• Economists use beer as measure to document failures of socialism in

    From Byker@21:1/5 to Leroy N. Soetoro on Sun Aug 25 17:38:22 2019
    XPost: uk.politics.misc, alt.beer, sac.politics

    "Leroy N. Soetoro" wrote in message news:lnsAAB6703A0D5266F089P2473@202.81.252.44...

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/beer-measure-socialism-failures-new-book

    With the hot-button word “socialism” sparking intense political debate as Americans brace for the 2020 presidential election, two U.S. economists
    have completed a global drinking tour – and a book already at the top of Amazon's "beer" category – warning that the socialist lure could lead to a drastic dry-up of the country’s adult beverages.

    Where else but in Russia would 1,400 people be trampled to death in
    a rush for free beer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khodynka_Tragedy

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  • From Joe@21:1/5 to Byker on Mon Aug 26 08:36:53 2019
    XPost: uk.politics.misc, alt.beer, sac.politics

    On Sun, 25 Aug 2019 17:38:22 -0500
    "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> wrote:

    "Leroy N. Soetoro" wrote in message news:lnsAAB6703A0D5266F089P2473@202.81.252.44...

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/beer-measure-socialism-failures-new-book

    With the hot-button word “socialism” sparking intense political
    debate as Americans brace for the 2020 presidential election, two
    U.S. economists have completed a global drinking tour – and a book already at the top of Amazon's "beer" category – warning that the socialist lure could lead to a drastic dry-up of the country’s
    adult beverages.

    Where else but in Russia would 1,400 people be trampled to death in
    a rush for free beer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khodynka_Tragedy


    Almost anywhere, I'd have said.

    --
    Joe

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