Debating Socialism: The Seligman-Nearing Debate at 100

Tags: Socialism

01/04/2021 Rob Weir

In January 1921, thirty-five hundred people packed the Lexington Theater in midtown Manhattan to hear a debate of socialism. Ludwig von Mises in Vienna later called the debate "instructive."

Original Article: "Debating Socialism: The Seligman-Nearing Debate at 100"

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