All Posts Tagged With: "Bucharest"
Orient Express to Hell
In 1986 and 1987 I slipped behind the Iron Curtain a few times to study economic perversity and political slavery. In November 1987 I flew into Hungary before heading on to the most repressive regime in Europe. The train from Budapest to Bucharest, Romania, was called the Orient Express. The original Orient Express began in [...]
20May2010 | James Bovard | 4 comments | ContinuedSo You Want Government-Supplied Health Care?
Every summer my wife Karol and I enjoy the honor of lecturing at student seminars sponsored by the Institute for Economic Studies in Europe (IES-Europe). I offer whatever wisdom I can about economics and political science, while Karol shares her insights about law. (Other lecturers—including Freeman columnist Steve Davies and former FEE trustee Tom Palmer—cover [...]
1Nov2007 | Donald J. Boudreaux | 1 comment | Continued-
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