Reviews for Western capitalism and state socialism

The average rating for Western capitalism and state socialism based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-01-19 00:00:00 Joseph Rosenberg Wow. Wow. That is all I can say. This book was devoid of any facts, data, studies. If you enjoy generalizations, assumptions, conjectures, then this is the book for you. If you prefer to look at evidence in order to arrive at a conclusion, there is not one iota of evidence in this book. I read this to try and learn the conservative point of view - I really hope there are better books out there or I will wonder if conservative thinking is based on anything other than what comes out of people's asses.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-08-20 00:00:00 Steven Breck DNF. The opening premise of this book (updated version)--that the fall of the Soviet Union represents the failure of socialism, and therefore the triumph of laissez-faire capitalism--is clearly false. Democratic socialism is thriving all over the place in Europe, Canada, etc. In the U.S., the military and other programs operate on a socialist model. Unregulated free market capitalism is an ideological construct, not a reality in any successful major country that I am aware of. Another major assumption--that entrepreneurs motivated by profit/greed/competition are necessary for progress--is also false. For example, the miracles of modern medicine like penicillin and the polio vaccine were created by curious and well-meaning scientists working at non-profits. Honest, useful businesses welcome both regulation and competition. It's not either/or. As for the causes of chronic intergenerational poverty in America, his discussion is in a context of no context.