by Sven R. Larson | Sep 10, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
In 1989 the Berlin Wall came down, marking the beginning of the end of the Soviet empire. Thanks in no small part to the bravery and patriotism of President Reagan, the world’s largest socialist experiment collapsed in a pile of rubble. Back then, many people...
by Sven R. Larson | Aug 20, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Economic Growth, Economics, Welfare and Entitlements
It is easy to laugh at the rise of socialism in the Democrat party and to dismiss it as some crazy left-wing showcase of monumental ignorance. In reality, socialism is the next logical step for the American left in general. The egalitarian ideology from Europe’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 17, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
When Crazy Bernie became a national political phenomenon back in 2015, I pointed out that the Vermont Senator isn’t actually a socialist. As I remarked in this brief interview with Melissa Francis, the technical definition of socialism involves government ownership...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 29, 2018 | Blogs, Economics
Move over, Crazy Bernie, you’re no longer the left’s heartthrob. You’ve been replaced by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, an out-of-the-closet socialist from New York City who will enter Congress next January after beating a member of the Democratic leadership. Referring to...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 13, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
Earlier this year, I explained why Nordic nations are not socialist. Or, to be more precise, I wrote that if they are socialist, then so is the United States. And my slam-dunk evidence was this chart from the Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of the World., which...
