Throughout the world and throughout history Free markets have brought growth, prosperity and individual liberty. Socialism of the Soviet or national variety has brought impoverishment and tyranny. Whenever they stand side by side: East and West Germany, North and South Korea. Mao's China and Hong Kong the difference is stark. Clear. Overwhelming.
Why then does socialism get better press? Why do self-described public intellectuals paint a different picture. The opposite picture?
Rainer Zielmann has written several books on this subject. The most recent is the powerful "How Nations Escape Poverty: Vietnam, Poland and the Origins of Prosperity.
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