In the seventeenth century, the capitalist bourgeois classes were becoming an increasingly important part of the European economy. The rising middle class was becoming too wealthy, too independent, and too influential. So, governments devised a response to the capitalist class: governments would create monopoly corporations that did what the
An audio version of this article is available here . The UK’s Express reports this week the South African government has begun seizing farms in the country following a failure to negotiate sales with the owners. On July 31, President Cyril Ramaphosa, who had only been elected into office in February, confirmed his African National Congress (ANC)
The idea that former slaves and their descendants ought to receive reparations for the wrongs committed against them is not new. Having grasped the fact that slavery is nothing less than kidnapping and theft committed against the enslaved, abolitionists long advocated for some form of redress for freed slaves. The most famous early attempt to
Listen to the Audio Mises Wire version of this article. More than a century of failure, mass murder, and ruined economies has not been sufficient to dissuade socialists from the idea that socialism—by which I mean Soviet-style socialism, not social democracy —can bring astounding prosperity once the planners work out the kinks. Sure, the Soviet
Listen to Ryan McMaken’s commentary on the Radio Rothbard podcast . May 5th marks the 200th Anniversary of Karl Marx’s birth, and in spite of inspiring a wide variety of political movements that have caused countless human rights disasters, Marx continues to be an object of admiration among many intellectuals and artists. One such example can be
El UK’s Express informa esta semana que el gobierno Sudafricano ha comenzado a apoderarse de granjas en el país luego de no negociar las ventas con los propietarios. El 31 de julio, el presidente Cyril Ramaphosa, que solo había sido elegido para el cargo en Febrero, confirmó que su partido Congreso Nacional Africano (ANC por sus siglas en inglés)
La idea de que los antiguos esclavos y sus descendientes deben recibir reparaciones por los errores cometidos contra ellos no es nueva. Habiendo comprendido el hecho de que la esclavitud no es nada menos que el secuestro y el robo cometidos contra los esclavos, los abolicionistas abogaron durante mucho tiempo por alguna forma de reparación para
Más de un siglo de fracasos, asesinatos en masa y economías arruinadas no ha sido suficiente para disuadir a los socialistas de la idea de que el socialismo —me refiero al socialismo de estilo soviético, no a la socialdemocracia — puede traer una prosperidad asombrosa una vez que los planificadores resuelvan los problemas. Claro, la Unión
El 5 de mayo marca el 200 aniversario del nacimiento de Karl Marx y, a pesar de inspirar una amplia variedad de movimientos políticos que han causado innumerables desastres en materia de derechos humanos, Marx sigue siendo un objeto de admiración entre muchos intelectuales y artistas. Un ejemplo de esto se puede ver en la nueva película de Raoul
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