Thanks to The Boys At Marginal Revolution

Here's a credible recommendation for a book: Africa's World War: Congo, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Making of a Continental Catastrophe.

MR is one of my favorite econ blogs, mostly because the nerdy boy humor reminds me of (male) classmates at the social-skill free institution where I earned my undergraduate degree.

(The guys they call to mind were of dubious fashion sense, nearly unable to function around women, and much smarter than me. No, I'm not jealous.)

And MR has had some interesting coverage and links to other good reading on the financial crisis.

But neither of the two posters (Alex and Tyler) -- nor intrepid commenters -- have noticed that Amazon sells this book directly for $18.45; prices for used copies from their marketplace sellers start at $18.43; prices for new copies from marketplace sellers start at $17.20. I know there's a utility curve in there somewhere that could explain this

I'll bet that Tyler watches 24.