Another Review …
My hometown daily paper, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, reviewed Slackonomics last Sunday. As the editor-in-chief of a Village Voice-owned weekly in Cleveland (1999-2002), I spilled a good amount of ink beating up on the PD. Sometimes the paper deserved it and sometimes not, but it seems to be all water under the bridge — or maybe our criticism was irrelevant to begin with. Either way, I’m grateful for the positive, if somewhat disjointed review:
Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 3, 2008:
Cool word, slackonomics. Cool idea, too, to meld attitude and what Lisa Chamberlain admits is an intuitive grasp of economics in her prickly, entertaining book about the changing of the guard from baby boomer to Gen Xer. Studded with insight into pop culture and today’s turbulent society, “Slackonomics” aims to give Gen X, or people in their 30s and 40s, its props. … She has a testy, smart style, is well read and peppers her book with factoid strips and graphics. … The fluid marketplace Chamberlain explores is hard to pin down, let alone navigate. But she and her peers bespeak a flexibility and fearlessness suggesting they will not only survive, but also prevail — and, perhaps, guide the world to greater sense.