A reader alerted me that the current Kindle-edition price of The Rational Optimist is zero. At that price, you simply must download it.
A reader alerted me that the current Kindle-edition price of The Rational Optimist is zero. At that price, you simply must download it.
Sep 16 2010
Suppose the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests ended not in a bloodbath, but in the collapse of Chinese Communism and the establishment of multi-party democracy. What would have happened to the Chinese economy between 1989 and today? Would it have done better, worse, or about the same?Fans of democracy will pro...
Sep 15 2010
I'm completing a study on how quickly the U.S. economy transitioned after WWII from a wartime economy with strong elements of central control to a relatively free-market economy. I've got all that. What I'm missing is stories such as, "The Ford plant at River Rouge transitioned from producing airplanes, military truc...
Sep 15 2010
A reader alerted me that the current Kindle-edition price of The Rational Optimist is zero. At that price, you simply must download it.
READER COMMENTS
dave k
Sep 15 2010 at 8:45pm
Got it! Thanks for the tip.
C Palsson
Sep 15 2010 at 9:17pm
Thanks for the hat tip! I grabbed my Kindle immediately.
Eric
Sep 15 2010 at 10:10pm
Thank you Arnold, this just resulted in me buying a Kindle!
ThomasL
Sep 15 2010 at 10:26pm
@Eric
Beyond Amazon, don’t forget to check out Project Gutenberg, Google Books, and of course, the “Portable Library Liberty” for thousands of free ebooks to stock it up. Some, like Google Books, would require converting to the Kindle format, but it would be worth the effort.
Franklin Harris
Sep 15 2010 at 10:40pm
I’d already purchased the hardcover, but seeing as I subsequently purchased the new-generation Kindle, well, let’s just say the price is right.
Greg Finley
Sep 16 2010 at 12:33am
The time cost of reading it, of course, isn’t zero, but hopefully it will prove worth it.
Hyena
Sep 16 2010 at 1:59am
Awesomesauce.
Patri Friedman
Sep 16 2010 at 8:49am
Looks like $16 to me, maybe I missed the window?
rpl
Sep 16 2010 at 9:10am
Patri,
I just checked it, and it’s still free. Look for it on the top-100 free list; it’s currently #12.
Geoffrey
Sep 16 2010 at 10:08am
I found out yesterday!!!
I was going to buy it anyway.
I was amazed by the 100% discount.
I was going to email you but it is good to see that somebody has already found out and the news is out there..
Geoffrey..
PhD Economics – George Mason..
guthrie
Sep 16 2010 at 11:24am
And for the same price, Hyena has given me a new word! Thank you, sir!
J. Daniel Wright
Sep 16 2010 at 4:23pm
Thanks for sharing, Arnold.
Corey
Sep 17 2010 at 12:56pm
Darn, I caught this too late. It no longer appears to be free.
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