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10 September 2014

#notallslaveowners People with print subscriptions to the Economist (including me!) can still see the now-withdrawn review of "The Half has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism". Slate has a few tips for people who are reviewing books on slavery - best you don't condemn the book as advocacy for starters.

The review has spawned a very funny hashtag.

post by: gaspode at: 18:36 | 4 comments

Been enjoying that myself. I love Twitter ever so much.

posted by Miko 10 September | 21:17

I got inspired by that hastag and tweeted this:

"C.S. Lewis fails to credit the White Witch's successes as queen, i.e., keeping Narnia fed through a 100-year winter. #economistbookreviews"

posted by Orange Swan 11 September | 10:33

Oh, I hadn't thought about children's literature.

"Maurice Sendak's Giving Tree was woefully blind to a number of obvious monetizing opportunities. #economistbookreviews"

"Biased toward Mom's planned economy, Dr. Suess minimizes the positive effects of the Cat in the Hat's creative destruction #economistbookreviews"

"When living on government handouts wasn't enough, the Ingalls family resorts to mob rule to survive the Long Winter. #economistbookreviews"

posted by Miko 11 September | 23:41

*snorfle*

posted by gaspode 12 September | 07:24

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