The Tide Is Turning (Free to Choose, by Milton & Rose D. Friedman)

THE TIDE IS TURNING

This book’s most astounding datum is in the appendix. It is the Socialist Party’s 1928 platform. You may remember 1928 as the year Norman Thomas, running on that platform and on his own storied virtue, won I per cent of the vote for President. They called him Landslide. Yet, the Friedmans note, every one of the economic planks of that platform have (partly or wholly) since been achieved. Every one. By that measure we are all socialists now.

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Paul Gigot

THE TIDE IS TURNING

This book’s most astounding datum is in the appendix. It is the Socialist Party’s 1928 platform. You may remember 1928 as the year Norman Thomas, running on that platform and on his own storied virtue, won I per cent of the vote for President. They called him Landslide. Yet, the Friedmans note, every one of the economic planks of that platform have (partly or wholly) since been achieved. Every one. By that measure we are all socialists now.