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Summary: Still great!
Review: I have been a fan of Wendell Berry since my undergraduate days. I own many of his collected essays, as they are worth returning to again and again. At his best, Berry is one of the most thoughtful and challenging writers in America today--whether writing literary criticism, social criticism, poetry, or fiction.

This collection of essays is not Berry's very best. But Berry at his worst would still be worth reading (and I can't say that I've ever read anything by him that I could even call "moderately bad"). If you wish to go beneath the surfact events and problems in America to their root causes, Berry will take you there.

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Summary: Good though not his best...
Review: I have read (and continue to re-read) several of WB's books. i enjoyed The Irish Journal tremendously and would be interested in any additional travel writing that this man may have to offer. The other essays are well-written though sometimes ringing a little off compared to the rock solid writing of some of his other essay material. Also, The reviewer who chastised WB for a lack of economic knowledge should understand that WB is not speaking in the manner of Keynes or Galbraith but in a manner closer to home...i.e. the title.

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Summary: An naive book from an ill-informed man
Review: Mr. Berry brings us a book about economics. It appears from the book that Mr. Berry has studied no economics--even at the introductory, 101, level. Avoid this book.