperFreakonomics’ was much bolder than its prequel ‘Freakonomics’ personally I liked the Levitt’s prequel more. In the genre of economics-related books, would definitely rate this book 3 out 5 Favourite Quotes “Most of us want to fix or change the world in some fashion. But to change the world, you first have to understand it.”  - Steven Levitt In the United States especially, politics and economics don’t mix well. Politicians have all sorts of reasons to pass all sorts of laws that, as well-meaning as t