The Road to Serfdom: Are we on it?

The Road to Serfdom is a book that was written to expose socialist governments for the slavery-inducing entities that they are. It was banned in Europe when it was written, and a citizen, or should I say "comrade," in Russia could be put in jail if caught reading it. The author, who incidentally won a Nobel Peace Prize for his effort, was shunned by the academic crowd in the United States, and unable to find a job at any institution of higher learning in this country. I had to read this book for an economics class recently, and I think it is safe to say that at the time I read it, I was probably the only person I knew who had done so. That is probably still the case, but maybe not for long, as the book has been on the #1 Bestseller list at Amazon.com for the past week. The reason? Glenn Beck did a program on it, which included an interview with a Russian defector who actually did risk being put in jail by reading the book. The program is fabulous and gives a little taste of the content of the book, as well as a good discussion about where we are along this road. The following is the first of 4 segments of the program. Just click on the video and it will open up to the YouTube page, where you'll be prompted with links to the remaining segments of the show. It's about 41 minutes total, and well worth the time.