Progressivism and Economic Destructionism

Thomas DiLorenzo at Mises University 2022

07/27/2022 Thomas J. DiLorenzo

Socialism does not build, it destroys.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 27 July 2026.

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