Angrynomics

By: Eric Lonergan, Mark Blyth

Narrated by: Eric Lonergan, Mark Blyth

Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

Why are measures of stress and anxiety on the rise when economists and politicians tell us we have never had it so good? While statistics tell us that the vast majority of people are getting steadily richer, the world most of us experience day in and day out feels increasingly uncertain, unfair, and ever more expensive. In Angrynomics, Eric Lonergan and Mark Blyth explore the rising tide of anger, sometimes righteous and useful, sometimes destructive and ill-targeted, and propose radical new solutions for an increasingly polarized and confusing world. Angrynomics is for anyone wondering, where the hell do we go from here?

©2020 Eric Lonergan and Mark Blyth (P)2020 Blackstone Publishing

Interesting Breakdown of a Growing Issue

The breakdown of the issues was clear and made sense. The anecdotes to start each dialogue were topical and introduced the main concepts well. I found dialogue 5 particularly interesting as the authors provide some interesting solutions for tackling the issues raised in the previous sections of the book. The postscript is also woth listening to as it clarifies their ideas in regards to the massive economic impact of the pandemic.

Angrynomics

I liked this book a lot.
The narrators offered useful information and provide well-constructed criticism of our capitalist society. the provided a link between what took place in America as well as Brexit.

Captured the anger and the cause well.

I grew up in rural Kansas with people who have been affected by NAFTA n such, so it made perfect sense to me.

great book! performance was good

Extremely informative. I learned a lot, and I've been following mark Blyth for a long time.the conversational style was great. The reading was a little less natural

so easy to understand, with all what's going

The speaker on it wasn't too bad, and the story was pretty good on what is going on.

Call for rationality and cool-headedness

A dialogue using simple language between the authors and the reader about politics and economy in the 21st century thus far.

Authors present up to date examples from Europe and North America for their speaking points. The book is narrated using simple, easy to understand language and targets audience of readers who have heard, not necessarily consciously followed recent political, economical events on both before mentioned continents. The loss of dogmatic political cause for politicians (e.g. in US socialism, capitalism in 20th century, currently more conservatism, progressivism) and more targeted campaigns for the vocal and more likely to vote, act groups of populace. Authors make great points on how raising age of pension isn't favored by any group of voters and to have economical stagnation if not growth migration or automation of preferably lower skilled professions is the easiest decision to weaponize in politics and as statistic show that aging population is more prone to vote conservatively progressives target predominantly younger groups thus the push to lower the age of voting.

Conclusion: 4/5. Listened on Audible included in plus catalogue. Narrated by: Eric Lonergan, Mark Blyth. Key takeaway from Angrynomics is to take a step back from immediate calls for action or attempts to weaponize emotions and take a look at whom those actions would benefit more, objectively think things through. The importance of the education and objective decision making can not be overstated when it comes to politics (or everything). Would love to read/listen this book again. Terrible value for the length of the book - 2.93 $/hour ( 14.80 $ / 05 hrs 03 mins ).

Values:
Terrible: >1.66 $/hour
Bad: 1 - 1.66 $/hour
Good: <1 $/hour
Dream: 0.4 - 0.27 $/hour

Better read than listen

I have this book in paperback and in audible. I’ve heard these authors speak on podcasts and they’re excellent, engaging. I actually heard them talk up this book and was really looking forward to it in audible.

The story is great but the delivery is very irritating. The transitions from Lonergan to Blyth are very distracting, it’s hard to follow the content. Then whenever Blyth ‘asks a genuine question’, I found it interrupts your listening and you end up losing track of the discussion.

Lonergan will be finishing a well articulated and engaging point on tribalism or inequality, when abruptly it feels, he is interrupted by Blyth who proceeds to ask an emotionless and canned question which removes any feeling whatsoever that this is a genuine dialogue. Instead it’s irritating and then you miss part of the others argument or continued point.

Having seen the printed copy, I would recommend that above this. It could be excellent as a dialogue but the performance is just too poor.

It would’ve been better if just Lonergan or just Blyth had of narrated, I’ve seen multiple narrators work elsewhere but not here.