Announcement: Vote for me!

Hey guys, I've entered my blog in the Australian Writers' Centre's Best Australian Blogs competition. If you've been picking up what I've been putting down, it would mean a lot to me clicked the big blue button below and cast a vote for me in the People's Choice Award category.

As always, I'd appreciate any comments or feedback that you might have on the blog - even if it's just a click on the Interesting/Not Interesting buttons at the bottom of each post. This lets me know whether I'm writing stuff that is entertaining, funny or unique.

Hope you're having a great Anzac Day long weekend!

Book Review: The Value of Nothing by Raj Patel and The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan

I'm slightly ahead of my goal now. Here are the last two books I've read:

The Value of Nothing - Raj Patel (Economics, Society)

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This book looks at our current obsession with viewing the world purely through the lens of prices, and questions if there are better ways in which to value our world. It critiques mainstream economists reliance on the assumption of rationality (particularly sticking it into the likes of Gary Becker and 'Freakonomist' Stephen Levitt). It explains why corporations are the quintessential Homo Economicus and due to their cold rationality act like psychopaths, envisions the state as the anti-economic man and outlines different movements that are pushing back against the capture of the commons by capitalism. A thoroughly good read and social commentary.

The Great Hunt - Robert Jordan (Fantasy)

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The third book in the Wheel of Time series.

Announcement: Page views on this blog have finally surpassed Mancookblog

Despite the care I take in tending and attempting to cultivate this blog, it was always in the shadows of my other more popular blog I ran - Mancookblog. However, today this blog - full of my thoughts and musings - has finally surpassed it.

Even though Mancookblog only has 5 posts, it's still managed to rack up a decent number of views. Which leads me to think there's probably an untapped audience for Mancook. Anyone in Canberra keen to Mancook with me?