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The socialist temptation / Iain Murray.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murray, Iain, 1965- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Socialism.
- Socialism--History--20th century.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 262 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Regnery Gateway an imprint of Regnery Publishing a division of Salem Media Group, [2020]
- Summary:
- The author, who directs the Center for Economic Freedom at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., presents his perspectives on and arguments against the concept of socialism.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE SOCIALISM: A MYTH THAT REFUSES TO DIE
- ch. 1 A Twenty-First-Century Buzzword
- ch. 2 What Is This Socialism Thing, Anyway?
- ch. 3 Socialism in American History
- ch. 4 What Do the Polls Tell Us?
- ch. 5 Socialism on Campus
- ch. 6 Cultural Cognition and American Values
- pt. TWO CAN SOCIALISM DELIVER A FAIR SOCIETY?
- ch. 7 The Socialist Position
- ch. 8 The Gentleman in Washington, D.C., Knows Best
- ch. 9 Democratic Socialism in Action
- ch. 10 The Socialist Death Toll
- ch. 11 Socialized Medicine and the NHS
- ch. 12 The Bureaucrat
- ch. 13 George Orwell, Public Choice, and Doublethink
- ch. 14 Has Real Socialism Never Been Tried?
- ch. 15 But Isn't Inequality a Real Problem?
- ch. 16 Radical Equality and Doublethink
- pt. THREE DOES SOCIALISM FREE THE INDIVIDUAL?
- ch. 17 Freedom: The Socialists' Case
- ch. 18 The Individual and the Collective
- ch. 19 Positive and Negative Rights
- ch. 20 Free Stuff, or Free People?
- ch. 21 Alienation Nation
- ch. 22 Property Rights and Economic Freedom
- ch. 23 Regulation, Not Calculation
- ch. 24 Socialism and the Corporation: A Love-Hate Relationship
- ch. 25 Free Speech and the Socialist Commonwealth
- ch. 26 Liberty for Its Own Sake
- -and for Our Health
- pt. FOUR CAN SOCIALISM SUSTAIN COMMUNITIES?
- ch. 27 The Socialists `Case'
- ch. 28 Socialism and the Divine
- ch. 29 How Socialism Discourages Virtuous Behavior
- ch. 30 Transnationalism and Nationalism
- ch. 31 Watermelon Environmentalism
- ch. 32 How Regulation and Taxation Create Carnage
- ch. 33 Business and Civil Society
- ch. 34 Woke Capitalism
- pt. FIVE SOCIALISM: A TEMPTATION AMERICA CAN'T AFFORD TO INDULGE
- ch. 35 Tocqueville's Warning
- ch. 36 You Can't Beat Government with Government
- ch. 37 America's Immunity to Socialism
- ch. 38 Is It Different This Time?
- ch. 39 Conservative Infighting
- ch. 40 Reagan's Challenge
- ch. 41 The Powell Memorandum
- ch. 42 Meeting Reagan's Challenge
- ch. 43 Heightening the Contradictions
- ch. 44 Corbynism Routed.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-257) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1684510600
- 9781684510603
- OCLC:
- 1144804243
- Publisher Number:
- 99985470504
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