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Record Nr.

UNINA9910135043903321

Autore

DiLorenzo Thomas

Titolo

The problem with socialism / / Thomas Dilorenzo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : Regnery Publishing, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-62157-597-7

Edizione

[First ebook edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 pages)

Disciplina

335

Soggetti

Socialism

Economics - Moral and ethical aspects

Liberalism

Free enterprise

Economic policy

Political correctness

Socialism - United States - History

United States Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- 1. The Problem with Socialism -- 2. Why Socialism Is Always and Everywhere an Economic Disaster -- 3. Egalitarianism versus Human Reality -- 4. Islands of Socialism: The Follies of Government "Enterprise" -- 5. Why "The Worst" Rise to the Top Under Socialism -- 6. The Socialist Roots of Fascism -- 7. The Myth of Successful Scandinavian Socialism -- 8. How Welfare Harms the Poor -- 9. How Socialized Medicine Kills the Patient and Robs the Taxpayer -- 10. How Socialism Causes Pollution -- 11. Karl Marx's "Progressive" Income Tax -- 12. Minimum Wage, Maximum Folly -- 13. How Socialist Regulation Makes Monopolies -- 14. Destroying Capitalism by Socializing Capital -- 15. Is Socialism Really the Best Way to Organize Schools? -- 16. Socialist Myths and Superstitions about Capitalism -- Notes -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Remember when "socialism" was a dirty word? Now students at America's elite universities are parroting socialist talking points and



"sure-thing" Hillary Clinton is struggling to win the Democratic nomination against a 74-year-old avowed socialist who promises to make the nation more like Europe. What's happened? Do Americans need a reminder about the dangers of socialist ideology and practices? Thomas DiLorenzo, economics professor and senior fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, deconstructs the retrograde ideology that has suddenly become disturbingly hip in The Problem with Socialism.