Reviews
"You wouldn't be able to stop yourself from reading this book! Daniel Akst is among the sharpest, most perceptive writers of his generation, and he is in fine form in We Have Met the Enemy." -Gregg Easterbrook, author of Sonic Boom "This book entertains even as it pokes at our most sensitive spots. Daniel Akst handles the touchiest heretical ideas with charm, humor and painless scholarship. With no ax to grind, no cause to serve but reason he opens up the foregone conclusions by which we live and leaves a reader with new and alternate views of ourselves and others. Like the finest essayists Akst makes the deepest ideas fascinating and fun to read." -Nicholas von Hoffman "The more a society progresses, the bigger a problem self-control turns out to be. If you wish to be ahead of the curve for understanding America's problems, Dan Akst's excellent and informative book is the place to start." -Tyler Cowen, Professor of Economics, George Mason University, and co-creator of the blog The Marginal Revolution, "You wouldn''t be able to stop yourself from reading this book! Daniel Akst is among the sharpest, most perceptive writers of his generation, and he is in fine form in We Have Met the Enemy." -Gregg Easterbrook, author of Sonic Boom "This book entertains even as it pokes at our most sensitive spots. Daniel Akst handles the touchiest heretical ideas with charm, humor and painless scholarship. With no ax to grind, no cause to serve but reason he opens up the foregone conclusions by which we live and leaves a reader with new and alternate views of ourselves and others. Like the finest essayists Akst makes the deepest ideas fascinating and fun to read." -Nicholas von Hoffman "The more a society progresses, the bigger a problem self-control turns out to be. If you wish to be ahead of the curve for understanding America''s problems, Dan Akst''s excellent and informative book is the place to start." -Tyler Cowen, Professor of Economics, George Mason University, and co-creator of the blog The Marginal Revolution