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 enlarge | Author: George Soros
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Category: Book
List Price: $22.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  64 reviews
Sales Rank: 1348
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 1586486837
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.0973
EAN: 9781586486839
ASIN: 1586486837
Publication Date: May 5, 2008
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 Ingenious Incites November 29, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Soros captures the missing link in fundamentalist theory. If you do not understand Soros' theory of reflexivity you are missing a true understanding of the way markets work. Additionally, Soros outlines some of the problems with current policies in U.S and international regulation. If you care about your rights, open society, or the future of the United States, you should read this book. We must understand the problems we face, in order to address them.
 Disappointment November 29, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I admire Mr. Soros for his philanthropy but I find this book disappointing. I was hoping to gain some insight into the economic crisis but instead got the wordy, unedited version of what amounts to a paper on his theory of reflexivity. The book contained too many extraneous pages about how he always wanted to be a philosopher, how criticisms of his initial theory were right (sort of) but also wrong and why he is now vindicated and is truly a philosopher. There was a chapter documenting trades he made recently that seemed out of place.
Had the editor done her job I think this book would have deflated into a paper which presented little to nothing new.
 Wasn't too helpful November 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Found the book interesting but felt that it's premise and conclusions were obvious, especially given the current situation. I give him the benefit of the doubt that he couldn't have seen what ultimately would happen to our economy in the next few months and he reviewed what had previously happened and made it easy to understand.
Bias or the individuals perception of a situation is involved in everything, especially with him as his political position is obvious in his book. He is an example of his own theory of relfexivity.
Think he is trying to develop a theory of ecomomics to prove he is an intellectual on par with his father. Although I enjoyed the book I don't think he has done it. The blurb by his son explaining that he buys and sells on the basis of his backaches is incredulus and doesn't help in giving his theories validity.
 Insightful read.... November 16, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Insightful book. Recommend for any who need help connecting the dots on the current global financial condition.
More than worth it just for the philosophy November 13, 2008
I just loved this book.
This book is a must for people who blindly believe in market prediction, economists and fundamentalists. It argues that it is necessary to take into consideration the point of view of the "observer" who interacts and influences the outcome; thus rendering the prediction obsolete and indeterminate.
Soros says that he has been a successful investor and a FAILED philosopher until this book. Now he believes (and I FULLY AGREE) that he has become a successful philosopher. The funny thing is that he FAILED as an investor because all his predictions in the book turned out to be wrong (at least in the short run). But I guess that drives his point home: the reflexivity makes it impossible to predict markets....
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