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Title: Very good reading, unfortunately lengthy at times
Review: the width and depth of Prof. Diamond's knowledge is truely amazing! At the same time, this book is a refreshing disgression from the usual (at least in Germany, my home) "tree huggers'" attitude of sorting all people into "good" ones (who support their agenda), and "bad" ones (who do not). Instead, he argues, that incentives guide people's behaviour, and if they are set wrong -and this can happen without any bad intentions!- the results may be desastrous.The only problem, I have with this superb book, as compared to, say, Guns, Germs and Steel by the same author is that it is too long winded at times. 100 pages less, and it would have been perfect!
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