{"product_id":"the-politically-incorrect-guide-to-kevin-d-williamson-9781596986497","title":"The Politically Incorrect Guide to Socialism","description":"Stalin's gulag, impoverished North Korea, collapsing Cuba...it's hard to name a dogma that has failed as spectacularly as socialism. And yet leaders around the world continue to subject millions of people to this dysfunctional, violence-prone ideology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Politically Incorrect Guide(TM) to Socialism\u003c\/i\u003e, Kevin Williamson reveals the fatal flaw of socialism--that efficient, complex economies simply can't be centrally planned. But even in America, that hasn't stopped politicians and bureaucrats from planning, to various extents, the most vital sectors of our economy: public education, energy, and the most arrogant central-planning effort of them all, Obama's healthcare plan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this provocative book, Williamson unfolds the grim history of socialism, showing how the ideology has spawned crushing poverty, devastating famines, and horrific wars. Lumbering from one crisis to the next, leaving a trail of economic devastation and environmental catastrophe, socialism has wreaked more havoc, caused more deaths, and impoverished more people than any other ideology in history--especially when you include the victims of fascism, which Williamson notes is simply a variant of socialism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilliamson further demonstrates: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhy, contrary to popular belief, socialism in theory is no better than socialism in practice\u003cbr\u003eWhy socialism can't exist without capitalism\u003cbr\u003eHow the energy powerhouse of Venezuela, under socialism, has become an economic basket case subject to rationing and blackouts\u003cbr\u003eHow socialism, not British colonialism, plunged the bountiful economy of India into stagnation and dysfunction--and how capitalism is rescuing it\u003cbr\u003eWhy socialism is inextricably linked to communism \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you thought socialism went into the dustbin of history with the collapse of the Soviet Union, think again. Socialism is alive and kicking, and it's already spread further than you know.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin D. Williamson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1596986492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781596986497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Regnery Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 7.60w x 1.00d","brand":"Kevin D. Williamson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050788647167,"sku":"9781596986497","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_09370619-5072-4f4c-b7ea-bf45483fdd83.jpg?v=1685009249","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-politically-incorrect-guide-to-kevin-d-williamson-9781596986497","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}