[lbo-talk] Free marketeer "govt regulations caused meltdown" book makes NYT bestseller list

[Fernando Cassia]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> On Feb 23, 2009, at 9:42 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
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>> My point is that these writers probably just lend their name, and they
>> have a team of 15/20 people from one of those think tanks doing the
>> heavy lifting behind the scenes
>
> Bill Gates came out with a futurism book back in the 1990s - the road
> something something. It had something like 13 ghostwriters - one for each
> chapter, and then an uber-ghost to make sure the parts cohered.
>
> Doug

The Road Ahead!!! I have that one still shrinkwrapped, somewhere... it
was given to my old man...
apparently MSFT or its distributors gave away copies to everyone whom
didn´t ask for one. No wonder it topped the best sellers list. ;-P

I found a very good use for one of his following books...

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/568/1029568/bill-gates-creates-perfect-accessory-for-linux-tablets
;-)

FC