Reviews for Transformations of capitalism

The average rating for Transformations of capitalism based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-05-20 00:00:00 Daniel Diletti This is not the type of book I would have picked up on my own to read. But when you are in you mother-in-laws house and she states that you HAVE to read it... you sit there and read it. And no matter what you think, you tell her that it was great. I was surprised that it wasn't all that bad. As far as my political persuasion, I am neither a Republican nor a Democrat, and have the annoying ability to see both sides of most issues. I know very little about Newt other than his position and the fact that he was a Republican. This book is a fairly good breakdown of what is wrong with our country today, from the educational system, to welfare, to the "war on drugs." There is extensive coverage of the "Contract with America" that the Republicans pushed back in the Clinton years. In this book he claims that it was a success, but with it currently being 2008, I'm not sure what exactly it did for our country. As far as the politics in this book, he is very conservative, but logical. That's the thing with this book, if you brush away the political spin, this is pure slap yourself on the forehead logic "DUH!" kind of material. If anyone reads this and claims that it is brilliant, enlightening, or world changing... then they must have been hiding in a box somewhere for the last 20 years. There is nothing here that you haven't heard in your high school government class. This book would be very good reading for a high school student to spark debate and thoughtful conversation, but as far as revolutionary... there really isn't much here to cling to. Thank you for pointing out the problems Newt, we already know them... now will someone come up with some solutions!

Review # 2 was written on 2019-01-31 00:00:00 Sofia Riska This is one of the most inspirational and influential political books I have ever read in my 43 years on God’s green Earth. It was one of my required readings during the USC Washington Semester Program back in the Spring 1996 semester, and it was far & away the most enjoyable and stimulating of all those readings. Though I had already been a fan of then-Speaker Gingrich for engineering the 1994 Republican takeover of the House of Representatives (after 40 years of imperial Democratic Party rule), it was my reading of “To Renew America” that gave me greater insight into Newt’s intellect and scholarly brilliance....and in the process, even more disgusted with his detractors in political, academia, and so-called “mainstream” media circles alike.