Complete List of Poor Nations That Have Adopted Socialist Governments and Then Become Prosperous

"Somehow, many of the same people who believe that government should 'adjust' human behavior via rewards and penalties ? higher taxes on tobacco or alcohol, for instance, or fines (such as speeding tickets), or prison sentences, or specific income tax deductions (e.g., for mortgage interest or for purchasing a hybrid car) ? also believe, rather bizarrely, that when government penalizes the creation of wealth with high taxation or onerous regulation and rewards non-productivity with transfer payments and corporate welfare and other forms of wealth redistribution, human behavior does not change in response." Column by Glen Allport.