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Socialism Sucks

Two Economists Drink Their Way Through the Unfree World

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Socialism Sucks

Written by: Robert Lawson, Benjamin Powell
Narrated by: John Pruden
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The bastard step-child of Milton Friedman and Anthony Bourdain, Socialism Sucks is a bar crawl through former, current, and wannabe socialist countries around the world. Free-market economists Robert Lawson and Benjamin Powell travel to countries like Venezuela, Cuba, Russia, and Sweden to investigate the dangers and idiocies of socialism - while drinking a lot of beer.

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very easily digestible, hard talking points reinforced by direct knowledge and evidence.

Well I dont agree with their quick blurb on open borders, since disprovem but several studies in the U.K. everything else is bang on.

Short but brilliant

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The book's brevity is due to the fact that it focuses on the RESULTS of Socialist policies. These proof-is-in-the-pudding arguments are compelling enough, to be sure. A book that explored the reasons WHY Socialism fails EVERY SINGLE TIME; why it is incompatible with the human condition, would delve into topics outside the authors' fields of expertise. Still, I don't doubt that Lawson and Powell would have been able to make those arguments in compelling fashion. They just chose to leave that to others and not have a 12-hour book. I like that they stuck with the 'textbook' definition of Socialism and underscored the foolishness of single-issue people who care about matters largely outside of state economics yet define themselves as "Socialist".

The Awful Truth Laid Bare

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easy explanations of real world socialism examples, and the different concept of neo Western socialism

simple and informative

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These two authors do a great job of reviewing the atrocies of socialism and the benefits of capitalism through the Universe.

Socialism does Suck.

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Absolutely great book that brings the arguments against socialism down to a everyday level. The mix of ideas and stories is done very well.

Must read in today's world

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