Thomas Friedman to Republicans: This time around you should just take a pass, try in 4 years.

[davidpdx]

23. He's got an interesting point of view

I don't personally agree with him on everything. The part where he said, "There is no way we can thrive in this era without this kind of public-private partnership. We need strong government, but limited government, which enables our companies and individuals to compete globally. It’s the kind of public-private partnership that Republicans like Dwight Eisenhower and George H.W. Bush embraced" kind of irked me.

I bought his book, but haven't gotten around to reading it yet. With my doctoral studies and work I've been so swamped it takes me months to get through a "leisure" book (if you can really call it that).

While I'm talking about books, I highly recommend 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism by Ha Joon Chang. He uses Korea as a good example of how government can help boost an economy.