Topic: Socialism

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The Downsides and Dangers of Mission Making

– January 29, 2019

Mission making turns economic decision-making into a political conflict of interest groups possessing bargaining power in the halls of government to determine what gets done, in what ways, and for whose benefit.

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How to Recognize the Fascistic Turn

– January 28, 2019

In explicitly promoting righteousness at the expense of factualness, Ocasio-Cortez is — in pursuit of socialistic ends — doing so beneath the mantle of fascism.

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The Green New Dealers and the New Socialism

– January 22, 2019

Understanding their misguided political assumptions and the damaging economic consequences that would follow from their coming to power is essential if a “green” road to serfdom is to be avoided.

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Venezuela’s Bastiat Society Chapter Prepares Young Entrepreneurs for Better Days Ahead

– January 8, 2019

When positive change finally does come to Venezuela, the nation will have its chapter of the Bastiat Society to thank for growing and maintaining the bottom-up foundation of a free market economy.

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Why Buildings are Collapsing in Cuba

– December 12, 2018

To save lives by ensuring that large-scale, sophisticated repairs for dilapidated buildings are swiftly and efficiently undertaken, the Cuban government must free the market for capital goods.

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The Real Significance of the French Tax Revolt

– December 3, 2018

For two weeks in France, and now Belgium and the Netherlands, a European Spring has been building. What we see in Paris today might be the end of social democracy as we know it, and what comes in its place is what the battle of ideas today is really about.

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Socialism Issue

– November 5, 2018

The Harwood Economic Review, Fall 2018

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The Economics of Dracula

– October 31, 2018

Vlad the Impaler and his literary incarnation — Count Dracula — have real historical roots in a dark period of economic nationalism.

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Socialism Worked in Venezuela

– September 21, 2018

Socialism is worse than untenable. It’s destructive and inhumane. Conservatives should know that socialists know of their own destructive intent and should oppose them, instead of implicitly praising them.

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Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and the $3,500 Suit

– September 17, 2018

It should come as no surprise that in a political/economic system helmed by an elite that the trappings of a ruling class inevitably follow.

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The Market Democracy vs. Democratic Socialism

– September 5, 2018

Under a regime of democratic socialism, for an individual to have the opportunity for any such changes in many aspects of life, it would be necessary for him to change enough other minds that the next time voting is held on these issues, new decisions would be made about these everyday matters.

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Distribution in Markets Is Always Just

– August 31, 2018

It is simply false to think that production and distribution can be separated, much less that they should be.

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