The Ellis Laws: Penguin Special
- ISBN-10
- 1743485824
- ISBN-13
- 9781743485828
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 96
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-11-07
- Publisher
- Penguin Group Australia
- Author
- Bob Ellis
Description
In these witty, outrageous ten laws, the well-beloved gadfly, sage and wordsmith Bob Ellis investigates dislocation and security, competence and charisma, youth and old age. He explains why bicycles encourage premarital sex, moving house too many times drives humans mad, 'the rising price of a roof ' is the root of all economic evil, and, most ominously, 'power flows to the most boring man in the room'. He alleges, pretty persuasively, that all CEOs – except, perhaps, George Lucas – should be sacked, fined or imprisoned. This is a book to cherish, re-read and pass on to generations less informed of how humans were at the turn of the millennium, and how much they got wrong.
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