Williamson M. Evers | Tuesday February 18, 2020 at 4:55 PM PST
A college-level bibliography on socialism is a vital necessity. I have worked with campus classical-liberal, conservative and libertarian groups for decades, most recently serving as the faculty advisor for Stanford College Republicans. This reading list for college students is highly relevant in light of the presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders, the turmoil in...
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Lawrence J. McQuillan | Thursday January 30, 2020 at 4:35 PM PST
[With Democratic Party presidential primaries on March 10 in six states including Michigan, it’s a good time to read my 2016 commentary on why Bernie Sanders is morally unfit to be president. Please share it so that the world knows the truth about Bernie Sanders.] Bernie Sanders is proud to be a socialist. In...
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Randall G. Holcombe | Monday November 18, 2019 at 12:01 PM PST
The Cold War, which effectively ended thirty years ago with the collapse of the Berlin Wall, was a contest between the capitalist democracies of the West against the socialist dictatorships of the East. The result was a decisive victory for capitalism and democracy. Now, with the rise of self-described socialists like Bernie Sanders and...
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George D. O'Neill Jr. | Thursday October 24, 2019 at 3:28 PM PDT
Socialism has been tried on six continents and in numerous countries, but always with the same failed result. Despite geographic, economic, and other national differences, the experience of socialism follows a consistent trajectory, with its trademark features—poverty, shortages of resources, and repression—always on display. Senator Rand Paul’s new book, The Case Against Socialism, is...
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David J. Theroux | Saturday October 19, 2019 at 6:56 PM PDT
I was privileged to present a tribute at the memorial celebration for the life of Wolfgang Dieter Tede, on Saturday, October 19, 2019, at the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Independent Institute for over twenty years, and here is an edited...
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Randall G. Holcombe | Thursday August 15, 2019 at 12:15 PM PDT
Are policies to reduce inequality beneficial to those who are least fortunate? Sometimes they are; sometimes they are not.
Vicki E. Alger | Wednesday July 31, 2019 at 12:21 PM PDT
Almost two centuries ago Tocqueville observed that the “political world is metamorphosed [and] new remedies must henceforth be sought for new disorders.”
Randall G. Holcombe | Thursday July 25, 2019 at 8:45 AM PDT
One of the most frequent shortcomings of capitalism cited by capitalism’s critics is inequality.
Ben Wilterdink | Friday July 19, 2019 at 8:33 AM PDT
The possibilities of technology and innovation to improve people’s lives serve as helpful starting points in any conversation about the drawbacks of socialism or the merits of free enterprise.
K. Lloyd Billingsley | Wednesday May 29, 2019 at 10:28 AM PDT
Vermont socialist and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders wants to expand the USPS into banking.
