The New Road to Serfdom
A Letter of Warning to America

The New Road to Serfdom by Daniel Hannan You might recall this conservative member of the European Parliament for his outspoken criticism of Obama-Care in the months before the bill passed. Hannan warned the US that it would be foolish to throw away its health care system to follow the example of Bri......more

I have to rate this 5 stars just because there are so many amazing points in here and it's so eloquently written. But it's an ultra-conservative, pro-capitalist book, so I can see why many might get offended by it. But it falls right into my category! Ideological without being too political.......more

I'm just not as into writing about books these days as I once was, so 'thank you' to another GoodReads reviewer, Frank Roberts, for penning my thoughts for me (except for the Ann Coulter comment; I've heard Daniel on the radio enough to know his style is closer to Krauthammer & Will): "I approached......more

I approached this book almost expecting an Ann Coulter-style polemic, full of nothing but bashing of Obama and liberals in general. What I found instead was a very insightful and enjoyable exercise in comparative political science. The author is a British member of the European parliament, and in th......more

Often, it is hard to hear someone's critique of a thing that you hold dear, and for other times, it is refreshing to be exposed to various ideas and concepts. I thoroughly enjoyed Mr Hannan's book; I truly had little knowledge about the European Union, and, prior to reading this book, I considered m......more