Posts Tagged ‘ socialism ’
The United States is home to a gigantic socialist sector, larger and with a greater reach than any in the world, and it is fed by tax dollars and managed entirely by the government. Strangely, the opponents of socialized medicine and socialized industry don't complain about it. In fact, all ...read more
Jetsons Episode 5,437: the Kroger vending machine
Feb 21st, 2012 | By Jeffrey Tucker | Category: Economics, Featured
Gary Gibson, Introduction...
Do Americans have to temper their expectations of leisure and comfort in general...and in particular their dreams of the good life in retirement?
"LOS ANGELES (AP) -- When Paula Symons joined the U.S. workforce in 1972, typewriters in her office clacked nonstop, people answered the telephones and the hot ...read more
The Second Crisis of Socialism
Oct 12th, 2011 | By Detlev Schlichter | Category: Economics, Featured, Macro Economics
The world is facing the worst financial crisis since at least the 1930s, “if not ever,” the governor of the Bank of England said last week, when he explained to an increasingly sceptical and weary public the bank’s decision to print yet more fiat money and use it to buy ...read more
Repealing Socialism in Immigration, Employment, and Drugs
Jun 3rd, 2011 | By Scott Lazarowitz | Category: Politics
Recent events regarding the issue of immigration have given more reasons to undo all the immoral socialist policies that have put America into turmoil.
Lew Rockwell writes this week on the Obama Administration's crackdown on businesses who hire "illegal" immigrants. According to the New York Times, federal immigration officials raided 14 ...read more
Thoughts from a Canadian on the Canadian Socialized Medical System
Apr 18th, 2011 | By Ed Bugos | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
A subscriber and friend, Laurence Hunt, who lives in Canada, as do I, made some comments to the effect that the Canadian socialized medical system is better than a free market medical system.
This is a very prevalent attitude in Canada. Here was the main thrust of his argument:
“The Canadian system ...read more
Books to Rid the Soul of Socialism
Nov 17th, 2010 | By Andy Duncan | Category: Economics, Featured
There are three books that take pride of place in my Austrian bookcase. These are Socialism by Ludwig von Mises; The History of Intellectual Thought by Murray N. Rothbard; and Democracy: The God That Failed by Hans-Hermann Hoppe. In my own mind these books glow when I look at them, ...read more
Even a Little Government Intervention Is Destructive Socialism
May 20th, 2010 | By Dan Denning | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
“You know,” a friend said to us the other night over a drink, “sometimes you come off like a know-it-all smart arse. It’s one thing for you to tell the Chinese they’re doing it all wrong and predict a crash. But you’re bagging out our Prime Minister and you’re not ...read more
Government Is a Cancer
Apr 2nd, 2010 | By Don Stott | Category: Economics, Featured, Politics
There is no more dreaded disease than cancer. Cancer causes millions of deaths each year in America, and it is painful, debilitating, and causes horrible pain. Cancer is rarely discovered in time to cure it. Like termites in a home, cancer gnaws at the body, and until the pain begins, ...read more
Snowstorm Recovery Reveals Truth About Socialism
Mar 2nd, 2010 | By Vedran Vuk | Category: Featured, Politics
There is a silver lining to every snowstorm — getting to know your neighbors both good and bad. With forty inches on my block this week, I’ve learned a lot about my neighbors and, strangely enough, socialism.
My corner of Baltimore seems like a good place to ride out a storm. ...read more
Prosperity Through Road Construction
Feb 4th, 2010 | By William J. Anderson | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
One of the constant themes of modern socialism (and Keynesianism) is the belief that we can create prosperity through government spending on roads. Mind you, roads can help an economy if they are located in places where they can aid commerce by making it possible for relatively cheap transportation that ...read more

