by Sven R. Larson | Nov 13, 2018 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
It has been a long time since I read a newspaper article that succinctly summarized the total, utter and unmitigated destruction that is socialism, but the November 8 article in the Wall Street Journal (p. A13, print edition) about corporate flight from Venezuela,...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 30, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
My left-leaning friends periodically tell me that there’s a big difference between their benign policies of democratic socialism and the wretched track records of Marxist socialism, national socialism, and other forms of totalitarianism. I agree. Living in a European...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 17, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
I’ve written many times about socialism, which is sometimes a frustrating task because the definition is slippery. I suspect the average supporter of Bernie Sanders or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez thinks that socialism is big government, with lots of handouts financed by...
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...
