Socialists win Tirana, fraud alleged

Brad DeLong delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU
Mon Oct 9 17:14:06 PDT 2000



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>Why is that surprising? Soviet-style communism even with all its faults
>was the best thing that happened in that part of the world since the
>introduction of toilet paper - an incomaparbly better alternative to
>petty-bourgeois nationalism that thrived there between the two world wars,
>or mafia capitalism sponsored by Mad Albright and her EU henchmen.

All in all, Greece's destiny since World War II has been a *lot* happier than Albania's. Hoxha was not the best of a bad set of alternatives...

Brad DeLong



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