The Communist Manifesto, that little piece of literature so dog-eared and marked by nearly every college grad, is full of statements that have become particularly interesting in light of the last few weeks of activity on Capitol Hill and along Wall Street. In the Manifesto, Marx outlines ten measures that must be enacted in the successful Communist Revolution. It was a bit chilling to revisit pages 25 and 26 of my old Oxford World's Classics edition and a read through the entire list was illuminating (and recommended if you can find your dusty copy). Of particular interest, given the state of the American economy, is his fifth measure:
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