Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

John Mauldin has an outstanding free weekly e-newsletter. It is one of my top 3 sources for business informatin and certainly my favorite source that comes at no cost. Hence I was eagerly anticipating his book and rushed out to buy it when it became available. Unfortunately, the book was a big let down when compared to his newsletter. Here is the positive: 1) End Game looks at both sides of the flation argument, as opposed to other books that focus on just 1 or the other. 2) Mr. Mauldin tells you what he believes will be the likely outcmes for several countries around the world. 3) The book is straightforward and easy to read. The Negative: 1) Too much of other people's thinking. This works for his newsletter as you get a broad perspective from a variety of economists. But for a book it just makes it seem like the authors didn't do enough of their own leg work, and were in some hurry to meet a deadline. 2) The chapter on how you should invest shouldn't be called a chapter, it is 4 pages short. 3) While the authors talk both the drivers of inflation and deflation they do not dedicate much time to discussing how, why, and when one will predominate the other. The most specific they get is to say they believe for hte US we will have deflation then inflation, no degrees of, or time frames or things to look out for as to when the change may be occurring. Overall, I'm happy I bought the book, simply because Mr. Maulding issues such an outstandng e-newsletter for free, that I feel he deservees his royalty fees from my purchase of his book.