Socialism

The Libertarian Angle: The Principles of Socialism

by Future of Freedom Foundation November 3, 2016

FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling discuss the moral and practical failings of socialism. Go to the podcast.

The Great Goober Train Wreck of 2016

by James Bovard November 1, 2016

The history of federal peanut policy is the perfect antidote to anyone who still believes that Congress could competently manage a lemonade stand. Federal spending for peanut subsidies will have risen eightfold between last year and next year — reaching almost a billion dollars and approaching the total value of the peanut harvest. This debacle is only the latest ...

The New Deal, Part 1: Domestic Policy

by Joseph R. Stromberg November 1, 2016

Part 1 | Part 2 Today, few Americans are left from the Greatest Generation (a phrase which my father, born in 1912, would have seen as obvious propaganda). There are more, perhaps, who experienced the New Deal directly as very small children. Most of us know it only from history, family lore, popular culture, film, and (yes) ...

Debunking Utopia

by Nima Sanandaji July 1, 2016

My new book Debunking Utopia - Exposing the Myth of Nordic Socialism will shortly be released. The Nordic countries are used by Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and many others as the shining examples of the benefits of democratic socialism. As I consistently show in the new book however, it is Nordic culture rather than Nordic politics that undergirds the success ...

The Libertarian Angle: The Socialism of Public Housing

by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2016

In this segment, Richard Ebeling and Jacob Hornberger discuss the immorality of public housing. Go to the podcast.

There Is No Social Security Santa Claus

by Richard M. Ebeling December 21, 2015

At this annual time of good cheer it might seem Grinch-like to challenge the spirit of Santa Claus, but the reality is that there is no jolly, bearded, rotund man in a red suit who brings us goodies for free. And the Congressional Budget Office has ...

Time to Retire the NIH

by Laurence M. Vance December 4, 2015

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), along with more well-known agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is one of the eleven agencies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Located on a 300-acre campus in Bethesda, Maryland, the NIH is ...

“Democratic Socialism” Means the Loss of Liberty

by Richard M. Ebeling November 30, 2015

Democratic Party hopeful, Bernie Sanders, recently outlined what it means for him to be a “democratic socialist.” The problem is that the same label might be applied to most of the other candidates running in both the Democratic and Republican parties running to be the nominee for presidency of the United States.

The Fiscal and Ethical Stranglehold of the Welfare State

by Richard M. Ebeling October 28, 2015

The welfare state threatens to fiscally weaken and morally undermine the United States. In the Federal government’s fiscal year that ended on September 30, 2015, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid expenditures, alone, made up over 48 percent of all of Uncle Sam’s spending. And it will only get worse. According to the Congressional Budget Office, in fiscal year 2015, Social ...

The Libertarian Angle: End the War on Poverty

by Future of Freedom Foundation October 14, 2015

Each week, FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling discuss the hot topics of the day. This week, Jacob and Richard talk about the the socialism that has resulted from decades of waging war on poverty. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.

Fifty Years of Socialized Art and Culture

by Laurence M. Vance October 8, 2015

Overshadowed by the fiftieth anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid this year was the fiftieth anniversary of the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. On September 29, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act that created the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) ...

The Libertarian Angle: FDR’s New Deal Destroyed Free Enterprise

by Future of Freedom Foundation September 22, 2015

Each week, FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling discuss the hot topics of the day. This week, Jacob and Richard discuss the New Deal and its effects that we are still feeling today. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.