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Linda McQuaig's Shooting The Hippo: Causes and Results of Debt
Linda McQuaig's most recent book, "Shooting the Hippo" is about the causes and
results of the debt. It is a look at both the factual causes and the arguments
which are merely presented to us through the various elements of the media.
McQuaig delivers an insightful overview of the extensive media coverage which
has bombarded us over the past few years. "With the excitement of a mystery
writer, McQuaig tells the real story behind the debt." . This book explains the
history of the deficit myth, and enables people such as myself who are not
experienced in these types of problems to get to the heart of the arguments
presented so frequently about our financial situation. I found her book an
inspiration which will hopefully help us all to devote ourselves to the enormous
challenge which we will face in the future. We are responsible to inform and
educate ourselves, our friends, our families and neighbours in the difficult
days ahead.
To explain McQuaig's title I'll briefly describe the beginning of the "mystery."
A baby hippo, born in a zoo, is to be shot because of recent government
cutbacks which leave nothing to feed or care for the hippo. This image grabs the
attention of the reader and leads to numerous other examples which McQuaig uses
to break down the popular myths about the deficit. McQuaig, determined to
expose one by one, several of the current myths about the state of the Canadian
economy, backs up her arguments with interviews and publications. These include:
a chief statistician at Statistics Canada who has been working on the statisti ...