>>Well, see, I really don't buy the point you're making here, which is
>>apparently that such economic experiments were unmitigated disasters (well,
>>North Korea certainly is, but it's in a class by itself). This seems to
>>presuppose that there is A style of life which appeals to everybody, across
>>cultures. Whether you prefer Brezhnev-style socialism or US-style capitalism
>>is going to depend to a great extent on which you find preferable, a stable,
>>cradle-to-grave social security net or lots of quality consumer goods.
>
>Western Europe manages to have both...
So Zambia and Uzbekistan should just wake up tomorrow and resolve to be more like Western Europe?
Doug