The Age of Fallibility: Consequences
of the War on Terror by George Soros
Thought Provoking For The Open-Minded
The legendary financier-and founder of the Open Society Institute-offers
crucial insight into the real meaning of freedom, and how societies can
best promote it After reflecting on his support of a losing Democrat for
president, George Soros steps back to revisit his views on why George
Bushs policies around the world fall short in the arenas most important to
Soros: democracy, human rights and open society. As a survivor of the
Holocaust and a life-long proponent of free expression, Soros understands
the meaning of freedom. And yet his differences with George Bush,
another proponent of freedom, are profound. In this powerful essay Soros
spells out his views and how they differ from the presidents. He reflects on
why the Democrats may have lost the high ground on these values issues
and how they might reclaim it. As he has in his recent books, On
Globalization and The Bubble of American Supremacy, Soros uses facts,
anecdotes, personal experience and philosophy to illuminate a major topic
in a way that both enlightens and inspires.

Personal Review: The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the
War on Terror by George Soros
First of all, it must be said right off that this is not a book about trading.
Soros is most famous in the financial markets for his managing of the
Quantum Fund and making a billion shorting the Pound in the 90s when
the currency broke from the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) which was
in place then as a precursor to the eventual Euro introduction. Anyone
coming in with the author's trading/investing history in mind thinking he
might talk about that type of thing in this book is going to be disappointed.
While he does mention events like this and others for which he is famous -
or notorious, depending on your viewpoint - neither trading nor the markets
are the focus of this book.
The Age of Fallibility is at its core as much a philosophical treatise as an
exploration of global affairs. Soros has a pretty well developed world view
and philosophy. His `reflexivity' approach to events (markets and
otherwise) has been expressed in his earlier books, and is further refined
in this one. That is the part of the book which will appeal to traders and
investors, as it helps to explain how he looks at the larger movement of
markets and how predictable patterns of behavior can be seen. For those
who like to take a big picture view of things, it is definitely something worth
reading.
As for the remainder of the book, that is a combination of explaining open
society, exploring global politics, and attacking America's foreign policy, as
the title would imply (though no major global player is left out of the
discussion or immune from criticism). If you are an open-minded sort then
you will find Soros' views very interesting. In particular, I found his
discussion on the concept of the "war on terror" very interesting.
No matter what you think of Soros or his politics (and many folks rightly or
wrongly have a negative view of him), the fact of the matter is the man has
a perspective on things few can offer based on his experience operating
his various organizations. As such, he is definitely someone to whom we
should at least listen. If you can do that, I guarantee he'll have you thinking
at several points in the text. If not, then this may not be a book you'll want
to read.
I personally started the book wondering if the arrogance I found in his
earlier market focused books would be apparent in this one too, but I found
it wasn't. The style was very engaging throughout and what he had to say
thought provoking. If that's what you look for in a current events type of
book, then you will like this one, all the more for the fact that though the
book was written in 2006, it has enough of a macro scope to it to make the
subject matter still quite meaningful now in 2008.

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