By Kerry McDonald As Connor Boyack recently discovered, there is no such thing as bad publicity. The creator of the popular Tuttle Twins children’s book series, which reinforces libertarian values and free-market principles, saw his book sales surge after an established progressive magazine wrote a lengthy feature article attacking the books. Current Affairs published the … [Read more...] about Socialist Critique of Libertarian Children’s Books Drives Massive Surge in Sales
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Airlines Blackmail Government – Socialism, NOT CAPITALISM, In Action
By Krishna Chandrasekaran In the October 2nd, 2020 post on David Stockman’s Contra Corner, which is a recommended financial newsletter on this blog, David Stockman talked about an advertisement put out by the airlines industry that 50,000 employees would be laid off if the United States. Government did not give them yet another taxpayer-funded bailout. Stockman is a former … [Read more...] about Airlines Blackmail Government – Socialism, NOT CAPITALISM, In Action
Black Markets Reveal the Power of Economic Laws
By Allen Gindler If we consider economics to be an objective science, its rules should also have universal significance and use, despite differences in societal order. However, socialists of the materialist camp are committed to the idea that common ownership of the means of production would change the way economic laws unfold under socialism. Basically, they reject the … [Read more...] about Black Markets Reveal the Power of Economic Laws
The Battle Isn’t Right vs. Left. It’s Statism vs. Individualism
By Daniel J. Mitchell I’ve written about how totalitarian ideologies such as communism and Nazism have a lot in common. Both subordinate the individual to the state and both give the state power over the economy. And both slaughter millions of people. My buddy from grad school, Matt Kibbe, has a great video on this issue. Needless to say, I agree with Matt’s … [Read more...] about The Battle Isn’t Right vs. Left. It’s Statism vs. Individualism