The more things change, etc... Can't remember where I got this link from. Click to go to the larger version.

The character on the horse, "Tugwell," was one of a delegation of academics and journalists who took a trip to the Soviet Union in the 1920's, took notes, and finally got a chance under Roosevelt to give some of the concepts a try. It didn't go particularly well. The story is recounted in Amity Shlaes' book The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression.