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Germany and the Third Way
Norman Barry is professor of social and political theory at the University of Buckingham in the United Kingdom. He is the author of Business Ethics (Macmillan, 1998). At least two things exercise political and economic commentators on Europe: the meaning and policy significance of the “third way” and the current malaise in the German economy. [...]
1Nov1999 | Norman Barry | 0 comments | ContinuedRussell Kirk’s Economics of the Permanent Things
John Attarian is a freelance writer in Ann Arbor, Michigan. While Russell Kirk (1918-1994) is properly recognized for his role in reviving American conservative thought, his ruminations on economics have received little attention. Yet he gave economics due consideration, and was a sturdy friend of economic freedom and a foe of statism. Moreover, because he [...]
1Apr1996 | John Attarian | 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 | 240 comments | Continued-
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