Review of Incentives
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Review of Incentives
[Following is a volunteer review of "Incentives" by George Frankllin.]
Capitalism and communism are two systems that conflict quite a lot with each having its supporters. Communism is seen as a system which involves all people from the society towards development unlike capitalism which only involves the well-off who end up benefiting more at the expense of the poor. Capitalism has been majorly reinforced on developing countries which to a large extent has been seen as a major drawback in their development. Though some advocate for communism as it has been seen to work in some countries, others are opposed to the idea. The debates between these two systems continue as the best one is yet to be determined.
In his book Incentives, George Franklin brings out the evils associated with capitalism. Though quite seen as an incentive for development in most countries, capitalism is regarded as an evil that is used to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. The author recognizes this and in regards to the same further highlights the social class division between the bourgeoise and the proletariat. Through quite an entertaining narration, he further shows how the rich manipulate the poor through paying taxes to advance their riches.
As capitalism is driven by the rich and politicians, inequality continues to prevail even after projects 'aimed' to help the lower class improve their standards of living through job creation continue to fail. They manipulate the obvious social injustices such as inclusion of immigrants, providing jobs and even climate change to enrich themselves. Through these they are then able to acquire money with which to run their government approved 'community' projects. They then use these projects to launder money and run other criminal businesses. The author clearly depicts these as he uses characters whose roles range from high government officials to locals.
To some extent the government is referred to as a necessary evil. The author depicts the government to be the major ring leader towards capitalism and its associated evils. His characters range from top political leaders to immigrants. He uses humor to pass across some of his points and I loved it because it breaks the monotony for the reader. His entry style is okay. Each chapter brings in a new set of characters at the beginning but as the story continues a chapter with continuation of the previous one comes in.
The author brings in a sense of religious bias especially to the Catholics. In each chapter where he introduces a character, they seem to be religiously inclined persons who use this to their advantage or children who had religiously inclined parents and did not adapt to the Christian ways. There are cases of profanity but no explicit content. I did not encounter any grammatical error. I therefore rate the book 4 out of 4 stars. I would recommend the book to any person with an interest in historical fiction.
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Incentives
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Capitalism and communism are two systems that conflict quite a lot with each having its supporters. Communism is seen as a system which involves all people from the society towards development unlike capitalism which only involves the well-off who end up benefiting more at the expense of the poor. Capitalism has been majorly reinforced on developing countries which to a large extent has been seen as a major drawback in their development. Though some advocate for communism as it has been seen to work in some countries, others are opposed to the idea. The debates between these two systems continue as the best one is yet to be determined.
In his book Incentives, George Franklin brings out the evils associated with capitalism. Though quite seen as an incentive for development in most countries, capitalism is regarded as an evil that is used to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. The author recognizes this and in regards to the same further highlights the social class division between the bourgeoise and the proletariat. Through quite an entertaining narration, he further shows how the rich manipulate the poor through paying taxes to advance their riches.
As capitalism is driven by the rich and politicians, inequality continues to prevail even after projects 'aimed' to help the lower class improve their standards of living through job creation continue to fail. They manipulate the obvious social injustices such as inclusion of immigrants, providing jobs and even climate change to enrich themselves. Through these they are then able to acquire money with which to run their government approved 'community' projects. They then use these projects to launder money and run other criminal businesses. The author clearly depicts these as he uses characters whose roles range from high government officials to locals.
To some extent the government is referred to as a necessary evil. The author depicts the government to be the major ring leader towards capitalism and its associated evils. His characters range from top political leaders to immigrants. He uses humor to pass across some of his points and I loved it because it breaks the monotony for the reader. His entry style is okay. Each chapter brings in a new set of characters at the beginning but as the story continues a chapter with continuation of the previous one comes in.
The author brings in a sense of religious bias especially to the Catholics. In each chapter where he introduces a character, they seem to be religiously inclined persons who use this to their advantage or children who had religiously inclined parents and did not adapt to the Christian ways. There are cases of profanity but no explicit content. I did not encounter any grammatical error. I therefore rate the book 4 out of 4 stars. I would recommend the book to any person with an interest in historical fiction.
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Incentives
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