The wrecking crew
by Thomas Frank, Oliver Wyman · first published 2008
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"Libertarian ideas are revolutionary. I've been told that Trotsky once said "Every revolutionary should study chess." The best book on chess that Libertarians should read is The Wrecking Crew by Thomas Frank, which left me certain after many years that I was absolutely no Libertarian, and more than that, embarrassed to have ever been one." What a clown. Libertarians are not revolutionary.…
on “The Fundamental Problem With Libertarianism” ↗…thing is very often the result of the policies and philosophy they thought would make everyone's lives better. My two cents. Or if I'm more honest, Thomas Frank's two cents. http://www.amazon.com/The-Wrecking-Crew-Conservatives-Govern... Good read, that.
on “Revealed: Qatar's World Cup 'slaves'” ↗The Wrecking Crew by Thomas Frank is good for the lay public. Much denser is The Road from Mont Pelerin by Philip Mirowski.
on “What to read to understand how economists think” ↗