February 08, 2010
This is why economists will always be employed
A Jan 26-27 Gallup poll asked people about economic concepts, including how much we all like socialism:
More than one-third of Americans (36%) have a positive image of "socialism," while 58% have a negative image. Views differ by party and ideology, with a majority of Democrats and liberals saying they have a positive view of socialism, compared to a minority of Republicans and conservatives.
and yet
Americans are almost uniformly positive in their reactions to three terms: small business, free enterprise, and entrepreneurs.
A third of us have a positive view of the philosophy that spawned the bloodbath that was the 20th century's flirtation with socialism?
Posted by Tim Shaughnessy at 03:09 PM in
Economics
