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Podcast: The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing
Episode: Robert Lawson on Why Socialism Sucks
Description: In episode 367, we welcome our guest, Robert Lawson, director of the Bridwell Institute for Economic Freedom at (SMU) and author of Socialism Sucks: Two Economists Drink Their Way Through the Unfree World.In today’s episode, we’re talking about some of my favorite topics – capitalism, travel, and beer! Robert traveled around the world to visit socialist countries and let’s just say the crappy beer wasn’t the only thing he didn’t like about the trip.  We start by defining what true socialism is, why Sweden isn’t actually a socialist country, and look at Venezuela, Cuba...