{"product_id":"the-problem-with-socialism-9781621575894","title":"The Problem with Socialism","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"DiLorenzo's book is a pleasure to read and should be put in the hands of every young person in this country - and elsewhere \" \u003ci\u003e --FORMER CONGRESSMAN RON PAUL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"It is a worthwhile investment for parents with college-age children to buy two copies of \u003ci\u003eThe Problem with Socialism\u003c\/i\u003e -one for their children and one for themselves.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--WALTER E. WILLIAMS, John M Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics, George Mason University and nationally syndicated columnist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Ever wonder what one book you should give a young person to make sure he doesn't fall for leftist propoganda? You're looking at it.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eTHOMAS E. WOODS, JR., host of The Tom Woods Show, author of the New York Times bestseller\u003ci\u003e The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What's the Problem with Socialism? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Let's start with...\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eeverything. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo says bestselling author and professor of economics Thomas J. DiLorenzo, who sets the record straight in this concise and lively primer on an economic theory that's gaining popularity--with help from Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders--despite its universal failure as an economic model and its truly horrific record on human rights. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In sixteen eye-opening chapters, DiLorenzo reveals how socialism inevitably makes inequality worse, why socialism was behind the worst government-sponsored mass murders in history, the myth of \"successful\" Scandinavian socialism; how socialism is worse--far worse--for the environment than capitalism, and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As DiLorenzo shows, and history proves, socialism is the answer only if you want \u003cb\u003eincreasing unemployment and poverty\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003estifling bureaucracy\u003c\/b\u003e if not outright political tyranny, \u003cb\u003ecatastrophic environmental pollution\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003erotten schools\u003c\/b\u003e, and so many social ills that it takes a book like this to cover just the big ones. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Provocative, timely, essential reading, Thomas J. DiLorenzo's \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Problem with Socialism\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis an instant classic comparable to Henry Hazlitt's Economics in One Lesson.' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the words of Thomas E. Woods - \"Dance on socialism's grave by reading this book.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Regnery Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/18\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781621575894\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 4.30w x 1.00d","brand":"Thomas Dilorenzo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38027177754805,"sku":"9781621575894","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b68d6138-186b-4bc5-bfbc-e506aa1344d6.jpg?v=1609192284","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-problem-with-socialism-9781621575894","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}