How Not to Defend “Capitalism” Against” Socialism”

by | Feb 25, 2023

How Not to Defend “Capitalism” Against” Socialism”

by | Feb 25, 2023

I challenge you to show me a lamer “debate” over “capitalism” and “socialism.” (Don’t worry; it’s not about Bill Maher.)

Sheldon Richman

Sheldon Richman

Sheldon Richman is the former executive editor of The Libertarian Institute and a contributing editor at Antiwar.com. He is the former senior editor at the Cato Institute and Institute for Humane Studies; former editor of The Freeman, published by the Foundation for Economic Education; and former vice president at the Future of Freedom Foundation. His latest books are Coming to Palestine and What Social Animals Owe to Each Other.

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A Government By Bureaucrats, For Bureaucrats

A Government By Bureaucrats, For Bureaucrats

by | Aug 26, 2026

I remain amused at the outrage expressed over the revelations from Dr. Anthony Fauci’s diary and his behavior in front of a U.S. Senate committee. After all, Dr. Fauci fulfilled his role in exactly the manner the administrative state designed it. In the end , we...

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The Dollar Was Always the Leash

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On the eleventh and twelfth of August, a Boeing business jet registered A6-RJA left Abu Dhabi, crossed the Gulf, and set down briefly in Iran. Flight trackers logged it at Tehran's Mehrabad and at Payam airfield near Karaj. It stayed roughly an hour each time, then...

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