https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/27.aspxEverything else.enCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/391811.aspxMon, 17 Jan 2011 05:37:39 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:391811econbuff0https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/391811.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=27&PostID=391811<p> I saw this at the library and it piqued my curiosity.&nbsp;</p> <p> No, this is not about the Fed and money printing.&nbsp; It&#39;s a pretty good story about a teenage boy who gets a neglected orchard up and running.&nbsp; It turns out to be a lot of work, but there are lessons about entrepreneurship, supply and demand, honoring contracts, figuring things out without a lot of adult (or state!) supervision, and other themes that would warm the hearts of libertarians everywhere.</p> <p> This is &quot;junior fiction&quot; aimed at 5th to 8th graders, so kids in that range may find this a good read (as did I, an adult).&nbsp; It&#39;s uplifting and instructional, without being preachy.</p> <p> I thought about writing a more detailed review, but there are a lot of good summaries on amazon, so I&#39;ll just point it out.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Year-Money-Grew-Trees/dp/0547279779">http://www.amazon.com/Year-Money-Grew-Trees/dp/0547279779</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>