Sosnitsen was a huge fan of the Russian writer. He had taken out large chunks of his work to make sure it could get published. The book has been reissued and translated into english. i'm about a third of the way through it. If i change my mind when i'm finished, i think i will finish it. I've forgotten what an ly a insiteful writer he is. How funny he is in dark places. It's amazing how human choice can lead to tyranny.
Richard Reinsch, editor of Law and Liberty and the host of the podcast Liberty Law Talk, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the Enlightenment. Topics discussed include the search for meaning, the stability of liberalism, the rise of populism, and Solzhenitsyn's indictment of Western values from his Harvard Commencement Address of 1978.