Comments on: Meltdown a New York Times Bestseller!

By: Juanita Estrada

Juanita Estrada — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:59:20 +0000

Loved the book, also bought the audiobook version so that I can play it when others are around or hostage in my car, lol.

I keep spreading the word about your book because so many people aren’t satisfied, just like me, with the inadequate answers of greed, etc. Greed could only go so far if there are normal checks and balances, which some people already knew, but if it is supported by government it gets out of hand, which your book explained. Big government likes to create unnecessary complex messy webs to solve problems but then just end up creating more problems to solve and so and so on, like with some drugs the side effects are worse than the disease, when the answer is so simple, which your book explained and reminded me of some of the things I did learn in school about checks and balances, and cause and effect.

Have you, or the Austrian school looked into the possible solutions to our healthcare crisis. What I mean is that a government run National/Universal healthcare system isn’t the answer, but I also know that what we have had so far wasn’t so great either. Does Germany, Japan, or Thailand have the answer or is there something else, where no matter what, you wouldn’t loose your health insurance as long as you paid. No loopholes to drop you for whatever reason, or deny care, or preexisting condition problems.

By: Gene Urban

Gene Urban — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 04:20:21 +0000

Just finished the book and am planning on buying 20 copies to send to clients. Tom, thank you so much for your keen insights. It should be learned and used by our leaders… provided we could find any who have the backbone.

By: Joao

Joao — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:22:23 +0000

Way to go!

Let’s spread the word and bring out the Truth!

By: woods

woods — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:21:58 +0000

Not as far as I know, Jack.

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:08:46 +0000

Tom,
Are there any translation of “Meltdown” to other languages in progress?

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:33:54 +0000

Great book. I plan on passing the word on to my friends who are trying to figure out what’s happening. It’s written in a way that a novice in economics can understand it. Long live the Austrian School!

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:21:12 +0000

Congratulations Mr. Woods! Well-deserved to say the least. My Land of the Laws book review is in
http://landofthelaws.blogspot.com/2009/02/book-review-meltdown-by-thomas-woods.html
I loved the book and really feel you deserve our country’s gratitutde for providing this perspective. Great work!

By: Adam S.

Adam S. — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:39:55 +0000

I am a bookseller at one of the two “Killer B’s” and can tell you that both your book “Meltdown” and “Economics in One Lesson” are selling like hotcakes. We have gone through half of our copies and ordered six more of “Meltdown” and two more of “Economics in One Lesson” Word is getting around, and I’m glad. The Fed won’t survive this acid wash.

By: Karl

Karl — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:57:09 +0000

If I weren’t so fiercely dedicated to liberatarian free market principles, I would suggest that “Meltdown” be made required “mandatory reading” for every man, woman and child in the country. Congratulations, Tom! My fervent hope is that the royalties from the sale of this book make you the wealthiest man on the planet–a win-win for all of us!

By: Don

Don — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:24:17 +0000

Awesome work addressing the futility of so called ‘Keynesian’ economics to save the American way of life. The average Joe like me sees through all of the stimulus nonsense. It was a genuine shame that a solid conservative alternative to the mess we have now in Washington couldn’t compete with Obama during the election. In your research for this current book, did you read F.A. Hayek’s “The Road to Serfdom”? This prophetic book, published first in 1944, should be a companion to your publication. Thanks for writng “Meltdown”!