tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post4972493616359886785..comments2024-03-12T09:44:18.874-07:00Comments on Howling Frog Books: The Communist ManifestoJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-4758903404244212742012-07-28T12:18:22.958-07:002012-07-28T12:18:22.958-07:00No, I've never read Smith, but I need to! I h...No, I've never read Smith, but I need to! I have gotten much more interested in economic philosophy over the past several years and there are many books on it that I want to read.<br /><br />The Manifesto doesn't have a difficult reading level, and it's pretty short, but I found it hard to find the real points of what they were saying--it seemed kind of diffuse and confusing, but that's probably partly because of all the bits refuting 19C groups we've never heard of. And they say these very strange things without explaining them at all, because they assume you already know what they're talking about, which I didn't. Maybe if there was a Cliff Notes version of Das Kapital it would help...Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-9376799219401386122012-07-28T06:39:44.112-07:002012-07-28T06:39:44.112-07:00As someone interested in history as well as politi...As someone interested in history as well as political and economic philosophy I really need to read this. I also believe that it is important to read viewpoints that we obviously disagree with. It is great that you are giving this obvious difficult work a try. Have you read Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations". Obviously that is in many ways the other side of the coin. I have not gotten to that one either.Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.com