Scandinavian Unexceptionalism: Culture, Markets, and the Failure of Third-Way Socialism
This is a short and informative but easy to read answer to both how and why the Scandinavian welfare states seem to work so well.
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Why Marx Hated Individualism
The capitalist system is a system in which promotion is precisely according to merit. Marx didn't like that.
Class Conflict and Revolutionary Socialism
The fundamental concept of the Communist Manifesto was that of “class” and “class conflict.” But Marx didn’t say what a “class” was.
The Rockefellers and Social Security
The Rockefellers and their intellectual and technocratic entourage were, indeed, central to the New Deal.
This Bishop Hates Capitalism so Much, He’s Praising the Anti-Christian Chinese Regime
There is a long history of sympathetic Western intellectuals traveling to foreign socialist lands — deciding they've discovered paradise on earth.
Inequality, Capital, and the Problem of Piketty
Piketty’s portrayal of capitalism has not gone unchallenged, and Anti-Piketty collects a number of the most important criticisms of it.
Class Theory and Cultural Marxism
Modern ideas of political correctness are often real-world applications of Marx’s opposition to people with the "wrong" class consciousness.
Paul Leroy-Beaulieu: A Warning Voice About the Socialist Tragedy to Come
Leroy-Beaulieu wrote about the dangers and nature of socialism three decades before the Russian Revolution began. The tiger never changes its stripes.
The Big Apple’s Communist Past Stirs Nostalgia
Bill de Blasio and Bernie Sanders are not the only people who long for a truly socialist New York.
