On Thanksgiving, Be Grateful for Property Rights
When people respect private property, they interact more peacefully.
Socialism
Capitalism vs. Socialism: A Soho Forum Debate
Richard Wolff, "America’s most prominent Marxist economist," debates former Barron's economics editor Gene Epstein on which economic system best promotes, freedom, equality, and prosperity.
Katherine Mangu-Ward Argues Capitalism Is a Blessing at Intelligence Squared Debate
Reason Editor in Chief Katherine Mangu-Ward and Whole Foods CEO John Mackey debate the merits of capitalism with Jacobin's Bhaskar Sunkara and U Mass economist Richard D. Wolff
Is Socialism Preferable To Capitalism? A Soho Forum Debate
Richard D. Wolff squares off against Gene Epstein on which system better promotes freedom, equality, and prosperity.
New Poll Asks Why People Support Socialism and Capitalism
Of those who reported a negative view of capitalism, 20 percent say it's exploitative or corrupt.
The Progressive Feeding Frenzy
The progressive agenda assumes that no amount of taking will ever lead to less earning.
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.
Democratic Socialists of America Voted To Establish an Anti-Fascist Working Group. It Was Controversial.
Some DSAers were worried about being associated with antifa, but the motion passed 521–493.
At the Democratic Socialists of America Convention, Clapping, Chatter, and Gendered Language Are Considered Triggering
But it wasn't all woke one-upmanship—they also discussed public policy.
The Perils of Zero-Sum Worldviews Revisited
The El Paso shooter's combination of anti-capitalism, bigotry, and xenophobic nationalism highlights the dangers of zero-sum thinking on left and right. His worldview resembles that of the perpetrator of a similar attack in New Zealand earlier this year. Sadly, these ideas are not confined to a few extremists.
Medicare for All Is Defining the 2020 Democratic Race
A decade after Obamacare, the Democratic Party has embraced health care radicalism.
Delaney on Medicare for All: 'This Isn't About Health Care, This Is an Anti-Private Sector Strategy'
The former Maryland congressman criticized the progressive wing of the Democratic Party for embracing such expansive government involvement.
Under Venezuelan Socialism, There Is No Beer. (And No Democracy.)
Attempts to centrally plan an economy ruin both civic life and life's pleasures.
Be Skeptical About Bernie Sanders' Financial Transactions Tax
Nonpartisan and center-left groups are casting doubt on the Vermont senator's revenue estimates.
Socialism Is Back, and the Kids Are Loving It
How dangerous is the democratic socialist resurgence?
Venezuelan Government Uses Arbitrary Arrests, Torture, and 'Death Squads' to Keep Order, U.N. Finds
A new report from the U.N.'s High Commissioner for Human Rights finds a "shockingly high" number of politically motivated extrajudicial killings.
Bad Ideas Are Spreading Like the Plague
From socialism to nationalism, debunked ideologies are making a return.
The One Great Moment From Last Night's Democratic Debate—and the One From Tonight's
Tulsi Gabbard's defense of non-interventionism was electrifying. Tonight's fight between Biden and Sanders over capitalism and socialism will be, too.
Trump's 2020 Campaign Kickoff Was a Nostalgic Throwback to…2016
The president's first big rally was a greatest hits show that dodged many of today's biggest issues.
Stossel: In Defense of Capitalism
People acting in their own self-interest created modern prosperity, says Ayn Rand Institute's Yaron Brook.
Democrats Are Fighting Over Socialism, and the Socialists Are Winning
Bernie Sanders' Democratic rivals may laugh at his socialist pretensions. But in important ways, he's winning.
Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders Claims to Love 'Economic Freedom'
I do not think that means what you think it means.
Perils of "Democratic Socialism"
The seemingly new version of socialism advocated by many on the left today has all too many flaws in common with the old kind.
Why Bernie Sanders' Communist Misadventures Still Matter
Sanders no longer favors government takeover of "the major means of production." But his four-decade quest for political revolution continues.
Chernobyl Is About What Happens When Citizens Believe Telling the Truth Is Futile
The HBO series is a powerful portrait of the political and social rot that occurs in authoritarian regimes.
All That Is Solid Dissolves Into Amazon…and That's a Good Thing
Capitalism isn't conservative when it comes to social and economic life. It provides exactly the sort of "bold, structural changes" socialists want but inevitably botch.
Don't Be Like the Rainbow Fish
Like so many of the best socialist products, Marcus Pfister's The Rainbow Fish has been a runaway capitalist success
On Free Trade, Even Karl Marx Is Smarter Than Donald Trump
Marx “was a champion of free trade, and no friend of tariff barriers.”
Bernie Sanders' New Plan Will Make It Tougher for Poor People To Get Credit Cards
Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez want to cap credit card interest rates. There will be unintended consequences.
A New Government Report Shows Why Single Payer Would Be Really, Really Hard
Designing and implementing a government-run health plan would raise many difficult questions.
Joe Biden and the Limits of Moderate Politics
He's a centrist compared to Sanders, but he's also a classic big-government liberal.
Sorry, Bernie Sanders, but Disney Doesn't Have To Apologize for Making $1.3 Billion with Avengers: Endgame
The Vermont socialist can muster a lot of emotional outrage at CEO pay, but his argument about a "moral economy" doesn't add up.
Video Shows Venezuelan Government Forces Slamming Armored Vehicles Into Protesters
More violence hit Venezuela today following opposition leader Juan Guaidó's calls for the military to abandon the Maduro government.
Are Socialists More Like Libertarians Than We'd Prefer To Admit?
A libertarian goes to a conference on socialism and finds some surprising similarities.
Bernie Sanders Is a Millionaire. That's Great!
The democratic socialist gets rich—and makes the argument for capitalism.
Will Twitter Derangement Syndrome Kill the Democrats in 2020?: Reason Roundup
Plus: a radical remembering of the suburbs; support for sex-work decrim in NY; Bret Easton Ellis on Mueller and media
Does the US Constitution Offer Stronger Protection Against Right-Wing Populism than Left-Wing Populism?
Legal scholar John McGinnis argues the answer is "yes." But the issue is a far closer one than he suggests.
Stossel: Venezuela Is Socialism
Media personalities claim socialism didn't cause Venezuela's collapse, but it did. Here's how.
Free Markets Are Moral, Not the 'Lesser of Two Evils'
A system that lets us make our own decisions about our own lives is more moral than one that transfers them to powerful strangers.
Bernie Sanders' New Campaign Advisor David Sirota Once Touted Hugo Chavez's 'Economic Miracle' in Venezuela
"Chavez racked up an economic record that a legacy-obsessed American president could only dream of achieving."
The Perils of Zero-Sum Worldviews on the Left and Right
The awful ideology of the perpetrator of the recent terrorist attack in New Zealand is one of many examples of how far-right nationalists and far-left socialists have more in common than we often think. Both worldviews rest on the dangerous assumption that we are locked in a zero-sum game in which some groups can only succeed and prosper at the expense of others.
Americans Are Still Confused About What Socialism Actually Is
Soviet revolutionary Vladimir Lenin used the motto, "Land to the peasants, peace to the nations, bread to the starving." Sounds good, right?
Bernie Sanders Wanted 'Public Ownership of the Major Means of Production' in 1976
There's a word for that….
The Socialists Are Coming! Or Are They?: Podcast
Democratic mega-proposals, GOP budgetary fictions, prostitution decriminalization surprises, and Zardoz moments galore
