Franklin G. Mixon Jr.

Franklin G. Mixon Jr. (mixon_franklin@columbusstate.edu) is Thomas Buck Jr. Professor of Economics at the Center for Economic Education at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia and a corresponding author.

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Has the Rise of Socialism in US Politics Been a Boon to Austrian Economics? Evidence from Social Media and Other Metrics

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11/19/2021Quarterly Journal of Austrian EconomicsG. P. ManishFranklin G. Mixon Jr.Mark Thornton

Abstract: The rise of socialism has been one of the more dramatic movements in US politics in the modern era, with recent Gallup polling indicating that 39 percent of Americans (and 65 percent of Democrats) hold a favorable view of the political economic ideology. Upward trends in the popularity of...

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