Sparks Commentary
Part history, part politics, and part random other stuff.
Monday, August 16, 2021
A review of PBS’s “Lawrence of Arabia: The Battle for the Arab World”
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The Arab Revolt against the rule of the Ottoman Turks … When people hear the phrase “World War One,” they usually think of Europe . But it...
Saturday, July 31, 2021
A review of “Monetarism and Supply Side Economics” (audiobook)
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I recently finished listening to an audiobook called “Monetarism and Supply Side Economics.” In a way, it was almost like two audiobooks tha...
Friday, July 30, 2021
A review of “Thorstein Veblen and Institutionalism” (audiobook)
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So I recently finished listening to an audiobook about the Norwegian-American economist Thorstein Veblen , who lived from 1857 to 1929. It w...
Monday, July 26, 2021
A review of “Alfred Marshall and Neoclassicism” (audiobook)
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So I recently finished an audiobook about Alfred Marshall , a British economist who lived from 1842 to 1924. This audiobook was called “Al...
Sunday, July 4, 2021
A review of “The American Revolution” (audiobook)
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“What do we mean by the American Revolution ? Do we mean the American war? The revolution was effected before the war commenced. The revolut...
A review of “The Declaration of Independence” (audiobook)
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“The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establi...
Monday, June 28, 2021
A review of Rousseau’s “The Social Contract” (audiobook)
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I’ve read Rousseau’s “The Social Contract” itself in the original French . Thus, you might expect me to be something of a “fan” of this wo...
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