Yesterday, Glenn Beck had Thomas Woods and Yuri Maltsev on his show to discuss F.A. Hayek's book, The Road to Serfdom. The book is a must read.
It is one of the greatest books ever written.
It was initially written for a British audience and published in the U.S. in 1944. It originally had a press run in the U.S. of only 2,000 copies. According to Amazon, it has now sold over 400,000 copies.
Woods during the Beck piece even brings up what I think is one of the most important chapters in the book, Why the Worst Get On Top--where Hayek discusses why the worst become leaders in government.
Also fascinating about the show was Maltsev's discussion of what it was like living in the old Soviet Union. It was bad. And, unfortunately, that is he direction we are heading in.
Judging from some emails I receive and some comments in the posts, I don't think many people realize how seriously dangerous the direction is that we are headed. We are far beyond the days of discussing why minimum wage laws increase unemployment among the least skilled.We are very near the point where the standard of living drops for almost everyone (except the ruthless and the very clever). It will get very ugly, with big brother watching around every corner. That's why it is important for people like Maltsev to tell us how bad it really was---and how bad it could get here.
The video and transcript of the show are here.
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Yuri Maltsev Lecture in Iowa City
Michael McKay emails:
Please tell all your IOWA contacts that this Wednesday, April 21st, at 7:30PM CT there will be a FREE PUBLIC LECTURE by Dr. Yuri Maltsev at the University of Iowa in Iowa City on the topic of "Socialism in the 21st Century"
Before his defection in 1989, Dr. Yuri Maltsev was a top economic advisor in the Soviet Union working on Gorbachev's Perestroika team.
He is perhaps the only person in the world to brief senior leaders in both the USA and USSR during the final years of the Cold War.
He is an ardent and articulate educator of the evils of Socialism and of the Miracle of Prosperity that comes from Freedom, Cooperation and Free Markets.
....Plus, he is very funny and very entertaining!
Yuri appears regularly on national television, has authored five books and hundreds of articles, and travels all over the world lecturing about history, economics, and socialism. Currently, he also teaches economics at Carthage College.
I hope you will come (and bring your friends!) to this FREE public lecture by Dr. Yuri Maltsev this Wednesday April 21st 7:30pm Lecture Van Allen Hall, Lecture Rm 1
Please tell all your IOWA contacts that this Wednesday, April 21st, at 7:30PM CT there will be a FREE PUBLIC LECTURE by Dr. Yuri Maltsev at the University of Iowa in Iowa City on the topic of "Socialism in the 21st Century"
Before his defection in 1989, Dr. Yuri Maltsev was a top economic advisor in the Soviet Union working on Gorbachev's Perestroika team.
He is perhaps the only person in the world to brief senior leaders in both the USA and USSR during the final years of the Cold War.
He is an ardent and articulate educator of the evils of Socialism and of the Miracle of Prosperity that comes from Freedom, Cooperation and Free Markets.
....Plus, he is very funny and very entertaining!
Yuri appears regularly on national television, has authored five books and hundreds of articles, and travels all over the world lecturing about history, economics, and socialism. Currently, he also teaches economics at Carthage College.
I hope you will come (and bring your friends!) to this FREE public lecture by Dr. Yuri Maltsev this Wednesday April 21st 7:30pm Lecture Van Allen Hall, Lecture Rm 1
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