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It's A Jetsons World: Private Miracles And Public Crimes (2011)

by Jeffrey Tucker(Favorite Author)

4.23 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1610161947 (ISBN13: 9781610161947)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Ludwig von Mises Institute

review 1: Jeffrey Tucker is an excellent writer as this collection of essays demonstrates. He has a knack for pointing out the extraordinary in the things we often take for granted. Technology that was only imagined at the time the Jetsons cartoons were created is now a part of our everyday lives. Tucker explains the role that market economics and government policies played in promoting or suppressing the advancement of this technology. Spoiler alert (sarcastic)... Freedom and liberty promote and government policies suppress technology.The audiobook version can be downloaded for free at mises.org. The audiobook is read by Stefan Molyneux of Freedomain Radio.
review 2: This is a free audio book on mises.org. The book is a compilation of articles written about various eco... morenomics topics with a focus on the role of technology and complex market relationships on everyday life. The author is very passionate about lauding the effects of these two economic phenomena, effects which most people take for granted and which are produced by private sector effort. The author is astounded by the miracle of affordable goods which were only dreamed about when the Jetsons cartoon aired in the early 1960's (i.e. mobile global skype, ubiquitous broadband internet, perfectly preserved potato chips thanks to highly engineered bags, etc.), examples of the prosperity that ancient man could never have imagined. He argues that the state (statism) only inhibits greater innovation and prosperity, calling it an "anachronism" which would plunge society into rigid, authoritarian, "wonkish" rule and technological darkness by stifling innovation. According to the author, the technology sector of the economy is the least regulated and is a picture of what innovation and product improvement would look like in other sectors if they were less regulated. The author goes so far as to say that we would have flying cars (something the Jetsons have that we don't) if government did not have a hand in transportation, diverting manufacturers effort to political issues instead of letting them innovate to please consumers. I enjoyed the author's style and energy in his written articles and decided to listen to his book. Some of the audio files are clipped short or missing and I would have liked the book to be longer, but overall I enjoyed it. less

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