The Post-Cold War Death of Socialist Ideals

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Channel: Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs · 2013 · News & Politics

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Award-winning journalist Ian Buruma says that after the USSR collapsed in 1989, the West saw a great decline in collective welfare programs. "The baby has been washed away with the bath water," he argues.

This Carnegie Council event took place on September 27, 2013. For complete audio and transcript and video clips, go to: http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/studio/multimedia/20130927/index.html

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