On Monday night a few of us got together to discuss our reading of F.A. Hayek's provocative analysis of socialism, The Road to Serfdom. We all agreed it was no easy read, but very well worthwhile. Indeed, after two hours of discussion, we felt we were just hitting our stride. But then, as Christian activists, our discussion also included exploring the best responses we could employ to the book's lessons.And The Road to Serfdom has many lessons.
The book was published in England in 1944 but Hayek's detailed, documented description of the motives and methodology (not to mention the brutish and inefficient ends) of centralized economic planning (i.e., socialism) could well be a contemporary's review of Barack Obama's game plan.
Thus, as enlightening a book as it was, it was plenty scary too.
As is always the case with these Book It! discussions sponsored by Vital Signs, we profited greatly from both the reading and the conversation. And we believe you'd find them very useful too.
Next up in our series is Malcom Muggeridge's provocative pro-life drama, "Sentenced to Life." That's coming up on November 15th.
