Communism Was Replaced By The Threat Of

I Was 25 Years Old And Pursuing My Doctorate In Economics When I Was Allowed To Spend Six Months Of Postgraduate Studies In Naples, Italy. I Read The Western Economic Textbooks And Also The More General Work Of People Like Hayek. By The Time I Returned To Czechoslovakia, I Had An Understanding Of The Principles Of The Market. In 1968, I Was Glad At The Political Liberalism Of The Dubcek Prague Spring, But I Was Very Critical Of The Third Way They Pursued In Economics.

Communism Was Replaced By The Threat Of Ambitious Environmentalism.

I Also Helped Write The Five-page Statement Of Principles That Civic Forum Issued In Late November. That Was The First Public Expression Of What The New Government Wanted To Do.

Eu Expansion Is, Unfortunately, Continuing Without A Constitution, As A Gradual Process Of Standardization - And That's Far More Dangerous. It Is Very Difficult To Slow Down This Process, Which Is Being Pushed Forward Without Significant Public Participation.

I'm Convinced That After Years Of Studying The Phenomenon, Global Warming Is Not The Real Issue Of Temperature. That Is The Issue Of A New Ideology Or A New Religion. A Religion Of Climate Change Or A Religion Of Global Warming. This Is A Religion Which Tells Us That The People Are Responsible For The Current, Very Small Increase In Temperatures. And They Should Be Punished.