and they consume and accumulate power and money and homes based on cronyism. host: taking about the scandinavia argument is a big part of the book and the debate we have without the counter, gentler form of socialism but you point out trend lines in scandinavia moving away from socialism in reliance on taxes. where we see scandinavia 25 years from now and what trends do you see that answer back the arguments. the peak of socialism in sweden was the 70s. they have been moving more to the right. of five countries that are scandinavian countries four or five are led by center-right government, the trend line on taxes is all the way down and they are big trading nations involved with international trade and worldwide trade. they have economic indexes, heritage does one. they are ranked pretty high and it is important to know whether they are socialist or not. we need to know whether they are socialist are not and they are not, this private proper
posted by the mayor and city corporations and as large a company to partake as we have ever seen in this town on any occasion. so in that moment march that to adjust to the constitution to the president and vice president and congress and then to our illustrious neighbor. he truly had retired from public service the responses one that i think about often the wish that can exceed that to see the country happy and i can entertain no doubt that if all of us back to the part of good citizens. he included himself in that equation. he to was a citizen. but that came with rights and duties particularly the duty to maintain the constitution support the laws and guard our independence as we will see he took those very seriously he does not retire from public service so much as take a different approach. tonight we can hear about a wonderful book i had the chance to read it in prepublication which i actually read at my vacation home over christmas break and i was daunted how good thi
city corporations and as large a company to partake as we have ever seen in this town on any occasion. so in that moment march that to adjust to the constitution to the president and vice president and congress and then to our illustrious neighbor. he truly had retired from public service the responses one that i think about often the wish that can exceed that to see the country happy and i can entertain no doubt that if all of us back to the part of good citizens. he included himself in that equation. he to was a citizen. but that came with rights and duties particularly the duty to maintain the constitution support the laws and guard our independence as we will see he took those very seriously he does not retire from public service so much as take a different approach. tonight we can hear about a wonderful book i had the chance to read it in prepublication which i actually read at my vacation home over christmas break and i was daunted how good this book was am excited for
socialism sucks, is more irreverent than most public policy books we usually organize events around here at cato but i can assure you the authors we are featuring today are serious accomplished economists with decades of scholarly work. .. inevitably, , they have drinksn their hand, probably because we chat at receptions, hotel bars and the like. but the conversation is always interesting, informative, and fun. that s also true of this new book. this is a light book about a heavy topic. so it s fortunate, fortuitous rather, that we are featuring today on the birthday of the late milton friedman, 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, or some of us to have worked with him to a limited degree. i m sure he, too, would agree with the title of the book, though i i can t really recallm ever putting his opposition to socialism in quite those terms. today, , socialism has gained an a
throughout the u.s. and the world with interactive maps. watch on-demand anytime unfiltered at c-span.org/coronavirus. i am very delighted to welcome you to our event today. it s on a conservative case for class actions, a book written by professor fitzpatrick that galvanized this debate. we have three outstanding speakers, , panelists i should say. our first is the head of the class action practice here it gets indented coach rivera key has litigated in the fitted doubtless class actions including over 20 dismissals of class action cases. so you may have a sense of where his position is on that. he is a graduate of georgetown, undergraduate and the university of virginia law school where he was the long review and he s also the author of a chapter in the popular better guide series on 1702 and claims, so please welcome christopher. [applause] our next panelist is professed himself wrote the book. he is a graduate of notre dame where he was runner-up valedictorian, but he