Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Centuries

At first I thought this was a joke! John Dewey encouraged the teaching of thinking skills to children - this is seditious? Betty Friedan's original vocation was not stay-at-home motherhood but left-wing journalism - wow, really dangerous. And this quote about Keynes :
When the business cycle threatens a contraction of industry, and thus of jobs, he argued, the government should run up deficits, borrowing and spending money to spur economic activity. FDR adopted the idea as U.S. policy, and the U.S. government now has a $2.6-trillion annual budget and an $8-trillion dollar debt.
I mean, does anyone believe that FDR is responsible for the Bushenomics debacle?

Online Human Events,a self -described national conservative weekly, has had a group of "scholars" and "public policy leaders" compile this list. What a load of claptrap!

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