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Marxism

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Capitalism

When Karl Marx Made the Case for Capitalism

In barely a century, capitalism led to more productivity "than have all preceding generations together," Marx and Friedrich Engels argued.

Damon Root | 10.22.2022 6:00 AM

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Latin America

Can Peru's Constitution Survive a Marxist Onslaught?

Election winner Pedro Castillo plans to end the country’s successful free market reforms.

Daniel Raisbeck | 7.1.2021 11:20 AM

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Economics

The Conversion of Thomas Sowell

It wasn't until his thirties that the economist started to turn from Marxism.

Jason L. Riley | 6.12.2021 6:00 AM

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Bernie Sanders

Freddie deBoer: Let's Kill the 'Cult of Smart' and Legacy Media

A third-generation Marxist critiques the contemporary left and discusses what progressives and libertarians might have in common.

Nick Gillespie | 5.26.2021 5:46 PM

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Latin America

In Peru, Another Near Miss for Latin American Liberty

Costly mistakes have allowed socialism to rise again in the 21st century.

Daniel Raisbeck | 4.20.2021 9:10 AM

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Marxism

Watch 'The March of History: Mises vs. Marx'

"The Definitive Capitalism vs. Socialism Rap Battle" is live!

Nick Gillespie | 10.16.2019 5:40 PM

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Capitalism

Young Americans Prefer Socialism Because They Are Ignorant of the Past: Camille Paglia

The controversial cultural critic rightly praises capitalism for its subversion of the status quo and its ability to make us fat.

Nick Gillespie | 9.3.2019 10:15 AM

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Election 2020

Sanders, Warren Compare Capitalists to Vampires, but Socialism Is What Really Sucks

There's a risk that if Warren and Sanders do get their way, the sucking sound will be of talent and capital fleeing America for other jurisdictions where they will be treated better.

Ira Stoll | 7.29.2019 4:00 PM

Business

Capitalism

Socialists Are Scary, but Capitalists Are Their Own Worst Enemies

New research shows that business leaders who benefit from government favoritism are more comfortable with government intervention into markets.

Matthew Mitchell | 7.5.2019 8:30 AM

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Labor Unions

Tweet From Country's Largest Labor Org Encourages Workers to 'Seize the Means of Production'

The AFL-CIO's Twitter account appears to endorse a workers' revolution.

Christian Britschgi | 5.15.2019 11:30 AM

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Capitalism

Socialism vs. Capitalism: Jacobin's Bhaskar Sunkara and Economist Gene Epstein Debate

Which economic system is most effective at bringing freedom to the masses?

Todd Krainin | 10.25.2018 12:36 PM

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Socialism

Civil Liberties and Socialism Don't Mix

Democratic socialists say they believe in civil liberties, but their ideology is and will always be hostile to individual freedom.

Matthew Harwood | 10.18.2018 12:30 PM

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Reasontv

Stossel: Jordan Peterson vs. 'Social Justice Warriors'

Peterson: "SJWs" evolved from Marxism.

John Stossel and Maxim Lott | 6.19.2018 9:15 AM

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Frederick Douglass

The Libertarianism of Frederick Douglass: Podcast

Damon Root on how the famous abolitionist was also an outspoken classical liberal.

Nick Gillespie | 2.9.2018 5:20 PM

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History

The Massive Higher-Ed Scam You've Never Heard About: Podcast

Renegade University's Thaddeus Russell on the federal-accreditation racket, why the Ivys are terrified of competition, and how postmodernism is libertarianism's ally.

Nick Gillespie | 12.26.2017 4:10 PM

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Classical liberalism

Classical Liberalism Is Incompatible With Imperialism

Imperialism is not the highest stage of capitalism, as Karl Marx claimed.

Marian Tupy | 8.22.2017 7:00 AM

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Russia

Stalin Edges Out Putin in Russian Poll on Greatest Figure in World History

Coming to terms with one's own delusions is a difficult task.

Marian Tupy | 6.27.2017 7:00 AM

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Reasontv

Brendan O'Neill: 'The Real Threat To Free Speech Now Is Conformism and Cowardice'

Spiked's Brendan O'Neill on free expression, environmentalism as "an apology for poverty" and why he is "a Marxist libertarian."

Nick Gillespie and Amanda Winkler | 12.23.2015 11:50 AM

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Culture

Friday A/V Club: What If the Beach Boys Had Been Communists?

The music of Red Shadow

Jesse Walker | 10.2.2015 10:48 AM

Culture

BuzzFeed is a Commie Plot

Or maybe courses in critical theory are business school. Or both.

Jesse Walker | 5.21.2014 10:50 AM

Economics

Rush Limbaugh Says the Pope is Preaching Marxism

Not a fan of the Pope's "Evangelii Gaudium"

Reason Staff | 12.5.2013 9:20 AM

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Politics

Does it Matter if Your Father Was an Unpatriotic Marxist?

Matthew Feeney | 10.4.2013 11:40 AM

Politics

The Unwinding: Is George Packer John Dos Passos Without a Theory of Social Change?

Nick Gillespie | 6.14.2013 1:54 PM

Politics

Nick Gillespie on What to Expect When No One's Expecting: America's Coming Demographic Disaster"

Nick Gillespie | 3.28.2013 10:00 AM

Politics

Why The Internet is Great or, "The Influence of Encounter" and UNZ.org

Nick Gillespie | 10.3.2012 8:25 AM

Culture

Marxist Historian Eric Hobsbawm Dead at 95

Died after struggle with pneumonia

Reason Staff | 10.1.2012 10:04 AM

History

Eugene Genovese, RIP

Death of a "Marxist conservative"

Jesse Walker | 9.26.2012 4:13 PM

Politics

Anarchies, States, and Utopias

The science fiction of Ken MacLeod.

Jesse Walker | 11.1.2000 12:00 AM

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