Mises.org Douglas French review of Eat People

http://mises.org/daily/5047/Commerce-Is-a-Peoples-Revolution-Daily

The big-box book business has begun to crumble with the bankruptcy filing of book-selling behemoth Borders. The Chapter 11 filing indicates the company is looking to restructure its debts and continue on. But as in the case of bankrupt Blockbuster, there may not be anything to restructure, with both of these old-technology companies destined for liquidation and futures of little more than Wikipedia entries chronicling each company's past glories.

Old ideas are continually destroyed by life-changing entrepreneurs who take new ideas and make all of society the better for it. Joseph Schumpeter is smiling while the equity holders of Borders stock are crying.

Once upon a time Borders increased my standard of living; now it's Amazon, shipping books to my front door. No more wasting gas and time while a girl with purple hair and a nose ring swipes my card and bags my books. For others, convenience is loading their ebooks electronically.

In the big picture, the Borders BK is a beautiful thing. As opposed to General Motors and AIG, there will be no government rescue. The fertile minds and energies of the creative class are always busy making our lives better knowing they won't be protected like government's sacred cows.

Andy Kessler has met and knows many of the creators who have shaped our lives for the better. Their successes were not guaranteed by government contracts or sweetheart deals, Kessler explains. "The cool thing about all of these folks is that no one did them any favors," Kessler writes in his new book Eat People: Unapologetic Rules for Game-Changing Entrepreneurs.

Sounding very much like F.A. Hayek, Kessler says that markets make better decisions than managers.

Kessler has produced a few New York Times bestsellers: Wall Street Meat, Running Money, and The End of Medicine. Kessler self-published Wall Street Meat when he was told publishing a book takes a year by the traditional publishing houses. He published his novel Grumby last year, first for theKindle and then in hardcover.

Kessler writes in an engaging and conversational style, thinks outside the box, and draws inspiration from such divergent places as the leftist Rules for Radicals, a dopey 99% conference for creative thinkers, but most of all from the wisdom of the entrepreneurial geniuses he's met from his time in Silicon Valley and on Wall Street: like Mark Zuckerberg and Mark Cuban.

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Andy,

I have read and digested your book and now I lost the appetite to eat my dessert.

I love your latest book for the fact that it shows me where to look and equip me with "what to see".

But at the same time, I hate it because it's telling me that I might not make it.

But, well, it's about time to put up the suit of becoming a Free Radical. What the hell have I read this book for if I don't follow and apply the Rules!

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In the big picture, the Borders BK is a beautiful thing. As opposed to General Motors and AIG, there will be no government rescue. The fertile minds and energies of the creative class are always busy making our lives better knowing they won't be protected like government's sacred cows.

Andy Kessler has met and knows many of the creators who have shaped our lives for the better. Their successes were not guaranteed by government contracts or sweetheart deals, Kessler explains. "The cool thing about all of these folks is that no one did them any favors," Kessler writes in his new book

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