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Read the archive   of Wattenberg's   syndicated column     The Truth about the Flat World, Part Two We’re just a few years into the twenty-first century, and it looks like globalization is here to stay. Rapid advances in ... more The Truth about the Flat World, Part One We’re just a few years into the twenty-first century, and it looks like globalization is here to stay. Rapid advances in ... more   The Future of Socialism main page The Future of Socialism Aired 7/7/2005 By the 1970s, roughly 60 percent of the earth’s population lived under governments that espoused socialism in one form or another. But this is the era of free market economics. In Britain, Tony Blair has changed what it means to be a socialist. Israel’s famed kibbutz system, once the ideal of socialist utopianism has withered and what is left is now part of the market economy. And China is redefining its own brand of communism. What is the future of socialism?   Read the full transcript   Joshua Muravchik     Resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and author of "Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism".   Christopher Hitchens     Former columnist for The Nation and author of "Thomas Jefferson: Author of America". Originally Aired: 7/7/2005     Be sure to also check out: Here are some previous Think Tank programs that may be of interest. Orwell’s Century   aired 2/12/2004 Whatever Happened to Socialism?   aired 6/13/2002 The Commanding Heights   aired 3/22/2002 Send us your thoughts Think Tank is made possible by generous support from the Smith Richardson Foundation, the Bernard and Irene Schwartz Foundation, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, the John M. Olin Foundation, the Donner Canadian Foundation, the Dodge Jones Foundation, and Pfizer, Inc. ©Copyright Think Tank. All rights reserved.     Web development by Bean Creative.