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In On the Money, fans can revel in over 350 of The New Yorker's best cartoons on the theme of money, culled from the past 80+ years. From bossy businessmen to crooked creditors to slighted stockholders, no one in the financial world has escaped humorously critical jabs from the master of cartoon humour. The collection is edited by The New Yorker's cartoon editor, Robert Mankoff, and includes an introduction by Malcolm Gladwell best-selling author of The Tipping Point, Blink and Outliers
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Robert Mankoff is the cartoon editor of The New Yorker and a cartoonist in his own right. He is the editor of many collections of New Yorker Cartoons. Malcolm Gladwell has been a staff writer with The New Yorker magazine since 1996. He is the author of three books, "The Tipping Point: How Little Things Make a Big Difference," (2000) , "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" (2005), and "Outliers: The Story of Success" (2008) all of which were number one New York Times bestsellers.
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"For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." -- 1 Timothy 6:10
Put down your Wall Street Journal, unplug your trading software, don't think about your estimated taxes, and count your blessings that you can take time to look at this book and laugh at yourself.
For those trained in making money from money, it's all about the numbers, keeping an eye on what others are doing, and being nimble. For those who focus on human values, money just gets in the way. In this volume, the latter get a humorous look at the former. Even the former will get a chuckle or two.
The book's strength comes in the many cartoons aimed at tax collectors, self-serving corporate managements, and investors who do silly things in the name of trying to make money. The humor in these is strong and timeless. Everyone will laugh at these.
The book is organized around decades, from the 20's to the 2000's. As I looked at the humor, I was reminded of the vastly different economic and financial markets of those decades. Unfortunately, the editor and Introduction author didn't choose to add that context for those who aren't long-time students of the economy and markets. As a result, I fear that a lot of the humor won't quite strike home.
I was pleased to see that the well-known essayist, Malcolm Gladwell as tapped for the Introduction. I was less impressed when I read how little he put into his comments. Well, I have to give redoubtable editor, Robert Mankoff, credit for trying.
I was struck in looking at the collection that much of the humor is surface deep. When the occasional introspective example of humor arrives, it works all that much better for the contrast. My favorite is the cartoon where the speaker notes that he's genetically cheerful. Perhaps cartoonists for The New Yorker in the future should aim deeper to capture the fundamental silliness of chasing after what doesn't last and can provide more distraction than satisfaction.
The book's main weakness is that many of the images don't reproduce quite well enough, so that either the words in the image are too small for easy examination or the image isn't quite crisp.
If you have a friend who finds making money is funny business, this is book will make a great gift. I'm thinking of giving a gift of the book to a friend of mine who is a financial guru.
Put down your Wall Street Journal, unplug your trading software, don't think about your estimated taxes, and count your blessings that you can take time to look at this book and laugh at yourself.
For those trained in making money from money, it's all about the numbers, keeping an eye on what others are doing, and being nimble. For those who focus on human values, money just gets in the way. In this volume, the latter get a humorous look at the former. Even the former will get a chuckle or two.
The book's strength comes in the many cartoons aimed at tax collectors, self-serving corporate managements, and investors who do silly things in the name of trying to make money. The humor in these is strong and timeless. Everyone will laugh at these.
The book is organized around decades, from the 20's to the 2000's. As I looked at the humor, I was reminded of the vastly different economic and financial markets of those decades. Unfortunately, the editor and Introduction author didn't choose to add that context for those who aren't long-time students of the economy and markets. As a result, I fear that a lot of the humor won't quite strike home.
I was pleased to see that the well-known essayist, Malcolm Gladwell as tapped for the Introduction. I was less impressed when I read how little he put into his comments. Well, I have to give redoubtable editor, Robert Mankoff, credit for trying.
I was struck in looking at the collection that much of the humor is surface deep. When the occasional introspective example of humor arrives, it works all that much better for the contrast. My favorite is the cartoon where the speaker notes that he's genetically cheerful. Perhaps cartoonists for The New Yorker in the future should aim deeper to capture the fundamental silliness of chasing after what doesn't last and can provide more distraction than satisfaction.
The book's main weakness is that many of the images don't reproduce quite well enough, so that either the words in the image are too small for easy examination or the image isn't quite crisp.
If you have a friend who finds making money is funny business, this is book will make a great gift. I'm thinking of giving a gift of the book to a friend of mine who is a financial guru.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Witty and funny and entertaining
19 Nov 2009
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Wov!! So entertaining. Very witty cartoons about the economy. Great satire. All the years and decades covered wonderfully. Great book. I really enjoyed it. The size is good, and easy to read and enjoy. I like the older decades better than recent ones. It is hard bound and quality is very good.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Solid Investment
22 Oct 2009
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Actually I debated between giving this 4 or 5 stars. For my tastes, the unvarying focus on money is best apppreciated in smaller doses, but in the end, I think it's like buying a book of dog cartoons -- you need to *really* like dogs.
All the familiar New Yorker stalwarts are here, Peter Arno, Charles Addams and Whitney Darrow as well as contemporaries of theirs with which I was not as familiar, and the new generation of cartoonists currently appearing in the magazine.
The cartoons range from the 1920s to this year. On the whole, the most enjoyable era is the 1930s through the 1950s. The 20s are tentative as the artform is being developed, and the generational change in the 60s was not, in my opinion, an improvement.
This being the New Yorker, there is a long introductory essay, which I did not read -- I feel that cartoons either stand on their own or do not. On the whole these hold up quite well, though you may wish to read a few pages at a time.
All the familiar New Yorker stalwarts are here, Peter Arno, Charles Addams and Whitney Darrow as well as contemporaries of theirs with which I was not as familiar, and the new generation of cartoonists currently appearing in the magazine.
The cartoons range from the 1920s to this year. On the whole, the most enjoyable era is the 1930s through the 1950s. The 20s are tentative as the artform is being developed, and the generational change in the 60s was not, in my opinion, an improvement.
This being the New Yorker, there is a long introductory essay, which I did not read -- I feel that cartoons either stand on their own or do not. On the whole these hold up quite well, though you may wish to read a few pages at a time.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
An entertaining, enjoyable time-capsule of the economy in cartoons from The New Yorker from 1925-2009
17 Oct 2009
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The New Yorker magazine has always been a source for well-written articles for over 80 years and but also, the publication has also been a great source to find the latest cartoons on various situations happening in American culture. May it be politics, religions and also the economy.
From the economy starting out in 1925 and the Great Depression of 1929 to the recession of 2009, with "The New Yorker - On the Money: The Economy in Cartoons (1925-2009)", you get over 250 pages of cartoons from various decades.
Personally, one of the most intriguing parts of the book that I was look forward to was to see how the economy during the 1920's was depicted in the publication.
From the lady who lends a beggar some money saying "You poor fellow! The stock market, I suppose?" and the man responding with "No, lady, I was always a bum."
Or the 1930's with a woman sitting on her husband's lap during the the theater saying to the woman's next to them "We're on a budget".
And of course, when you make it to the 1980's during the bubble economy, and the cartoons showing how the Republication 80's favored the rich with one cartoon showing a man telling another "I suppose one could say it favors the rich, but, on the other hand, it's a great incentive for everyone to make two hundred grand a year."
And of course, this decade with cartoons with one man at a bar telling the bartender "I fell like a man trapped in a woman's salary." and a woman telling her boyfriend (or husband) with another couple coming to visit, "I forget - are these your friends where we pretend we make more money than we actually do, or less?".
And another cartoon with a man coming to a gas station and the attendant telling him "If you have to ask how much gas costs, you can't afford it."
"The New Yorker - On the Money: The Economy in Cartoons (1925-2009)" is one of those books that are like a time capsule of how things are in America and how the public felt about the economy at that time.
One thing that I've noticed in the book is how back in the earlier years, there was so much detail in the cartoons drawn back then versus the more simpler style of today. But nevertheless, the book is quite entertaining and pictures are nice and large, text easy to read and for the most part, the book is straightforward in its showcase of cartoons from 1925-2009. You do get an introduction by Malcom Gladwell, author of "The Tipping Point".
Overall, if you are a fan of the cartoons shown in the publication or those drawn to cartoons from yesteryear, this nice, large, hardbound book is definitely one that is easy to recommend and seeing how things today, may not be so different in terms of public sentiment as they were throughout the decades.
Definitely recommended!
From the economy starting out in 1925 and the Great Depression of 1929 to the recession of 2009, with "The New Yorker - On the Money: The Economy in Cartoons (1925-2009)", you get over 250 pages of cartoons from various decades.
Personally, one of the most intriguing parts of the book that I was look forward to was to see how the economy during the 1920's was depicted in the publication.
From the lady who lends a beggar some money saying "You poor fellow! The stock market, I suppose?" and the man responding with "No, lady, I was always a bum."
Or the 1930's with a woman sitting on her husband's lap during the the theater saying to the woman's next to them "We're on a budget".
And of course, when you make it to the 1980's during the bubble economy, and the cartoons showing how the Republication 80's favored the rich with one cartoon showing a man telling another "I suppose one could say it favors the rich, but, on the other hand, it's a great incentive for everyone to make two hundred grand a year."
And of course, this decade with cartoons with one man at a bar telling the bartender "I fell like a man trapped in a woman's salary." and a woman telling her boyfriend (or husband) with another couple coming to visit, "I forget - are these your friends where we pretend we make more money than we actually do, or less?".
And another cartoon with a man coming to a gas station and the attendant telling him "If you have to ask how much gas costs, you can't afford it."
"The New Yorker - On the Money: The Economy in Cartoons (1925-2009)" is one of those books that are like a time capsule of how things are in America and how the public felt about the economy at that time.
One thing that I've noticed in the book is how back in the earlier years, there was so much detail in the cartoons drawn back then versus the more simpler style of today. But nevertheless, the book is quite entertaining and pictures are nice and large, text easy to read and for the most part, the book is straightforward in its showcase of cartoons from 1925-2009. You do get an introduction by Malcom Gladwell, author of "The Tipping Point".
Overall, if you are a fan of the cartoons shown in the publication or those drawn to cartoons from yesteryear, this nice, large, hardbound book is definitely one that is easy to recommend and seeing how things today, may not be so different in terms of public sentiment as they were throughout the decades.
Definitely recommended!
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