by Dan Mitchell | Nov 9, 2019 | Blogs
Back in 2011, I shared eight short videos that captured the greatness of Ronald Reagan. One of the videos was this excerpt of his famous tear-down-this-wall speech at Brandenburg Gate. In a column for the Washington Examiner, Quin Hillyer explains why this was a...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 19, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
John Papola has done it again. His video showing a Keynes v. Hayek rap contest was superb, and was followed by an equally enjoyable sequel featuring a boxing match between Keynes and Hayek. Now he has a rap contest about capitalism and socialism featuring Ludwig von...
by CF&P | Oct 1, 2019 | Blogs, Economics
Today, October 1, is the 70th anniversary of communists seizing power in China. Given the horrible consequences of Mao’s rule, including tens of millions of deaths from famine and tyranny, this tweet from President Trump seems rather inappropriate. Congratulations to...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 18, 2019 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Time to augment our growing collection of satire about the twin horrors of socialism and communism. Today, we’ll concentrate on the latter form of totalitarianism and mock Marxism. The New York Times has a bizarre history of going out of its way to praise communism,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 26, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
Cuba has a very sad history. It traded a regular dictatorship for a communist dictatorship six decades ago, and the results have been predictably awful. Oppression, persecution, rationing, spying, deprivation, and suffering are facts of life in that socialist...
