Matthew Mitchell and Peter Boettke

By Matthew Mitchell and Peter Boettke

Matthew Mitchell, senior fellow at the Fraser Institute and Peter Boettke, professor at George Mason University, coauthored with Konstantin Zhukov The Road to Socialism and Back: An Economic History of Poland, 1939-2019 published this month by the Fraser Institute. 
Supporters of Poland's main opposition party, Law and Justice, march through the downtown in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, to commemorate the 31st anniversary of a communist crackdown and to express grievances with the current democratic system. Alik Keplicz/AP Photo.

Young Canadians should learn about the Polish experiment with socialism

For more than two centuries, socialism has captured the hearts and minds of youth everywhere. It’s obvious why; socialism’s promise of equality and unparalleled prosperity is alluring. But for more than four decades in the 20th century, actual socialism captured more than hearts and minds. The results of this experiment in Poland were particularly devastating.

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