Archive for Mark J. Perry
Economic Winners Deserve to Be Respected, Not Vilified
Dr. Perry is Assistant Professor of Economics at Jacksonville University and Director of the Center for World Capitalism of the James Madison Institute. Many people deplore the fact that the top 20 percent of U.S. households account for 55 percent of the nation’s after-tax income, and the top one percent own nearly 40 percent of [...]
1Oct1995 | Mark J. Perry | 0 comments | ContinuedWhy Socialism Failed
Socialism is the Big Lie of the twentieth century. While it promised prosperity, equality, and security, it delivered poverty, misery, and tyranny. Equality was achieved only in the sense that everyone was equal in his or her misery. In the same way that a Ponzi scheme or chain letter initially succeeds but eventually collapses, socialism [...]
1Jun1995 | Mark J. Perry | 212 comments | ContinuedThe Educational Octopus
Every politically controlled educational system will inculcate the doctrine of state supremacy sooner or later. . . . Once that doctrine has been accepted, it becomes an almost superhuman task to break the stranglehold of the political power over the life of the citizen. It has had his body, property and mind in its clutches [...]
1Feb1995 | Mark J. Perry | 0 comments | Continued-
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The Problem with Privatization
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