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Item Title
Capitalism Viewed Historically
Collection TitleFiring Line broadcast records
Guest
Berger, Peter L.
(1929-)
Host
Buckley, William F., Jr.
(1925-2008)
Date CreatedOctober 01, 1987
Description
Mr. Berger is a former socialist who has been viewing the world empirically for
several decades and has concluded that "If you want to intelligently bet on an economic
system today which creates wealth, which leaves people a high degree of freedom, which can [support] human rights, which can be combined with democracy, it is the safer bet to bet on capitalism. Socialism in any of its forms is, it seems to me, a very poor bet." A rigorous look at a fundamental question. PLB: "When ordinary people are given a
choice, they almost always opt for capitalism.... It's the intellectuals who are typically
those who do not like capitalism and adhere to various socialist ideologies."
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Country of Origin
Place RecordedWashington, District of Columbia, United States
DimensionsDuration: 60 minutes
FormatText
Medium
television programs
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Color
color
Soundtrack
sound
Hoover IDProgram S0752
Record Number80040.996
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Collection Guidehttps://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6m3nc88c
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