Totalitarian Hearts

Brad De Long delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU
Sun Aug 23 23:58:32 PDT 1998



>Once, when I was working at the Airport Sheraton, a very
>distinquished-looking Frenchman was dining and I asked him what his
>politics were. He said that in his country he was considered a consevative
>but here he would be considered a radical leftist.

Does anyone remember what Margaret Thatcher said when she was in the U.S.in 1993? That the absence of national health insurance was barbarous?

Brad DeLong



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