"No," argues George Mason economist Don Boudreaux, "but his 'socialist-lite' policies should still be cause for concern."
Boudreaux
writes:
If reckoned as an attitude rather than a set of guidelines for running an economy, socialism might well describe Senator Obama's economics. Anyone who speaks glibly of "spreading the wealth around" sees wealth not as resulting chiefly from individual effort, initiative, and risk-taking, but from great social forces beyond any private producer's control.