X-Message-Number: 23204
From: "Mark Plus" <>
Subject: Re: Topic A
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 07:58:46 -0800

In message #23202, Charles Platt says,

>Ron Bailey is a nice guy but his diatribe against socialist
economies is simplistic and ignores some cases which
contradict his bias, such as Finland. I have visited Finland,
where they still have a Lenin museum, public housing is the
norm, and socialism is not a bad word. The Finns are doing
very well indeed.

Scandinavian social democracy doesn't seem to have hurt the entry of 
Finland's Nokia and Sweden's Ericsson into the cell phone business. I wonder 
how libertarians explain that their cell phones come from companies based in 
countries with high taxes, many business regulations and generous provisions 
for the vulnerable.

Mark Plus

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