a little bit of a different take on it i noticed there had been a flurry of books on socialism. that s no surprise because socialism has come into the american mainstream for the first time in the country they ve collapsed at the end of the 20th century suddenly they tried to take stock of its other unifying theme by and large is the idea that socialism has never worked certainly not for the lack of being tried was tried in the majority of the world. the largest countries in the world, russia, china, india so the issue is that socialism didn t work before and it s not going to work now. the verdict of history kind of argument. but the problem is that a lot of young people don t know that history is a house and really ds them. the second part is we are trying a new form of socialism. it s not authoritarian socialism, its democratic socialism. it is scandinavia. it s right there you can see it and we have three types of socialism. it s not just about the racial grievances and g
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welcome to the inaugural writers hour at james madison university. we are glad you are here. i want to thank the provost, the first person that i post about in this series. the everyone at the communications further help promoting the event. the we wouldn t be here so thanks to you. we also wouldn t be without john grisham. he should have his own show. before i met him i knew he was generous with his time and money and you can t go three days and i got to know him most would agree he was a gravedigger and never met someone that for their fame so blithely. he s a regular person. but of course he is a famous writer. in one place that sold a quarter of a billion bucks and another place he sold 300 million so at some point you throw in the towel and say a boatload. this is academia there is no keeping it loose but here we are on stage in academia. we ve probably got john on the cool side of the mountain where he belongs and i hope he becomes a regular visitor. please welcome ou
event coordinator and i m happy to see you all. before we get started i would ask everyone to silence their cell phones. since we are being recorded on the tv c-span. i m happy to introduce nathan robinson, founder and editor in chief for his new book. he is here in conversation with us please join me in welcoming nathan robinson. [applause] [cheering] how was the flight? everything was unobjectionable. they arwe are so glad to havu here with us. how many of you are already socialist? wasn t there an original cover where there was a finger-pointing at you? a lot is going to be [inaudible] the original title is socialism for people that are skeptical of it and i wanted something you could give to the non- socialists in your life in order to make them understand you. for those of you to give you things to say to other people and for those of you that are shifting in your chair and looking back and forth perhaps it is time to see this system of government and politics bu
i can assure you that the authors that we are featuring today are serious accomplished economist who is decades who worked to form this publication. the subtitle of the book to economist drink their way through the unfree world gives us the unconventional approach for a couple of academics. that subtitle did not surprise me though. i tend to run in to ben powell and bob lawson at economic or academic conferences around the country and around the world and inevitably had drinks in their hands, probably because we chat at the hotel bars and the like. but the conversation is always interesting, informative and fun. and that is also true of the new book. this is a light book about a heavy topic. so it is fortunate that we are featuring today on the birthday of the late freedman, one of the greatest economist of the 20th century and the champion of economic and overall human freedom. we were lucky to have known him and for some of us who work with him to a limited degree. he too w