Socialism Sucks, Robert Lawson
Socialism Sucks, Robert Lawson
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Socialism Sucks
Two Economists Drink Their Way Through the Unfree World

Author: Robert Lawson

Narrator: John Pruden

Unabridged: 4 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/30/2019

Synopsis

The bastard step-child of Milton Friedman and Anthony Bourdain, Socialism Sucks is a bar-crawl through former, current, and wannabe socialist countries around the world. Free-market economists Robert Lawson and Benjamin Powell travel to countries like Venezuela, Cuba, Russia, and Sweden to investigate the dangers and idiocies of socialismwhile drinking a lot of beer.

About Robert Lawson

Robert Lawson is Associate Professor in sociolinguistics at Birmingham City University. He has held numerous international positions, including at the University of Pittsburgh as a Fulbright Scholar and the University of Jyvaskyla as a Junior Visiting Professor. He is the editor of Sociolinguistics in Scotland, coeditor of Sociolinguistic Research: Application and Impact, and has publications in major peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Sociolinguistics, Gender and Language, English World-Wide, Discourse, Context & Media, and Social Media+Society. His research focuses on language and masculinities, the application of language research outside academia, and language in media contexts.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Patrick on January 13, 2020

2020-01-13 - Wonderful book. Not for those with delicate language sensibilities, but otherwise I recommend it to most any adult. Very funny. Very informative. Breezy, yet serious too. If you want an intro into why "democratic socialism" might be worth being careful of this campaign season, this book i......more

Goodreads review by Leslie on November 22, 2019

I am not the audience for this book, that should be noted before you read any further. I read this at the instance of my dad, who is always trying to challenge my politics, and, unsurprisingly, I hated it. I wanted to give it one star, but I added one, because there are at least three good things abo......more

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