NetGalley Review: The Big Myth by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway

 The Big Myth by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway

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Rating:   ✩✩✩✩✩

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I could write forever about how interesting and informative this book was!  The depth of research, and the writing skills of the authors shines, on every page.  A deep dive on this topic could  have proven to be tedious, but Oreskes and Conway make the material as engaging as it is educational. 

The pathway charted through history through the looking glass of “the market” was enlightening on many levels.  The narrative starts with child labor laws (the arguments supporting child labor mirror far too closely the arguments supporting today’s topics of homo/transphobia), moves through the ways that Christianity had to evolve out of socialism (how can we scare people into believing in our doctrine if security comes from somewhere else?) and wraps up with how Reagan really got the ball rolling on modern capitalism’s ethos of only helping the five guys at the top. 

The number of  times I would read a line and exclaim “that actually explains so much!”  cannot be overstated.  The historical, economic and political knowledge gained by reading this book is vital to understanding the current political rifts over business vs. actual people.  I am absolutely adding these author’s other books to my “Pre-2024 Election Reading List.” 

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Published by: Bloomsbury USA  Release Date:  31 January 2023 

Purchase at: Amazon