some of you have probably read a book called "commanding heights" by daniel jurgen, the victory of the free markets in america, and he talks about the most important book published in the latter part of the 20th century. the publishing decision he felt was the most important decision was the "reader's digest" decision to publish in the late 1940's frederick hayek's "the road to serfdom." he said that was the most influential book. there was a female undergraduate in england who carried it in her purse. her name was margaret thatcher. there was an actor in hollywood who read it and credited it with changing his views. the message of that book was that government cannot make decisions. it's not that government is dangerous to freedom, but that in addition to that, socialism can't work because the government, even with computers, can't match the decision-making, diversity of millions of people who have to make decisions every single day. ronald reagan absorbed that message, and if there is somebody to whom i think he owes much of that philosophy, i think it is frederick hayek. he believed