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What If The People Say “No” – Lessons From Forced Collectivization

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 28, 2008 0 Comments

The heart of Obama’s tax plan is taking from the “rich” and giving to the less rich. Yet Obama’s tax plan is based on a fallacy that the “rich” will not change their economic behavior in reaction to higher tax rates. History tells us, however,...

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John McCain and Nathan Sharansky

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 13, 2008 0 Comments

I was a student of Russian and Soviet history in college, and spent a considerable amount of time in the Soviet Union. While a student in Moscow, I became close friends with the Yakir family (more on them in a later post), a family steeped...

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